Biography of Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning 1812-1862
Maternal Family Tree: Joan Scott Viscountess Canning 1776-1837
On 14 Dec 1812 Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning was born to George Canning Prime Mininster (age 42) and Joan Scott Viscountess Canning (age 36) at Gloucester Lodge.
On 08 Aug 1827 [his father] George Canning Prime Mininster (age 57) died.
On 22 Jan 1828 [his mother] Joan Scott Viscountess Canning (age 51) was created 1st Viscount Canning with a special remainder to the heirs male of her late husband [his father] George Canning Prime Mininster.
On 05 Sep 1835 Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning (age 22) and Charlotte Stuart Countess Canning (age 18) were married at St Martin in the Fields [Map].
On 14 Mar 1837 [his mother] Joan Scott Viscountess Canning (age 60) died. Her son Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning (age 24) succeeded 2nd Viscount Canning.
In May 1859 Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning (age 46) was created 1st Earl Canning. [his wife] Charlotte Stuart Countess Canning (age 41) by marriage Countess Canning.
On 18 Nov 1861 [his wife] Charlotte Stuart Countess Canning (age 44) died at Calcutta, India in the arms of her husband Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning (age 48).
In 1862 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (age 42) appointed seven Knights of the Garter:
729th Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning (age 49). He died a month later.
730th Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke Somerset (age 57).
731st. John Russell 1st Earl Russell (age 69).
732nd Anthony Ashley-Cooper 7th Earl Shaftesbury (age 60).
733rd William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam (age 46).
734th Prince Louis Hesse Darmstadt IV Grand Duke (age 24).
735th Grand Duke Frederick William of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (age 42).
On 17 Jun 1862 Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning (age 49) died without issue. Earl Canning, Viscount Canning extinct.
Father: George Canning Prime Mininster