One of the achievements that British Prime Minister Liz Terrace has achieved during her 44-day term in office and culminated yesterday, Thursday, in her resignation, if this was indeed an achievement, is the awarding of the title “the shortest term for a prime minister in the history of Great Britain “. “from the last reign 119 days before her, ending with his death, then he retained the title for 195 years, until he lost it yesterday, George Canning, who took office on April 12, 1827 and died on August 8, 57 – year-old victim severe pneumonia.
The biography of George Canning, who served twice as Secretary of State prior to his presidency, has many startling points, including, according to Al-Arabiya.net reviewed in his biography available online, that his late mother, Mary Ann Costello , a month before he became president, was a great obstacle in his political life. 3 sons, of which only he survived, because his older sister “Letitia” died of tuberculosis in childhood, as did his brother “Thomas”, the youngest in the family, and then his mother was widowed in 1771 with the death of his father.
And since her financial situation was worse, in order to support her only son, his mother was forced to work as a theater actress, “a profession detrimental to the families of that time,” so the shame of her profession haunted him throughout his life. especially after his mother lived unmarried with one of them and she bore him 5 children so he took care of him. His uncle raised him.
After the mother separated from her partner, she remarried in 1783 and had 5 more sons. Her eldest son grew tired of her and left her to the point of not seeing her for 8 years until her death. March 10, 1827 at the age of about 79.
As for his marital status, unfortunately it was no better than that of his parents with their first and third sons. He married the daughter of an army general, who bore him 4 sons, the eldest of whom died of tuberculosis, and he was barely 19 years, followed by a second drowning at the age of 26 in the sea of Madeira Island, which belongs to the island of Madeira, in the Atlantic for Portugal.
His name is everywhere
George Canning has always been described as a witty and promising great British politician and it may surprise anyone reading his biography that his fame reached most of the world at a time when communication and spreading fame was difficult, they named a village in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia . They also named Cunnington a second village in Ontario, and named Canning River after a river in the state of “Western Australia” and named after a valley in it, and a street in Melbourne, the capital of the Australian state of Victoria.
We also find the name of George Canning in a square in Athens for his support of the “Greek War of Independence” when he was prime minister, or “recalcitrant Greece” as the Ottomans called it… We find a square and a theater named after him in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. We also find a street in the capital of Uruguay, Montevideo, bearing his name, and another street in the prestigious Ipanema district of Rio de Janeiro, in addition to two streets named after him in Santiago, the capital of Chile, because he more than strengthened Britain’s relations with the countries of Latin America, seeking to conquer the distances and which at the beginning of the century Nineteen difficulties.
In the UK, he is the biggest competitor in the nomenclature of the late Prime Minister Winston Churchill, as he has a statue in the Houses of Parliament in London, squares and streets named after him in cities and regions of the United Kingdom, and even schools, residential areas, bars, corners and lanes , and the famous men’s club called the Canning Club in central London, And other things that are hard to list, and this is the biggest evidence that the decision is not based on the past, but rather on achievements. Canning’s age did not exceed 57 years, and his reign lasted no more than 119 days.
