Canning was among the first motorists in
Ireland – he imported a six
hp Panhard to Ireland from France in 1898. Later he participated in several auto races using motor-powered tricycles. He was also among the founders of the
Motor Cycle Union of Ireland and the Irish Automobile Club.
Motoring Annual and Motorist’s Year Book 1904 records him owning four Ormonde motorcycles and having high hopes about the future of motor industry in Britain. Canning became a
lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion of the
Highland Light Infantry and participated in the
First World War. He later transferred to the
Royal Flying Corps, having also been a founder member of the
Aéro-Club de France. On 8 January 1915 Canning's father died, and he succeeded him as Baron Garvagh. Historian
Robert Skidelsky characterized the British Fascisti as Members of the new party, later known as British Fascist
s, included generals
Ormonde Winter,
Julian Tyndale-Biscoe,
Roland Erskine-Tulloch,
James Spens and
Thomas Pilcher; admirals
Edmund Fremantle,
Reginald Tupper and
William Ernest Russell Martin; Lieutenant Colonels
Daniel Burges and
Edward Russell, as well as senior diplomat
Arthur Henry Hardinge. In 1928 Canning became one of the first members of the Fellowship of Nineteenth Century Motorists. Canning died on 16 July 1956 at the age of 77, and his title of Baron Garvagh passed on to his only surviving son Alexander Leopold Ivor George. == Family ==