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Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was a British Whig politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834. He was a descendant of the House of Grey and the namesake of Earl Grey tea. Grey was a long-time leader of multiple reform movements. During his time as prime minister, his government brought about two notable reforms ...
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Grey was born at the family estate of Fallodon Hall, Northumberland on 10 October 1767, the third son of Lieutenant General Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey and the Countess Elizabeth Grey. Among his siblings were Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey , who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and abolished slavery in 1833 , Lieutenant General Sir Henry George Grey , Governor of Cape Colony , and ...
Charles Grey was born at Fallodon on 13th March 1764. His father, General Charles Grey, was one of Britain most important military commanders. He was later granted the titles Viscount Howick and Earl Grey. After being educated at Winchester and King's College, Cambridge, Charles Grey toured Europe.
Prime Minister of Great Britain and Ireland, 1830-1834. Charles Grey was born at Fallodon, Northumberland, England, on March 13, 1764, the second son and second of nine children born to General Charles and Elizabeth Grey. His father was an important military commander who was later granted the titles of Viscount Howick and Earl Grey.
Grey was the eldest of the seven children of Colonel George Henry Grey and Harriet Jane Pearson, daughter of Charles Pearson. His grandfather Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet of Fallodon , was also a prominent Liberal politician, while his great-grandfather Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet of Fallodon, was the third son of Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey , and the younger brother of Prime Minister Charles ...
From 1798 to 1799 he served as Commander of the Southern District, retiring in 1799. In acknowledgment of his service, he was raised in January 1801 to the peerage as Baron Grey, of Howick in the County of Northumberland. In 1806, he was created Earl Grey and Viscount Howick, in the County of Northumberland. He died the next year, at the age of 78.
