George Canning 's friendship with Sheridan would last for the remainder of Sheridan 's life .
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 .
George Canning 's friendship with Richard Brinsley Sheridan would last for the remainder of Richard Brinsley Sheridan 's life .
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 .