Born at Bishop Auckland, the son of George Canney, MD. He was educated at University College Hospital, where he was House Surgeon and Anatomical Prosector in 1841-1842. He was Physician to Bishops Maltby, Longley, and Villiers, of Durham, and during his thirty-five years’ residence at Bishop Auckland held a high position among North Country medical men and acquired a large practice. He was a liberal supporter of local institutions and a staunch Conservative. At the time of his death he was Fellow of the Royal Medico-Chirurgical Society, Vice-President of the North of England Obstetrical Society, Consulting Surgeon or Surgeon to numerous ironworks and coal companies and to the North-Eastern Railway Company, Medical Referee to the Norwich, Albion, and other Insurance Companies, and also Certifying Factory Surgeon. He died of apoplexy at his residence, High Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, Darlington, on April 1st, 1875. Publications: “Successful Reduction of Chronic Inversion of Uterus under Chloroform.” – *Med. Times and Gaz.*, 1852, ii, 286; see Ranking’s Half Yearly Abst., 1852, xvi, 252. “Case of Large Polypus of Uterus complicated with Inversion.” – *Med. Times and Gaz.*, 1853, ii, 498. “On the Claim of Priority in the Reduction of Chronic Inversion of the Uterus.” – *Brit. Med. Jour.*, 1866, i, 650.