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Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford KG, PC (13 April 1732 – 5 August 1792), better known by his courtesy title Lord North, which he used from 1752 to 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence.
Frederick North, II conde de Guilford (13 de abril de 1732-5 de agosto de 1792), más conocido por su título de Lord North —que utilizó desde 1752, cuando su padre, que había sido el barón de Guilford, fue elevado al rango de conde, hasta 1790 cuando su padre falleció y North asumió el título nobiliario— fue Primer ...
Frederick North, Lord North was the prime minister from 1770 to 1782, whose vacillating leadership contributed to the loss of Great Britain’s American colonies in the American Revolution (1775–83). The son of a Tory nobleman, the 1st earl of Guilford, North was educated at Eton and Trinity College,
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Frederick North, commonly known as Lord North, was British first or prime minister for almost the entirety of the American Revolution. He was born April 13, 1732, in London to Francis North, Baron (later Earl) Guilford, and his wife Lady Lucy Montagu, the daughter of the Earl of Halifax.
Biography. Lord North entered the House of Commons at the first general election after he came of age; spent almost the whole of his political life there; and was its leader for nearly fifteen years.
From 1752, he used the courtesy title ‘Lord North’. He was appointed a Lord of the Treasury in the Newcastle-Pitt government in 1759. He briefly served as an officer in the North Somerset militia over 1759-61. In 1763, North introduced a motion to Parliament, expelling the radical MP John Wilkes.
North fue el hijo mayor del primer ministro británico Frederick North, II conde de Guilford, al que se conoce más comúnmente como Lord North. Representó a Banbury en el Parlamento desde 1792 hasta 1794 y sirvió como Gobernador de Ceylón desde 1798 hasta 1805.
