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William Wyndham Grenville, lord Grenville, (født 25. oktober 1759, død 12. januar 1834) var en britisk whigpolitiker. Han var statsminister fra 1806 til 1807. [12] [13] Hans største bragd var avskaffelsen av den britiske oversjøiske slavehandelen , som ble vedtatt ved lov samme dag som han gikk av som statsminister.
William Grenville, who served as Prime Minister from 11 February 1806 to 25 March 1807, was born on 24 October 1759, the third son and sixth of nine children born to George Grenville and Elizabeth Wyndham. In 1792, he married Anne Pitt. She was the daughter of Thomas Pitt, first Baron Camelford. The Grenville and Pitt families were intertwined ...
Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London (1759–1834). British politician William Wyndham Grenville served as prime minister of Great Britain in 1806–07. His greatest achievement was to end the British overseas slave trade by a bill that became law the day he left office.
William Wyndham Grenville, 1º Barone Grenville (Wotton Underwood, 25 ottobre 1759 – Burnham, 12 gennaio 1834), è stato un politico britannico. Ha fatto parte del partito Whig . Fu Primo ministro del Regno Unito dall'11 febbraio 1806 al 31 marzo 1807 .
Fact file. Born 25 October, 1759, died Dropmore Lodge (Buckinghamshire), 12 January, 1834. MP for Buckingham 1782-84. MP for Buckinghamshire 1784-90. Created 1st Baron of Grenville on 25 November 1790 (then becoming Leader of the House of Lords) Chief secretary for Ireland 1782-83. Paymaster and Joint Paymaster 1783-89.
SLAVE TRADE ABOLITION BILL. HL Deb 05 February 1807 vol 8 cc657-72. The order of the day being read for the second reading of the Slave Trade Abolition bill, Lord Grenville rose and spoke as follows: In stating to your lordships, in detail, some of the arguments on which this important measure rests, I hope I shall be excused by your lordships ...
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, was a British Pittite Tory politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807, but was a supporter of the Whigs for the duration of the Napoleonic Wars. As prime minister, his most significant achievement was the abolition of the slave trade in 1807. However, his government failed to either make peace with France or ...
