Why Did Wellesley Take The Position Of George Canning

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Before Wellesley took position as the foreign advisor for Britain, a George Canning had taken the position and, despite King George IV’s disposition of him, Wellesley found him to be suitable for the position. Wellesley would later be filled with self-reproach as Canning would not meet the bar set for him, failing in both Russia and the Congress of Verona. Wellington would, however, maintain high status, despite his poor judgment of the previous foreign advisor of Great Britain. Arthur Wellington would soon return to Ireland to deal with the Catholic violence taking part. This problem, now seen as a basic dilemma, would only come to rest when Catholic claim to sit in Parliament, Catholic Emancipation, was granted. Wellington worked hard, and secretly, at an answer for a resolution and soon reached one by which he established a papal concordat ensuring at least minimum control of Catholic clergy as a precondition to the Catholic Emancipation. Canning, unfit as an Emancipator, soon became prime minister early 1827 as Wellington and Robert Peel established a mass exodus from the government, resigning both his parliamentary title and army command. With Canning as the prime minister and Wellington out of both of his positions Canning soon died that very August calling Wellington back to his army command, and soon, after …show more content…

He would, however, be met with calls for reform from the opposition and met these calls with retreats. First on a church issue and later on a Corn Law, introducing a more liberal reform than hoped for. He would soon politically butt heads with another opposing group of Huckisson’s. The clash would soon end but would open up a crisis during a by-election in which a Huckisson’s minister would go after the seat of power. Wellington would prevail, however, but despite this he would have a lesser hold on the southern part of Ireland, leading to a possible civil