Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Canning, Charles John
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Earl Canning
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1812-1862
History
Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning, also known as The Viscount Canning and Clemency Canning, was a British statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and 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