The Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe | |
|---|---|
 Lord Stratford de Redcliffe in 1814, aged 29. | |
| British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire | |
| In office 1841–1858 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sir John Ponsonby |
| Succeeded by | Sir Henry Bulwer |
| In office 1825–1828 | |
| Monarch | George IV |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Strangford |
| Succeeded by | Sir Robert Gordon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 November 1786 |
| Died | 14 August 1880 (aged 93) |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Harriet Raikes (d. 1817) (2) Eliza Charlotte Alexander (1805–1882) |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, KG, GCB, PC (4 November 1786 – 14 August 1880) was a British diplomat who became best known as the longtime British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. A cousin of George Canning, he served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister-Plenipotentiary to the United States of America between 1820 and 1824 and held his first appointment as Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1825 and 1828.
He intermittently represented several constituencies in parliament between 1828 and 1842. In 1841 he was re-appointed as Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, serving in the position from January 1842 to 1858.[1] In 1852 he was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe. Canning's hopes of high political office were repeatedly dashed.
- ^ Parry, Jonathan (2022). "9. Stratford Canning and the Politics of Christianity and Islam". Promised Lands: The British and the Ottoman Middle East. Princeton University Press. pp. 278–297. doi:10.2307/j.ctv1t8q8x7. ISBN 978-0-691-23144-0. JSTOR j.ctv1t8q8x7.