Stratford Canning was a Whig .
Stratford Canning would introduce his nephew in the 1780s to prominent Whigs such as Charles James Fox , Edmund Burke , and Richard Brinsley Sheridan .
Stratford Canning was a Whig and would introduce his nephew in the 1780s to prominent Whigs such as Charles James Fox , Edmund Burke , and Richard Brinsley Sheridan .