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Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe.
British politician (1786-1880)
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About Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe
Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, was a British diplomat who became best known as the longtime British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. A cousin of George Canning, he served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister-Plenipotentiary to the United States between 1820 and 1824 and held his first appointment as Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1825 and 1828.
Everything about Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe →- Occupation
- diplomat, politician
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, member of the 14th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 13th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 12th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- November 4, 1786
- Died
- August 14, 1880