In article , Tristán White
writes
Seeing you're all going on ad nauseum about station names, how about
my local one, Canning Town?

My sources say it was named after Earl [1] Charles John Canning, last
Governor-General (1856-8) and first Viceroy (1858-62) of India (he was
in power during the Mutiny). This makes sense since the town sprung up
around 1850 to house workers servicing the docks handling traffic to and
from India.

Would be interested in knowing its origin. I've heard everything, from
the fact it comes from the name of former statesman Sir George Canning

That was his father.

Then there are some who say it comes from the canning factories that
popped up there in the early 19th century.

That sounds like a cod-etymology.

Then others say it was named after John Charles Canning (Lord
Canning), who was a governor of India in the early 19th century.

See above.

[1] Created 1859. He was also the 2nd Viscount Canning. Both titles died
with him.

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