The Genealogy of the Canning Family
| George Canning. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| William Canning. Died 1641. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| George Canning. Married Abigail Stratford of Baltinglas. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| I. | Frances Canning Married Dublin 1727 George Tisdall DD (1706 - 1772). | |||||||||||||||||||
| A. | Letitia Tisdall | |||||||||||||||||||
| B. | Michael Tisdall. Born 1729. Died 1788. Married 1754 Elizabeth Farren. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | Fitz Gerald Tisdall. Born 1762. Murdered 1809. Married 1788 Mary Jameson. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | George Canning Tisdall. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (2) | Michael Tisdall. Married Anne Clark. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (i) | Fitz Gerald Tisdall. Born Cork 1812. Died 1878. Married New York 1837 Elizabeth Anne Clute (1821 - 1858). | |||||||||||||||||||
| II. | Counsellor Stratford Canning Sr of Garvagh. Born ca. 1703. Died 1775. Married Dublin 1734 Letitia Newburgh of Ballyhaise, Co Cavan (born about 1717, died 26 October 1786 aged 69 per memorial in Bath Abbey to Letitia Canning, widow of Stratford Canning of Garvagh), dau of Obadiah Newburgh. | |||||||||||||||||||
| A. | Mary ("Molly") Canning. Married William Barnard. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Barnard. | |||||||||||||||||||
| B. | George Canning. Born probably 1736. Died 8th April 1771. Married Mary Ann Costello (born about 1747, died Bath 10th March 1827) 3 children, including one born posthumously and two who died young. The marriage displeased George's father who disinherited him. George died following the birth of their second child and Mary Ann went on the stage. What happened next must be seen through a veil of spin created, in part at least, by political opponents of her son. But it does appear that after the death of her first husband Mary Ann continued working on the stage and living in reduced circumstances, and further that, once widowed she proved herself a bad or unlucky chooser of men. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | George Canning. Born London 11th April 1770. Died in office, 8th August 1827. Following his father's death, he grew up in the family of Stratford Canning 1744 - 1787. Matriculated Christchurch 1787. Member of British Parliament 1793 - 1827. Following a break with Fox, possibly over their diverging reactions to events in France, he became an effective Pittite in parliament and minister of the crown. Prime minister 1827 in succession to Lord Liverpool. Married London 8th July 1800 Joan Scott, Viscountess Canning (born Scotland about 1777, died London 15th March 1837). | |||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | George Charles Canning. Born 25th April 1801. Died 31st March 1820 from the consumption that long blighted his young life. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Pitt Canning. Born 1802. Died Madeira by drowning 25th September 1828. Evidently named after his father's parliamentary ally. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (3) | Harriet Canning. Born 16th April 1804. Died 8th January 1876. Married 4th April 1825 Ulick John de Burgh (born Belmont 20th December 1802, died London 10th April 1874.) 5 recorded children. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (i) | Elizabeth Joanna de Burgh-Canning. Born 22nd February 1826. Died 22nd February 1854. Married 17th July 1845 Henry Thynne Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood (born 18th June 1824, died 24th June 1892). 6 recorded children. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (A) | Henry Ulick Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood. Born 21st August 1846. Died 6th October 1929. Married 5th November 1881 Florence Katharine Bridgeman (died 5th May 1943). She was daughter to the 3rd Earl of Bradford. 3 recorded children. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | Lady Margaret Selena Lascelles Born 11th August 1883. Died 1978. Married 4th October 1906 Gustavus William Hamilton- Russell (born 11th January 1864. died 1942). They had issue. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (b) | Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood. Born London 9th September 1882. Died Leeds 24th May 1947. Married Westminster 22nd February 1922 HRH The Princess Royal (Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary) (born Sandringham 25th April, 1897, died Leeds 28th March 1965). They had issue. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (c) | Captain The Hon Edward Cecil Lascelles. Born 28th July 1887. Died 10th May 1939. Married 11th March 1915 Joan Eleanor Campbell Balfour. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (B) | Frederick Canning Lascelles. Born 8th May 1848. Died 31st December 1928. Married 17th June 1878 Frederica Maria Lidell (died 17th March 1891). 6 recorded children. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (C) | Gerald William Lascelles. Born 26th October 1849. Married 9th February 1875 Constance Augusta Mary FitzClarence Phillipson . 4 recorded children. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (D) | Margaret Joan Lascelles. Born 1850. Married 19th July 1876 Hamilton John Agmondesham Cuffe (1848 - 1934). 2 recorded children. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (E) | Charles George Lascelles. Born 23rd January 1851. Died 19th February 1886. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (F) | Constance Mary Lascelles. Born 1852. Died 1932. Married 14th May 1872 Beilby Lawley (born 12th May 1849). Issue. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Ulick de Burgh-Canning. Born 12th July 1827. Died 16th August 1867. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Emily Charlotte de Burgh-Canning. Born 19th October 1828. Died 10th October 1912. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Margaret Ann de Burgh-Canning. Born London, about 1831. Died London 31st October 1888. Married 6th March 1856 Wentworth Blackett Beaumont 1st Baron Allendale (born London 11th April 1829, died 13th February 1907). 3 recorded children. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (A) | Wentworth Henry Canning Blackett Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale. Born Bywell, Northumberland, 29th December 1860. Died 12th December 1923. Married 1869 Alexandrina Louisa Maud Vane-Tempest. Issue. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (B) | Hubert Beaumont. Born 6th April 1864. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (v) | Hubert George de Burgh-Canning. Born 30th November, 1832. Died (unm) London 12th April 1916. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (4) | Charles John Canning, Earl Canning. Born Brompton 14th December 1812. Died (dsp) London, 17th June 1862. Matriculated Christchurch 1829. Postmaster General 1853 - 1855. Governor General of India 1855 - 1862. Married Westminster 5th September 1835 Charlotte Elizabeth Stuart (born possibly in France, 31st March 1817, died of fever Calcutta 18th November 1861. Buried Barrackpore.) | |||||||||||||||||||
| C. | Bess Canning. Married Westby Perceval. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | Letitia ("Tish") Perceval. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bess married second Rev William Leigh. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (b) | Bess Leigh. Married Edward Mellish. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (c) | Frances Leigh. | |||||||||||||||||||
| D. | Paul Canning. Died November 1794. Married 20th July 1776 Jane Spencer. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | ("Irish") George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh. FRS, MP Born Co Londonderry, 15th November 1778. Died Châlons sur Marne (subsequently renamed Châlons en Champagne) 19th August 1840. Married firstly 13th July 1803 Georgiana Stuart who died (dsps) 17th November 1804. Matriculated Christchurch 1795. MP for Sligo (1806 - 1812) and for Petersfield (1812 - 1820). Elected Fellow Royal Society 1st February 1810. Baron 28th October 1818. Married secondly London 9th July 1824 Isabella Charlotta Rosabelle Bonham (born 1804, died 23rd December 1891). 3 children. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | Charles Henry Spencer George Canning, 2nd Baron Garvagh. Born London, 18th March 1826. Died Dublin 7th May 1871. Married Finchingfield, 10th June 1851, Cecilia Susan Ruggles-Brise (died 1898). | |||||||||||||||||||
| (i) | Charles John Spencer George Canning, 3rd Baron Garvagh. Born London, 2nd June 1852. Died Ireland 7th February 1915. Matriculated Christchurch 1870. Married Copenhagen and / or London, 9th July 1877, Florence Alice de Bretton (died 17th May 1926). | |||||||||||||||||||
| (A) | Leopold Ernest Stratford George Canning, 4th Baron Garvagh. Born 1st July 1878. Died 1956. Matriculated Christchurch 1870. Married secondly 1st January 1919, Gladys Dora Bayley Parker (died 1982). 4 recorded children. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | Hon. Lt. Victor Stratford de Redcliffe Canning. Born 7th February 1924. Died (kia) Monte Cassino, Italy 6th May 1944. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Conway Stratford George Canning. Born London, 15th December 1854. Died 19th February 1926. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (2) | Emmeline Rosabelle Canning. Born 20th June 1829. Died 9th February 1888. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (3) | Albert or Alfred Stratford George Canning. Born 24th August 1832. Died Rostrevor, April 1916. | |||||||||||||||||||
| E. | Frances Canning. | |||||||||||||||||||
| F. | Stratford Canning Born Garvagh, Londonderry 1744. Died 22nd May 1787. Partner in the merchant banking firm of French, Boroughs & Co (in practice probably more merchant than banker). Married in August 1773 Mehitabel ("Hitty") Patrick (born Dublin 5th May 1749, died 12th July 1831, dau of Robert Patrick of Coleraine (1723-1768) and Elizabeth Steele (d.1800), dau of Robert Steele of Rathbride, Co Kildare). The marriage displeased Stratford's father who disinherited him. Stratford nonetheless appears to have prospered in his mercantile career. There is a renowned portrait of "Mrs Canning and her daughter, Bess" by Romney at Fyvie Castle, Scotland. Giles Hunt believes the painting originally included also the eldest son, Henry Canning, but that poor Henry got painted out, possibly to improve the look of the portrait. Mehitabel inherited her unusual given name from her maternal grandmother, Mehetabel Paul/Steele, daughter of Sir Joshua Paul of Co Carlow. No consensus emerges on how the name Mehatable should be spelled, however. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | Henry Canning. Born 8th July 1774. Died Hamburg 3rd February 1841. Married, possibly in London before 1814, Mary Preyer (or Prior). HM Consul General in Hamburg 29th November 1823. At least 1 child. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | Mary Theresa Canning. Born 23rd August 1814. Married Hamburg, 27th July 1837 Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Päpke from Schwerin. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (i) | Henrietta Päpke. Born shortly before February 1839. She was described by her English grandfather as "one of the nicest and most interesting little girls I have ever seen". He was also concerned that, at least as a small child, her first language was German, though in English she could manage "How do you do" and seemed to understand everything that was said to her. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Second daughter Päpke Born ca. 1840. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (b) | Elizabeth "Bess" Canning. Baptised 6th March 1777, Died 17th December 1838. Married, 14th December 1805, George Henry Barnett of Glympton Park, Woodstock. (born Glympton Park, Oxon 4th April 1780. Died 26th April 1871. Buried Glympton). They had issue. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (c) | Canon William Canning. Born 4th November 1778. Died (dsp) 24th February 1860. Ordained 1801. Married 5th May 1818 Mary Birch.(died 25th January 1856). | |||||||||||||||||||
| (d) | Charles Fox Canning. Born 4th January 1784. Died (kia) Waterloo 18th June 1815. AdC to the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (e) | Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe. Born London 4th November 1786 (thereby condemned to share his brother's birthday). Died 14th October 1880. A well remembered British diplomat whose postings included Washington, Lausanne and, most famously, Constantinople, he was also a UK Member of Parliament 1828 - 1842. Viscount 24th April 1852. Married firstly London 3rd August 1816 Harriet Raikes (born 2nd October 1791, died (dsps) Lausanne, in childbirth 17th February 1817). Married secondly London 3rd September 1825 Eliza Charlotte Alexander (born India 31st December 1805, died Frant, east Sussex 25th November 1882) who bore him 4 children. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | Louisa Canning, Born London 1828. Died (unm) Frant, 18th August 1908. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (2) | George Stratford Canning, Born 15th May 1832. Died (unm) 14th February 1878. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (3) | Catherine Jane Canning, Born London 1835. Died (unm) London 7th September 1884. | |||||||||||||||||||
| (4) | Mary Elizabeth Canning, Born Berkshire 1837. Died (unm) Frant 11th November 1905. | |||||||||||||||||||
This genealogy is not intended to be comprehensive. Therefore the generation indicator mark (e.g. (A), (i) or whatever) does not necessarily indicate the chronological position of a child's birth date in relation to those of siblings. (Previously omitted branches may nonetheless be added in response to expressions of interest.)
As far as possible, data have been obtained from, and corroborated to, more than one source: the starting point has been notes inherited from descendants of Bess Canning 1777 - 1838 who married George Henry Barnett 1780 - 1871. For the Canning family, the compiler is indebted, in particular, to Giles Hunt, Lord Garvagh, Lisa Getting, Cleve Hassell, Kim Salisbury and Ray Steele, each of whom has supplied valuable information, inspiration or both. The city archivist in Hamburg was also particularly helpful. Surviving errors are, of course, the compiler's own responsibility.
For readers interested in those Cannings who have left behind them the largest footprints, published sources on George Canning 1770 - 1827 include Wendy Hinde's biography entitled "George Canning"and published by Collins in 1973, which makes an excellent starting point. For a more intimate appreciation of George Canning 1770 - 1827, of his nephew Stratford Canning 1786 - 1880 and of some of the less widely reported family members, the compiler commends "Mehitabel Canning A Redoubtable Woman" edited by Giles Hunt (a kinsman). This is a compilation of correspondence from and to Mehitabel Patrick / Canning 1749 - 1831, illuminated by the editor's own abundantly thoughtful commentary and published 2001 by Rooster Books of Royston, Herts, England.
Please send comments, corrections, additions and amendments to Charles Hillman Additional research and contributions by Sir William Arbuthnot, Bt
Most recently updated at 21:46 on 22 May 2003
