Liz Truss' resignation means that she will become the United Kingdom's shortest-serving Prime Minister ever.
Ms Truss, who succeeded Boris Johnson, took office on September 6. After a disastrous six weeks in post, she will leave the role by the end of next week, when the Conservative Party elects yet another new leader.
The MP for South West Norfolk takes the unwanted title of shortest-serving PM from George Canning, who held the office for 119 days between April and August 1827. Having been a Liverpool MP and a highly-regarded Foreign Secretary, Canning became Prime Minister after Lord Liverpool resigned, being chosen ahead of the Duke of Wellington and Robert Peel.
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His time as leader was brief as Canning's health rapidly declined after contracting tuberculosis. He died in office.
Despite this, Canning was a very influential figure. From early in his career, Canning inspired a brand of Conservatism and his supporters became known as Canningites.
He was said to have been quick witted, a great speaker and an excellent government minister. There has been much speculation as to the type of leader he could have been if he had lived longer.
Despite a short time in the country's highest office, Canning's name has been lent to many places across the country - including in Liverpool. Though the man himself was born Marylebone, London, he represented many different constituencies across his parliamentary career, such as Liverpool, Newtown on the Isle of Wight and Wendover, Buckinghamshire.
Such was his influence that pubs, villages, clubs and roads across the world have been named after him. In Liverpool, there is Canning Street, which runs between Toxteth and the city centre's Georgian Quarter - an area sometimes referred to as Canning. Additionally, Canning Place runs into Liverpool One and used to be the location of Liverpool Sailors' Home.
Canning is also represented in the city's Canning Dock and Canning Half Tide Dock. Part of the southern dock system and connected to the Salthouse Dock, Canning Dock was opened in 1737 as 'the Dry Dock' but was renamed in 1832, taking the former Liverpool MP's name. Canning Half Tide Dock opened in 1844, on the entrance to Canning Dock.
Though Canning's Prime Ministerial tenure was short, his name lives on in places across his former constituency and the rest of the country. It will, however, be a shock if you find yourself on a Truss Street in any UK city in the future.
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