Baron Garvagh, of Garvagh in the County of Londonderry

County Londonderry

The place name Derry is an anglicisation of the old Irish Daire meaning oak-grove or oak-wood. As with the city, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, with the form Derry preferred by nationalists and Londonderry preferred by unionists...

, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Ireland

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. It was created in 1818 for George Canning

George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh

George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh FRS was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament.Garvagh was the son of Paul Canning and the grandson of Stratford Canning of Garvagh in County Londonderry. Prime Minister George Canning and the diplomat Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, were his...

. He had previously represented Sligo

Sligo Borough (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Petersfield

Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Petersfield was an English Parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Petersfield in Hampshire. It existed for several hundred years until its abolition for the 1983 general election....

 in Parliament and also served as Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry

Lord Lieutenant of Londonderry

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. Canning was the first cousin of both Prime Minister George Canning

George Canning

George Canning PC, FRS was a British statesman and politician who served as Foreign Secretary and briefly Prime Minister.-Early life: 1770–1793:...

 and the diplomat Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe

Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe

Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe KG GCB PC , was a British diplomat and politician, best known as the longtime British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire...

. the title is held by his great-great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1956.

Barons Garvagh (1818)

• George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh
  George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh
  George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh FRS was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament.Garvagh was the son of Paul Canning and the grandson of Stratford Canning of Garvagh in County Londonderry. Prime Minister George Canning and the diplomat Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, were his...
  
   (1778–1840)
• Charles Henry Spencer George Canning, 2nd Baron Garvagh (1826–1871)
• Charles John Spencer George Canning, 3rd Baron Garvagh (1852–1915)
• Leopold Ernest Stratford George Canning, 4th Baron Garvagh (1878–1956)
• (Alexander Leopold Ivor) George Canning, 5th Baron Garvagh (b. 1920)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's eldest son the Hon. Spencer George Stratford de Redcliffe Canning (b. 1953)