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Earl Grey was born Charles Grey in 1764 into the aristocratic Northumbrian Grey family and was the son of army general. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, but left without a degree. He was elected to Parliament for the Northumberland constituency in 1786. He associated with Charles James Fox and became a leader of the Whig party ...
Grey served as Governor of Guernsey until his death in 1807, which passed his estate and many titles onto his eldest son, Charles Grey, the 2nd Earl Grey, who later became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, passed the 1832 Reform Act which greatly democratized the House of Commons, abolished slavery in the British Empire, and even gave his name to a popular variety of tea.
1 de mai. de 2022 · Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey, KB PC (23 October 1729 – 14 November 1807) was one of the most important British generals of the 18th century. He was the fourth son of Sir Henry Grey, 1st Baronet, of Howick in Northumberland. Charles received a commission as an ensign in 1748.
Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey (23 October 1729 – 14 November 1807) was a Lieutenant-General of the British Army during the Seven Years' War, the American Revolutionary War, and the French Revolutionary Wars. He was the father of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834. Charles Grey was born on 23 October 1729 in Howick, Northumberland, England, and ...
Howick was the home of the Grey family from 1319 until the death of the 5th Earl Grey in 1963. The Estate then passed to his eldest daughter, Lady Mary Howick, and through her to her son the present Lord Howick of Glendale, grandson of the 5th Earl Grey. Charles 2nd Earl Grey is the most distinguished member. As leader of the Whig party he was ...
Earl Grey (Charles Grey), 1764-1845. Charles Grey, second Earl Grey, Viscount Howick and Baron Grey, was the Prime Minister who oversaw the Great Reform Act of 1832, which overhauled the country’s parliamentary electoral system and was the culmination of two years of intense political crisis. Born on 13 March 1764, at Fallodon in ...
