Elizabeth Charlotte (Alexander) Canning (1805 - 1882)

Born 31 Dec 1805 in India [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Stratford Canning KG, MP — married 3 Sep 1825 in Westminster St James, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Died 25 Nov 1882 at age 76 in Frant, East Sussex, Sussex, England

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Biography

Eliza Alexander ... ^[1]

A portrait miniature of the Rt. Hon. Mrs. Stratford Canning by Andrew Robertson was exhibited in London in 1826.

Note NI4625Alternate Name; Eliza Alexander.

Diary of William Ewart Gladstone, Friday, July 13, 1832:"Went to Cathedral of Lausanne. Saw there 'A monument to Sir Stratford Canning's Lady, designed and commenced by Canova.' (ed. note: The monument was not by Canova, but by Lorenzo Bartolini)"

Born 31 Dec 1805. Somerhill, , Kent, England. ^[2][3]

Calcutta November 1806^[4] 10 Eliza Charlotte Daughter of James Alexander Esq^r and Eliza Emma his deceased wife born 31^st December 1805

Marriage Wife Elizabeth Charlotte Alexander. Marriage 3 Sep 1825. Shalford de Radcliffe, , Ireland. ^[5][6] Note: #NF28320.

MARRIED^[7].
Sept. 3, at Mary-la-bonne Church, the Right Hon. Stratford Canning, his Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople, to Eliza Charlotte, eldest daughter of James Alexander, Esq., M.P. for Somerhill, Kent.

OBITUARY^[8].
The Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffe, widow of the great diplomatist, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, died on Saturday last at her residence at Frant, near Tunbridge Wells, at an advanced age, having survived her husband little more than two years. Her ladyship was Eliza Charlotte, eldest daughter of the late Mr. James Alexander, of Somerhill, Kent, and a cousin of the late Earl of Caledon. She married in September, 1825, Sir Stratford Canning, who, after a long career in the diplomatic service, was raised to the peerage by Derby in 1852, as Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by William Arbuthnot, Apr 2, 2013
2. ↑ Source: #S1214
3. ↑ Source: #S6463
4. ↑ "India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGQW-VM4 : 5 February 2020), Eliza Charlotte Alexander, 1806.
5. ↑ Source: #S1214
6. ↑ Source: #S6463
7. ↑ Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser 05 September 1825
8. ↑ Evening Mail 29 November 1882

• Source: S1214 ,Tenn., A RECORDOF THEDESCENDANTSOFJOHN ALEXANDER,OF LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND, (Printed by AlfRev John E.Alexander 1874 Principal of Washington College, Tenn., A RECORDOF THEDESCENDANTSOFJOHN ALEXANDER,OF LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND, (Printed by Alf ABBR A RECORDOF THEDESCENDANTSOFJOHN ALEXANDER,OF LANARTITL Rev John E.Alexander 1874 Principal of Washington College, Tenn., A RECORDOF THEDESCENDANTSOFJOHN ALEXANDER,OF LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND, (Printed by Alfred Martien 621 Jyne St. Philadelphia 1878 1878 Call #929.2A37a-The Appendix contains information of other Alexander families: Nova Scotia, Munster and Mecklenburg etc. Mint Museum of History 3500 Shamrock Drive Charlotte,N.C. 28216 LDS) ABBR Alexander,John "Record of John E. Alexander TITL A RECORDOF THEDESCENDANTSOFJOHN ALEXANDER,OF LANARKSHIRE, SCOTLAND, AND HIS WIFE,MARGARET GLASSON,WHO EMIGRATED FROM COUNTY ARMAGH,IRELAND,TOCHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,A. D. 1736. TEXT Records of Jo
• Source: S5946 Media: Electronic Databases Genealogy of the Canning Family Kitty Brewster Publication: www.kittybrewster.com/ancestry.canning.htm 31 Jul 2006
• Source: S6463 hjackwells3--John MacAlister Alexander.FTW ABBR hjackwells3--John MacAlister Alexander.FTW Call number:
• Her Death Certificate: Death Certificate data (selection):

• Registration District : Ticehurst
  
• Registration SubDistrict : Frant in the Counties of Sussex and Kent
  
• Year of Registration : 1882
  
• Nbr. In register : 412
  
• When died : 25. November 1882
  
• Where died : Frant Court Frant Sussex R.S.D.
  
• Name : Eliza Charlotte Canning Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffe
  
• Sex : Female
  
• Age : 76 Years
  
• Occupation : Widow of Stratford Canning Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe
  
• Cause 1 : Chronic Gout
  
• Cause 2 : Albuminuria
  
• Cause certified by : John E. Ranking M.D.
  
• Informant : Louisa Canning Daughter [Louisa Charlotte Canning 1828-1908] present at the death
  
• When registered : 29. November 1882
  
• Registrar : H. G. Alliston
  

Notes

[hjackwells3--John MacAlister Alexander.FTW]Record of John Alexander of Lanarkshire #4611"Nathaniel Alexander of Londonderry who by his marriage with Elizabeth McClintock of Dunmore, Donegal Co had the following children: 4th James, who was born in 1736 and sat in Parliament for Londonderry from 1772 till 1789, when he was created Baron Caledon, Viscount Caledon in 1797, and Earl of Caledon in 1800. Elizabeth Charlotte Alexander, eldest daughter of James A. and cousin of the Earl of Caledon, married he Right Hon. Sir Stafford Canning, Sept. 3, 1825.James the first Earl was succeeded by his son, Dupre Alexander, the second Earl and peer of Ireland, in 1802, who died April 8th, 1839. The only son of Dupre is James Dupre Alexander, the third Earl, who succeeded to his father's titles and estates in 1839.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to William Arbuthnot for starting this profile on April 2, 2013.