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About Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning
Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning, also styled Viscount Canning and referred to as "Clemency Canning", was a British politician and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He was the first Viceroy of India after the transfer of power from the East India Company to the Crown of Queen Victoria in 1858 after the rebellion was crushed.
Everything about Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Governor-General of India, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, Commissioners of Woods and Forests, member of the House of Lords
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- December 14, 1812
- Died
- June 17, 1862