Charles John Canning
1812–62
Governor-general of India, 1855–62; first viceroy, 1858–62. In office during the Indian Mutiny and negotiated the transfer of the government of India from the East India Company to the Crown in 1858. Created earl, 1859.
Sources
Complete peerage
DNB.
Bibliography
Complete peerage: The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. By George Edward Cokayne. Revised edition. Edited by Vicary Gibbs, et al. 13 vols. in 14. London: St Catherine Press. 1910–59.
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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