Canning, politician and statesman
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"In 1770 no prophet could have foreseen the future career of the infant George Canning, born without the wealth or inherited position then considered indispensable to any aspiring politician. yet this son of an expatriate Irishman and an unsuccesful actress …
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"In 1770 no prophet could have foreseen the future career of the infant George Canning, born without the wealth or inherited position then considered indispensable to any aspiring politician. yet this son of an expatriate Irishman and an unsuccesful actress became one of Britain's most remarkable Foreign Secretaries, was briefly Prime Minister and occupied for many years a pivotal position in a political mili.
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