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     Lady Marion or Margaret Campbell was born circa 1457. She was the daughter of Colin Campbell Earl of Argyll and Isabel Stewart.
     A contract for the marriage of Lady Marion or Margaret Campbell and George Seton 2nd Lord Seton was signed on 14 September 1469.
Lady Marion or Margaret Campbell married George Seton 2nd Lord Seton, son of John Seton Master of Seton and Christian Lindsay, before 1475.

     Matthew died in Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland.

     Maud Martha Campbell was born circa 1896.
Maud Martha Campbell married Robert George Wafford, son of Robert Wafford and Elizabeth Rebecca Hales, on 1 January 1910 in St John, Walham Green, London.
     Maud died in March 1957 in Rochford RD, Essex.

     Sir Neil Campbell was born. He was the eldest but illegitimate son of Colin Campbell, Kt.
     Sir Neil Campbell married thirdly Mary Bruce between 1314 and 1315. Lady Mary, married, first, to Sir Niel Campbell of Lochow, ancestor of the Argyle family.
     Neil died in 1315.

     Peter Frederick Augustus Campbell was christened on 9 April 1816 in St Michael on the Mount, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. He was the son of William Duncan Campbell and Rebecca Bowker.
     Peter Frederick Augustus Campbell appeared on the 1841 census in the household of Rebecca Bowker in Mansion House St, Lambeth, Surrey.
     Peter Frederick Augustus Campbell was recorded on the 1851 census in 3 Bradshaw St, Camberwell, Surrey. Peter Campbell, 35, solicitor's copying clerk, born Lincoln, his wife Mary Campbell     36, born Somers Town, Mdx; children Elizabeth Campbell, 11, born Islington, Mdx, Isabella Campbell, 8, born Vauxhall, Mdx, Frances Campbell 6, born Camberwell, Duncan Campbell, 3, born Walworth, Sophia Campbell, 4 months, born Camberwell, Sophia Protheroe, 72, mother in law, annuitant, born Shropshire, Clun...
     Peter died on 14 July 1857 in Bethnal Green, London, aged 41.
     The administration of his estate was granted to Duncan Campbell on 24 September 1872 at the Principal Probate Registry, London. Administration of the effects of the estate of Peter Frederick Augustus Campbell, late of Bethnal Green in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, who died 14 July 1857 at Bethanl Green, was granted ... to Duncan Campbell, of 41 City Rd, in the said county, silversmith, the son and one of the next of kin. Effects under £100.

     Sophia Campbell was the daughter of Alexander Campbell (Of Delnies) and Ann Brodie.
Sophia Campbell married Joseph Dunbar, son of Ludovick Dunbar and Elizabeth Dunbar, before 1761.

     Thomas Dawson Campbell was christened on 22 April 1814 in East Retford, Nottinghamshire. He adopted the extra name Bowker by the time of the fraud case in 1854 and it was on his son's birth certificate in 1857. He was the son of William Duncan Campbell and Rebecca Bowker.
Thomas Dawson Campbell married Rebecca Aguilar on 20 May 1849 in St James, Clerkenwell, Clerkenwell RD, Middlesex. Thomas Campbell, 32, bachelor, & Rebecca Aguilar, 18, spinster, both of St Paul's Terrace, son of William Duncan Campbell, gentleman & daughter of Joseph Aguilar, merchant. Both signed in the presence of Joseph Aguilar, jr.
Her presumed brother Joseph Orlando Aguilar on 29 Oct 1858 married Sarah Frances Rebecca Burgess at Newington Holy Trinity.
     Thomas Dawson Campbell and Rebecca Aguilar were recorded on the 1851 census in 77 Lambeth Walk, Lambeth, Surrey. Arthur E Forty, 66, stationer & toyman, born Birmingham, his wife Emmeline Forty, 56, net lace maker, born Jamaica, Frederick Aguilar, 49, brother in law, surgeon out of practice, born St Pancras; Thomas D Campbell     34, nephew by marriage, accountant, born Worksop, Ntt; Rebecca Campbell 20, niece, born Paddington, Mdx.
The London gazette reported: Thomas Dawson Bowker Campbell, late of no. 7 Layton-place, Brixton, Surrey, out of employment, was in the Surrey Gaol. On 26 Sep, before Mr Commissioner Murphy - Thomas Dawson Bowker, sued and committed as Thomas Dawson Campbell, formerly of no. 2 Kent-terrace, old Kent-road, attorney's clek, then of no 5 Spring-place, Wandsworth-road, Surrey, then of no. 3 Anna-terrace, Stanines-road, Hounslow, Middlesex, following no business or profession, then of no. 6 Clayton-street, Kennington-road, occupied in an invention for the extinguishment of fire in ships; holds, warehouses and other buildings, and provisionally registered as William Thompson, then and late of no. 7 Layton-place, Middle-road, Brixton, Surrey, out of employment
The Times on 26 September 1854: Lambeth: Yesterday being the day upon which summons against W Thompson alias Thomas Dawson Bowker Campbell, a present a debtor in Horsemonger Lane Gaol, and who has for a length of time carried on a most extensive system of fraud by means of an advertisement headed 'Fortune!, Fortune!, Fortune!' the court was much crowded by persons who had been his victims and who had attended to prefer charges against him. Dixon, the summoning officer, however, informed the magistrate that the Deputy Governor or Horsemonger Lane Gaol refused to send the accused before His Worship but said that on the following (this) day he would be brought before the Insolvent Debtors Court.
Mr Elliott directed the officer to communicate these facts to Mr Solomon, who had the prosecution in hand, and at whose instance the summons was granted, and thus the case at present stands.

     Thomas William Campbell married Clara Eugenie (?).

     William Duncan Campbell was christened on 20 March 1785 in Bishop Wearmouth, Durham. He was the son of Duncan & Sarah.
William Duncan Campbell married Rebecca Bowker, daughter of Thomas Bowker and Elizabeth Dawson, on 3 May 1809 in York, Yorkshire. William Duncan Campbell witnessed the second marriage of Thomas Dawson Bowker and Elizabeth Steer on 21 August 1811, Hatfield, Yorkshire; by licence. He was described as a widower and the marriage was witnessed by Wm Duncan Campbell & Mary Robinson.
The Leeds Intelligencer on 26 August 1811 reported: On Wednesday, Thomas Dawson Bowker, Esq: to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Richard Ryther Popplewell Steer, Esq: of Bawtry.

An 1863 affidavit of Joseph Callidine of Bulwell Nottingham, gentleman aged 65 states: I have known for many years well and intimately acquainted with Thomas Dawson Bowker and Elizabeth his wife formerly Elizabeth Steer, spinster, that they were as I have been informed and believe married at Hatfield Yorks August 1811 and then and for some time afterwards resided there, that they afterwards removed and for many years resided at Bulwell afsd...
Prayers: ..., Writ of Error brought into this House on Friday 19 Feb last, wherein William Duncan Campbell & Thomas Dawson Bowker are plaintiffs and Andrew Todd Patterson is defendant in order to reverse a judgement ....
     William died on 28 March 1852 in Chelsea aged 67.
     The administration of his estate was granted to William Duncan Stuart Campbell on 24 September 1872 at the Principal Probate Registry, London. Administration of the effects of William Duncan Campbell formerly of Amcotts house in the county of Nottingham afterwards of 7 Sloane St, Knightsbridge End, but late of 14 Coulson street, Chelsea, both in the counyt of Middlesex, who died 28 March 1852 was granted to William Ducan Stewart Campbell of 23 Clapham-road, Surrey, gentleman, the son and one of the next of kin.

     William Duncan Stuart Campbell was also known as William Duncan Stewart in records. He was born circa 1816 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. He was the son of William Duncan Campbell and Rebecca Bowker.
William Duncan Stuart Campbell married Mary Ann Emblem on 20 October 1830 in St Leonard Shoreditch, Hackney, Middlesex. He may have also married Harriet Jones on 2 July 1835 at the Old church, St Pancras.
     Administration of the estate of Rebecca Bowker was granted to William Duncan Stuart Campbell, on 24 September 1872 in the Principal Probate Registry, London, Administration of the effects of the estate of Rebecca Campbell, late of Hammersmith in the county of Middlesex, who died 16 January 1862 at 29 Crown St, Hammersmith, was granted ... to William Duncan Stewart Campbell, of 23 Clapham Rd, Surrey, gentleman, the son and one of the next of kin. Effects under £100.
     Administration of the estate of William Duncan Campbell was granted to William Duncan Stuart Campbell, on 24 September 1872 in the Principal Probate Registry, London, Administration of the effects of William Duncan Campbell formerly of Amcotts house in the county of Nottingham afterwards of 7 Sloane St, Knightsbridge End, but late of 14 Coulson street, Chelsea, both in the counyt of Middlesex, who died 28 March 1852 was granted to William Ducan Stewart Campbell of 23 Clapham-road, Surrey, gentleman, the son and one of the next of kin.
     William's death was registered in the quarter ending in December 1876 in Camberwell RD, Surrey.

     Elizabeth Campin married James Bland in 1678 in Bures St Mary, Suffolk.

     Emot Campion was born say 1585.
Emot Campion married Ralph Stanser, son of Ralph Stanser, on 28 October 1607 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. Raphe Stanciall & Emot Campion at St Mary's..

     Henry Rowland Campion was born before 1588 in England. A Rowland Campion was baptised 22 January 1589 at St Paul, Bedford with no parents listed.
     Henry matriculated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, from 1604 to 1607. Rowland Campion: admitted sizar at Emmanuel, Easter 1604. B.A. from Clare 1606-7, M.A. 1610. Henry was a clergyman at Lissington, Lincolnshire, from 1607. He was ordained deacon (Lincoln) Sep 20 1607; priest (Peterborough) May 22 1608. Vicar of Colne, Hunts. 1607. Vicar of Lissington 1624. He was described as the Rector of Linwood & Lissington. CCED lists Rolandus Campion as Vicar of Bole 21/04/1619 - 29/10/1624.
Henry Rowland Campion married Margaret Furnes on 20 November 1632 in Dowsby, Lincolnshire.
Henry Rowland Campion married Martha Unknown (Campion) before 1633.
Lissington's Protestation returns for 1641/2 have not survived.
     Henry Rowland Campion made a will dated 5 March 1650/51 in Lissington. Henry Rowland Campion's will mentions his wife Martha and daughter Margaret Ryther: I Rowland Campion of Lissington, Lincs. clerke doe ordaine constitute and make this my last will and testament ... I give to Martha my wife four ... English money and half the household goods, also I give to her the ... her before my marriage ... her natural life, also I give to Michaell Pau... sonne of Michaell ... of Middle Rasen late ... the summe of forty pounds who hee shall ... 21, also I give to Robert White x.. a year during his naturall life, also I give him a cowe Also to Isabell Baker a cow; the rest of my goods unbequeathed I give unto my daughter Margarett Ryther whom I make my sole executrixe of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have herunto sett my hands the day year ... above written: Rowland Campion: Witness Robert Ryther, Peter ..., Richard Baker.
     Henry died after 5 March 1650/51 in Lissington, LIN.
     His will was proved in April 1651 at Lincolnshire.

     Margaret Campion was christened on 30 March 1635 in Lissington, Lincolnshire. She was the daughter of Henry Rowland Campion and Margaret Furnes.
Margaret Campion married Robert Ryther, son of Robert Ryther and Eleanor Browne, on 21 January 1650/51 in Lissington, LIN.
     In Henry Rowland Campion's will dated 5 March 1650/51 in Lissington, Margaret Ryther was named as heir and executrix of the estate.
     Margaret died before 1693. She was not mentioned in her husband's will 1693 but living in 1669..

     Michael Campion was born say 1633 in Lissington, Lincolnshire. He was the son of Henry Rowland Campion and Margaret Furnes.
Michael Campion married Ann Heppenstall on 27 April 1665 in Middle Rasen or W Torrington, Lincolnshire, England. Michael was present at Michael Campion's christening on 6 November 1668 in Farforth cum Maidenwell, Lincolnshire. Michael was present at Rowland Campion's christening on 6 December 1674 in Farforth cum Maidenwell, Lincolnshire, England.

     Michael Campion was christened on 6 November 1668 in Farforth cum Maidenwell, Lincolnshire. He was the son of Michael Campion and Ann Heppenstall.

     Rowland Campion was christened on 6 December 1674 in Farforth cum Maidenwell, Lincolnshire, England. He was the son of Michael Campion and Ann Heppenstall.

     Temperance Campion married Henry Lewis Cutting, son of Lewis Cutting and Elizabeth Chase, on 11 October 1760 in St Michael, Barbados.

     The marriage of Unknown Cann and Samuel Ruby, son of Thomas Ruby and Mary Jane Kemp, was registered in Okehampton RD, Devon, in the December 1912 quarter. They may have issue.

     Sarah Cann? was born circa 1754.
     Sarah Cann? married William Bickley as his second wife, on 16 December 1798? In London. A William Bickley of the parish of St George in the East, widower, and Sarah Cann of this parish, spinster had banns published 28 Oct - 11 Nov 1798 at St Bartholomew the Great, The marriage took place at St George in the East - William Bickley of this parish, widower and Sarah Cann of the parish of St Bartholomew the Great, London, spinster were married in this church by banns, 16 Dec 1798. He signed and she made her mark in the presence of Thos Inglesby & Thos Harmar Lacon? The dating seems unlikely.
     Sarah died before 22 February 1821 in London. She was buried on 22 February 1821 in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, London. Sarah Bickley, 67 years, Kentish Town.

     Bess? Canning (Percival) was also known as Elizabeth Jane in records.
She was the aunt of George Canning but also presumably of Charles - needs further investigation. Accordng to Dixon, she holidayed with them at Ashbourne Hall, 12 miles NW of Derby. Bess? Canning (Percival) was also known as Jane Elizabeth in records. She was the daughter of Stratford Canning and Letitia Newburgh.
Bess? Canning (Percival) married Rev William Leigh as her second husband, before 1787 in Lymm, Cheshire. She was the widow of an Irish gentlman called Westby Perceval of Philipstown. They had married 14.12.1776. They had a daughter Frances Henrietta Leigh born 4 Dec 1787 and baptised 23 Dec 1787 at St Mary in the Marsh, Norfolk.

     Charles Fox Canning was christened on 7 January 1783 in St Clement Eastcheap, London. He was the son of Stratford Canning and Mehetabel Patrick.

     Charles Henry Spencer George Canning 2nd Baron Garvagh was born circa 1826. He was the son of Lord George Canning Baron Garvagh and Charlotte Isabella Rosabell Unknown.
Charles Henry Spencer George Canning 2nd Baron Garvagh married Cecilia Susannah Ruggles-Brise on 10 June 1851.
     Charles died on 7 May 1871 in Sackville St Club, Dublin.
     His will was proved on 18 July 1871 at the Principal Probate Registry, London. The will of the Right Hon. Charles Henry Spencer George Canning, (second) Baron Garvagh of Garvagh-house, Londonderry and Canningstown-house, Cavan, a magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for Londonderry, formerly a cavalry officer, was proved in the Principal Registry, London on the 18th inst, by the Right Hon. Charlotte Isabella Rosabella, Dowager Baroness Garvagh, his Lordship's mother, the sole executrix, The personalty in England was sworn under £9000. The will bears the date May 3 last and the lordship died on the 7th of the same month, at the Sackville Street Club, Dublin, aged 45. ... He is succeeded by his son, the Right Hon. Charles John Spencer George Canning. The first Lord Garvagh was cousin to of the Right Hon. George Canning PM, father of Earl Canning.

     Charles was nick-named Carlo. He was born on 14 December 1812 in Gloucester Lodge, Brompton, London, England. He was the son of George Canning and Joan Scott.
Charles John Canning Earl, KG GCB married Charlotte Stuart on 5 September 1835 in St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, Middlesex, England. They had no issue.
Third, youngest & only surviving son. On his mothers death he succeeded as
Viscount Canning, was appointed Gov-General (Viceroy) of India 4 July 1855 and was created Earl Canning 21 May 1859.
     Charles died on 17 June 1862 in Grosvenor Square, Soho, Westminster, Middlesex, England, aged 49. He was buried on 21 June 1862 in Westminster Abbey, London.
     His will was proved on 5 August 1862 at the Principal Probate Registry, London. His effects were under £250,000.

     Charles John Spencer George Canning was born in 1852. He was the son of Charles Henry Spencer George Canning 2nd Baron Garvagh and Cecilia Susannah Ruggles-Brise.
Charles John Spencer George Canning married Florence Alice de Bretton on 9 August 1877.
     Charles John Spencer George Canning was recorded on the 1901 census in 71 Churchtown, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland. He was aged 49, a boarder with the Usher family, occupation: Lord Garvagh, married, unsound mind..
     Charles John Spencer George Canning was recorded on the 1911 census in House 18, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland. CJSG Canning, Lord Garvagh, aged 59, married, a peer, born London, lunatic, boarding with the Isaac Usher family..
     Charles's death was registered in the quarter ending in March 1915 in Rathdown district, Dublin, Ireland.

     Elizabeth Canning was christened on 16 March 1776 in St Clement Eastcheap, London. She was the daughter of Stratford Canning and Mehetabel Patrick.

     George Canning was born circa 1736 in Garvagh, Errigal, Londonderry, Ireland. He was the eldest son of Stratford Canning of Garvagh, co. Derry (1703-1775) by his wife Letitia, daughter of Obadiah Newburgh of Ballyhaise, co. Cavan. His brother Paul inherited the title and another brother Stratford was a banker in London.. He was the son of Stratford Canning and Letitia Newburgh.
In 1757 went to London with an allowance of £156 p.a. and in 1764 was called to the bar.
     He was described as an Irish pamphleteer, poet, barrister (non-practising) & wine merchant. Of the Middle Temple, London. His family removed young George from his mother.
     Highfill states that George went to England in 1758 to become a resident of the Middle Temple, a frequenter of Grub Street, and the boon companion of Churchill, Colman, and Whitbread. As a contributor to Dodsley's Miscellanies and by his support of Wilkes, he decried the taxation of America and the tyranny of priests and kings, and boasted of his ancestors "who fought, who bled, and ... who died" for the cause of "pale liberty, when Popery high her standard bore." Such activities finally proved ruinous for him; heavily in debt, he eventually consented in return for the discharge of his bills to give up further claims on his father's estate, which was quickly settled on a younger brother Paul. ... He became a moderately successful wine merchant. [After his death] the plight of the mother and child was soon rendered critical when Stratford canning withdrew the allowance of £150.
George Canning married Mary Ann Costello, daughter of Jordan Costello and Mary Guy Dickens, on 21 May 1768 in St Mary, St Marylebone, Westminster. George Canniing of the Middle Temple, Middlesex, Esquire, bachelor & Mary Ann Costello of this parish, spinster were married by licence . Signed George Canning & Mary Ann Costello in the presence of Gustavus Guydickens & Albinia Gryan?
She was of Wigmore St.
:TAB:]Highfill states that by the time Mary Anne married the Irish George Canning, he had already earned a reputation for having an ardent attachment to civil and religious liberty. These extreme liberal views and his liaison with with a young girl prior to his association with Mary Anne, had caused his father, Stratford Canning of Garvagh, to turn him off with a allowance of £150 a year.
William Jerdan in "Men I have known" (via Google Books), states: I must, however, set out with a correction of my memoir from a relative of the family, who adds that Canning's chivalrous spirit might well belong to his blood as his descent was from two of the noblest septs in Ireland, the Costellos and the Frenches, from Old Castile ! 'It is stated that the accomplished mother of George Canning was ' of inferior station.' This is so far from being the case, that the young lady was residing with her uncle, General Guydickens, who, on his return from a mission of honour from his sovereign to the court of Russia, had adopted his nioce, Mary Ann Costello, as his heiress. It was his mansion in South Audley Street she quitted to become Mrs. Canning. It was from his carriage she was alighting at Kensington Gardens (whither she daily accompanied the General and his maiden sister, her aunt, Miss Guydickens), when George Canning, then a student at Temple Bar, first saw the young Irish beauty who was to be the mother of one of England's best-loved statesmen. The addresses of the young representative of the Canning squirearchy were sternly repelled by General Guydickens, who had higher views for the niece he subsequently disinherited for what, in his eyes, was a meaalliance. It is at the same time historically true that the Canning family unrelentingly resented the marriage on their side, and thus this true Romeo and Juliet were exposed to a cross fire of persecution from the Capulets and Montagues."
Well, we may say with the poet, " it matters not ; " but Canning was aware of the miserable little envy which would endeavour to disparage him as lowly born. When George Croly published his comedy of " Pride shall have a Fall," he asked me to get Mr. Canning's consent to its being dedicated to him. I made the request without circumlocution, as I said and did everything I had to say or do in the same quarter, frankly and straightforward (for such was his desire), and he at once laughingly complied with the application, with the remark, " It is an odd title. I shall, no doubt, have it good-naturedly fitted to myself." I remember on another occasion some one gave a vivid account of a pitiable scene just witnessed in the Green Park.
     George died before 10 April 1771 in London, England. He was buried on 10 April 1771 in St Marylebone.

     George Canning was born on 11 April 1770 in Queen Anne Street, Marylebone, London. He was the son of George Canning and Mary Ann Costello. George Canning was christened on 9 May 1770 in St Mary, St Marylebone.
     George was educated from 1780 at Winchester, Hampshire. We hold a copy of a letter from "my uncle Canning to my grandmother when he was 10 years old at Winchester School." Sunday Nov 19 1780 Win Hse? - Dear Mother, I am very glad that I have this opportunity of writing to you again to desire you to hasten an answer to my last and as soon as possible to send me the books. I suppose you have heard (I mean you know) of the book called Anti Lucretius which my dear father translated and as I shall always be glad to revere his works I would be obliged to you to send it me amongst the rest if you can easily get it. I have not before acquainted you with a custom in our school of speaking, that is we get some English poem by heart and repeat it before Mr Richards and the other Usher and all the boys. and it being my turn last Saturday I chose "The epistle from Lord William Russell to William Lord Cavendish" of my father's composition. But now adieu & believe me dear mother, your dutl & affecte son G Canning.
Canning & his friends by J Bagot, states that he was at a private school kept by Mr Richards at Winchester. His mother wrote to him there when he was 12 when he was about to go to Eton, apparently at the house of a Mr Hannington.
Rollo stated that his prep school was Hyde Abbey in Winchester.
     George was educated from from 1783 to 1787 at Eton, New Windsor, Berkshire.
     George matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford University, between November 1787 and 1794. He left Eton in 1787 and was admitted to Christ Church Oxford in Nov 1787. (B.A. 1791, M.A. 1794). He obtained the Chancellor's Latin prize for verse with his Pilgrimage of Mecca in 1789.
     George Canning in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England, sent a letter dated 13 August 1794 to Charles Reddish. Ashborne Aug 13 1794 : Dear Charles, I have been exceedingly mortified to find, in all the letters, which I have received from you, & on all those, which you have enclosed to me to be forwarded to your mother, or any other person, since you have been in your present situation such very bad writing, as to make me doubt whether it is possible that can ever have been taught to write at all. If such be your best hand, I am sure, you are by no means fit for the place in which you are & I shall be surprized at Mr Popplewell's goodness in keeping you for such a hand, in his books, not only can be of no manner of service to him, but must absolutely spoil & confuse his accounts, & do him infinite damage. If it be not your best hand, I must be under the necessity of telling you, that it is not proper, nor respectful to your mother, or to any other person whom you address, to send them such scrawls, as they cannot possibly read without great difficulty. It is no excuse to say that you are in a hurry, when you write =- or if you are hurried and have any thing else to do, you have no business ot be writing letters at all. Mr Popplewell's concerns are not to suffer for the sake of your correspondence: & I can assure you, you had better employ the leisure, which he is good as to allow you, in endeavours to render yourself more worthy of his kindness, & more useful in your situation with him, by improving yourself in writing, & in your arithmatick - (which if it is no better than your writing, is absolutely good for nothing) - than in scribbling over sheets of paper, for no purpose but to puzzle & perplex those, who are to read them. I must inform you also, that it is not your handwriting only with which I see occasion to find fault. The style & manner of writing, which you have adopted, is very foolish, & not such as becomes a boy of s... A little boy of your age ought to write as he would talk, plainly, & modestly - & not with high flown phrases, & words which he cannot understand, & which make all that he says completely unintelligible to others.
I have borne these faults for some time, and have forwarded all the letters, which you have sent to me, in hope that you would at length become sensible of your error, & endeavour to amend it. Instead of this, I find, you grow worse & worse. The letter, which I received yesterday & which you say is meant for Mr Milner, has three words upon the back of it which are perfectly illegible. I will not disgrace myself by forwarding such a scrawl & I therefore return it to you, as I shall do hence forward every letter of yours that carries upon its outside such marks of carelessness & folly. I had determined upon returning it to you, upon seeing the outside only. But when I looked at the inside, which I have just done, to see for whom it was really intended, (a piece of information that the direction did not convey to me) - I found it to contain such stuff, as makes me quite ashamed for you. It is addressed, I see, to your brother on such a strain, as no brother ought to write to another - or such parts of it, as are not nonsense appear to me to be something worse. I must insist on your explaining to your aunt the meaning of this letter of yours, & she will transmit your explanation to me, - for I do not wish to receive another letter from you, until you can write both legible and intelligibly. I direct this letter to you at your aunt's from whom you will receive it on Sunday - & I shall never direct to you any where else, because I wish not to take off your attention from your business at Mr Popplewells - & I do not see why you need ever write to any body, except where you are with your Aunt on Sundays - for I should think one day in the week would be sufficient for your correspondence.
[One third of the last page has been lost] I had mentioned to your m[other].... ago, how little I was pleased with ... writing letters but I have not mentioned this particular letter of yours, which ... to you, because I would not woun... by shewing her how foolishly (if it ... you have written - & because I do ... you may have some explanation ... that may . .. it appear le ... eyes, than ... at present ... this subject, as I before said, I shall ... hear from your Aunt. When you ...improved as to be able to send me ... written, plain & unaffected letter, such ... read & understand, I shall begin to ... of you - & shall be glad to tell you ...
I am Very affectionately yours.
George Canning married Joan Scott on 8 July 1800 in St George Hanover Square, Westminster. The Rt Hon Goerge Canning of the parish of St Maertin in the Fields, bachelor, & Joan Scott, of this parish, spinster, were married in the dwelling house of the Marquis of Ticthfield in Grosvenor Street, by special licence. George was present at George Charles Canning's christening on 4 June 1801 in St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, Middlesex, England. George Canning was mentioned in a letter in 1808. George tells Richard that he will not ask for him the office of commissioner of the lottery.
     George Canning made a will dated 20 September 1809. His will shows that he intended to leave £2000 to his mother, secured by life annuities of £300 per year. However she died 5 months before him. He was mentioned in a letter on 21 September 1809. George wrote to his brother in law Richard Thompson on the day of his duel to assure him that his wound was not dangerous.
     More information about George Canning may be found at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online George Canning">George Canning.
     George Canning in Bristol, Gloucestershire, sent a letter dated 26 1825 to Dorothy Ashby. Geo Canning to Mrs Reddish: London, March 13 1825, Dear Madam, The inclosed Memorandum, with the letter which accompanies it, will shew you what remains to be done to enable Mr Ashby to take possession of his office in Tobago. The first point (the Memorial to the Board of Customs) I can get done for you; but as to the other two, Mr Ashby's friends must take the necessary steps themselves. I apprehend that if Mr Ashby was born in Barbados the customs, upon a certificate of the fact & of Mr Ashby's age might be induced not to insist upon waiting for the production of the regular certificate of baptism from Barbados, but of this I am not sure. I am, dear Madam, Geo Canning.
     May 16 1825, Dear Madam, I am now enabled to offer to Mr Ashby, the office of Comptroller at St Vincent, Geo Canning. Mrs Reddish.
     Letter from London, May 17 1825 to Mrs Reddish: Dear Madam, I believe I said by mistake St Vincents in my letter of yesterday. It is St Lucia. Believe me, dear Madam, G C.
     1826 June 16 Letter to Mrs Reddish from Geo Canning: I return the letter which you have inclosed to me from which I ... yours which accompanied it, I am sorry to hear that your brother's appointment has not ... his expectations. I have no means of ascertaining any thing beyond what ....
     1826 Envelope from Geo Canning, London August 18th to Mrs Reddish, Lower Redland, Bristol - Dorothy must have visited England for this correspondence.
     More information about George Canning may be found at http://www.historyhome.co.uk/pms/canning.htm and http://www.victorianweb.org/history/pms/canning.html.
     
George Canning was Prime minister from April 1827 to his death for England. He added a codicil to his will before 8 August 1827.
     George died on 8 August 1827 in Chiswick Villa, Chiswick, London, aged 57. He was buried on 16 August 1827 in Westminster Abbey. He was buried from Downing Street.
     His will was proved on 21 August 1827 at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.

     George Canning was christened on 9 June 1780 in St Clement Eastcheap, London. He was the son of Stratford Canning and Mehetabel Patrick.

     Lord George Canning Baron Garvagh was born on 15 November 1778 in Londonderry, Ireland. He was the son of Paul Canning and Jane Spencer.
Lord George Canning Baron Garvagh married Charlotte Isabella Rosabell Unknown on 9 July 1824 in London, England.
     George died on 20 August 1840 in France aged 61. He died while staying at an hotel in Châlons-sur-Marne (now renamed Châlons-en-Champagne) in August 1840, aged 61 .