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General Charles Grey (15 March 1804 – 31 March 1870) was a British army officer, member of the British House of Commons and political figure in Lower Canada. In later life, he served as private secretary to Prince Albert and later Queen Victoria.
Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey, KB, PC (circa 23 October 1729 – 14 November 1807) was a British Army general in the 18th century and a scion of the noble House of Grey. He was a distinguished soldier in a generation of exceptionally capable military personnel, serving crucially in the Seven Years' War (1756–1763), the American ...
Oliver J. Kingsbury. Deputy Commanding General (Manoeuvre), V (US) Corps. Parachute Regiment. OBE. 2 August 2023. [49] James Matthew Senior. General Officer Commanding, Regional Command. Deputy Commander, Standing Joint Force Command.
Grey reentered the military on the outbreak of the War for Independence, arriving in 1777 after receiving a promotion to full colonel, but by the time of the Battle of Brandywine on September 11th, 1777 he had become a major general commanding the Third Brigade of William Howe’s army.
As a man and an army officer, Grey represented some of the best qualities of eighteenth-century British civilization. In America, he fought during the War of American Independence and in...
He took a pessimistic line on the Napoleonic Wars, fearing a perpetual military stalemate, and was critical of the British policy of restoring the Bourbon monarchy that had been overthrown during the French Revolution.
Sir Charles Grey (15 March 1804 – 31 March 1870) was a British army officer, member of the British House of Commons and political figure in Lower Canada. In later life, he served as private secretary to Prince Albert and later Queen Victoria.
