Joan Canning, 1st Viscountess Canning


Joan Canning, 1st Viscountess Canning was the wife of British prime minister George Canning.
She was born in Scotland, the daughter of Major-General John Scott and Margaret Dundas. Her sisters were Henrietta Bentinck, Duchess of Portland and Lucy, wife of Francis Stuart, 10th Earl of Moray.
On 8 July 1800, she married George Canning in St George's, Hanover Square on Hanover Square, London, with John Hookham Frere and William Pitt the Younger as witnesses. They had four children:
On 22 January 1828, nearly six months after the death of her husband, Joan was created 1st Viscountess Canning of Kilbraham, with a special remainder to the heirs male of her late husband. She lived with her youngest son in the family's London home in Grosvenor Square.

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