join his cabinet. His health collapsed, and he died of pneumonia at Chiswick House on 8 August 1827, whilst still in office. His tenure of 119 days in office made him the second shortest-serving prime minister in history, after Liz Truss's 49-day premiership in 2022.

Early life

Canning was born into an Anglo-Irish family at his parents' home in Queen Anne Street, Marylebone,

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