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Other articles where Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey is discussed: Grey Cup: …first awarded in 1909 by Earl Grey, governor-general of Canada, to represent the amateur football championship, and the early years of competition were dominated by collegiate teams. Canadian football closely resembled rugby football in its early years, but by the mid-20th century it had adopted a gridiron ...
Albert Henry George Grey Grey, 4th Earl, 1851–1917, English statesman, nephew of the 3d Earl Grey. In 1880 he entered the House of Commons as a Liberal, but he lost his seat as a result of his opposition to Gladstone's Home Rule Bill of 1886. Grey returned to Parliament as a member of the House of Lords when he succeeded his uncle to the ...
The Grey Cup, the championship trophy for the Canadian Football League, is named after the 4th Earl, in 1909; at the time, Lord Grey was serving as Governor General of Canada. A column topped with a statue of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (referred to locally as Grey's Monument), has a prominent location in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Albert Henry George Grey (28 novembre 1851, palais St. James de Londres – 29 août 1917), 4 e comte Grey, est un homme d'État. Il est le neuvième gouverneur général du Canada , de 1904 à 1911 .
Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey (1851 - 1917) was a British nobleman and politician who served between 1904 and 1911 as the ninth Governor General of Canada since Confederation, and famously donated the trophy known as the Grey Cup of Canadian football.
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (28 December 1802 – 9 October 1894). He married Maria Copley on 9 August 1832. General Charles Grey (15 March 1804 – 31 March 1870). He married Caroline Farquhar on 26 July 1836. They had seven children, including Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey. Admiral Sir Frederick William Grey (23 August 1805 – 2 May 1878).
Albert Henry George Grey, the 4th Earl Grey, was appointed Governor General of Canada on December 10, 1904. He was largely responsible for the outstanding success of the Quebec tercentenary celebration in 1908. It was his suggestion that the battlefield of the Plains of Abraham be preserved as a national park. Earl Grey was immensely […]
