In 1789 he won a prize for his Latin poem The Pilgrimage to Mecca which he recited in Oxford Theatre .
Canning struck up friendships with the future Lord Liverpool as well as with Granville Leveson - Gower and John Hookham Frere .
In 1789 Canning won a prize for Canning 's Latin poem The Pilgrimage to Mecca which he recited in Oxford Theatre .
Canning struck up friendships with the future Lord Liverpool as well as with Granville Leveson - Gower and John Hookham Frere .