Canning Town in London is often thought of as being named after George Canning, but was in fact named after his son Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning, Governor-General of India during the Indian Mutiny.
Canning Town didn't gain its name until the Victorian period during Queen Victoria's reign and it is thought the town was named after Charles Canning, a relatively famous man at the time due to successfully managing the Indian Mutiny in his role as Viceroy of India.
Canning Town is famous for its historical importance in London's maritime industry, given its location in the former London docks area. The Trinity Buoy Wharf, the last surviving lighthouse of London, is also in Canning Town and is often used for art projects.
Popular, witty and intelligent, he gained an early political following as an excellent public speaker. He was one of the first politicians to campaign heavily in the country, making many speeches outside Parliament and was known for his opposition to parliamentary reform and his advocacy of Catholic emancipation.
Although it is near many affluent London Docklands developments, Canning Town remains among the 5 per cent most deprived areas in the United Kingdom. Many long-term residents suffer from poor health, low education and poverty.
Prime Minister George Canning of the United Kingdom
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Annual total crime rate in your local area is 577 crimes per thousand resident population. This can be rated as 8 out of 10 or high crime level compared to other local areas in England and Wales.
In April 1811, George moved the family from Castle Hill House in Hinckley to the nearby village of Burbage, where he took up residence in a house along Church Street, which in later years the house would become 'Burbage Constitutional Club'.
In 1827, he was raised to the peerage, and in the House of Lords was Leader of the House and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. In 1827, Prime Minister George Canning died after only 119 days in office, and Goderich succeeded him.
Earlier in 1823 British Foreign Minister George Canning suggested to Americans that two nations issue a joint declaration to deter any other power from intervening in Central and South America.
The Bridge House was the seminal rock venue in East London in the 1970's and the first pub in the world with its own record label. Throughout the seventies and eighties it was a regular home to such bands as Iron Maiden, Depeche Mode, The Blues Band and Secret Affair as well as the Bridge House generated Wasted Youth.
Their nicknames, the Irons and the Hammers derive from their association with the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, whose workers formed Thames Ironworks F.C. West Ham United F.C. played at the Boleyn Ground in nearby Upton Park between 1904 and 2016.
Cockburn Town is named after Sir Francis Cockburn, who served as Governor of the Bahamas in the early 1800s. Cockburn Town is the oldest permanent settlement in the country, having been initially settled by sea salt producers from Bermuda in 1681 (one year before the American city of Philadelphia was founded).
The name of the station is taken from the nearby Pudding Mill Lane which, in turn, takes its name from the former Pudding Mill River, a minor tributary of the River Lea. This is believed to have taken its name from St. Thomas's Mill, a local water mill shaped like a pudding and commonly known as Pudding Mill.
As chancellor, Sunak received high approval and popularity ratings in the early stages of the pandemic, although his popularity later declined amid the cost-of living crisis in 2022. He resigned as chancellor in July 2022 amid a government crisis, and lost the subsequent leadership election to Liz Truss.
George VI (born December 14, 1895, Sandringham, Norfolk, England—died February 6, 1952, Sandringham) was the king of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952.
In 1706 Walpole was made a member of the Naval Council (where he used his influence to run his own smuggled goods through Lynn), and in 1708, when most Tories were forced out of the government, he was appointed Secretary-at-War. Large sums of money now began to pass through his hands, and much of it remained in them.
The Pitt–Tierney Duel took place on 27 May 1798 when the Prime Minister of Great Britain William Pitt the Younger met his political opponent George Tierney in a duel with pistols on Putney Heath outside London.
George Canning (born April 11, 1770, London, Eng. —died Aug. 8, 1827, Chiswick, near London) was a British statesman known for his liberal policies as foreign secretary (1807–09, 1822–27) and as prime minister for four months during 1827.
Other areas with similarly high rates are West Ham and Beckton at 49 per cent, East Ham at 48 per cent, and Poplar, Limehouse, Tottenham, Hackney South and Shoreditch at 44 per cent. Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP, Labour Member of Parliament for Tooting, said: "These figures are devastating but frankly not surprising.
Windsor is the richest town, with 250 multi-millionaires, others lie in close proximity in Berkshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire or Buckinghamshire. These are mostly small historical towns, within an hour's commute from the capital. After Windsor, nearby Ascot has the most multi-millionaires, with 220.
