CANNING, RICHARD, son of Capt. Richard Canning, Royal Navy, Ipswich, Suffolk; b. (at Plymouth, Devon) 30 Sep 1708; adm. Feb 1718/9; Min. Can. 1722; KS 1723; left 1723; St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Aug 1724, matr. 1725; BA 1728/9; MA (from Peterhouse) 1735; ordained; Perpetual Curate of St. Lawrence’s, Ipswich, 1734; Rector of Harkstead, Suffolk, 1738-69; Vicar of Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk, 1755-6; Rector of Freston, Suffolk, from 1755; Rector of Thornham Magna, Suffolk, 1766-8; edited Kirby’s Suffolk Traveller, 1764, and author, several tracts and pamphlets; m. 1st, 25 Jul 1739 (IGI) Cordelia Westhorp (IGI); m. 2nd, 1765 Jenny, dau. of Edmund Tyrell, Stowmarket, Suffolk; d. 8 Jan 1775. DNB.