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George Grenville war der zweite Sohn des Politikers Richard Grenville (1678–1727) und der Hester Temple (um 1690–1752), die 1749 zur Countess Temple erhoben wurde. Er erhielt seine Ausbildung in Eton und am Christ Church College der Universität Oxford. 1735 wurde er am Inner Temple als Anwalt zugelassen. Erstmals wurde er 1741 als ...
Grenville was born on 14 October 1712 at Westminster in London. He was educated at Eton between 1725 and 1728, going on to Christ church, Oxford in 1730. He was called to the Bar in 1735. In 1741 he was elected as MP for Buckingham, a pocket borough of his uncle Richard, Viscount Cobham. There were only thirteen electors.
24 de oct. de 2023 · George Grenville (1712-1770), Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1763 to 1765. Oil on canvas portrait by William Hoare, 1764. Christ Church, Oxford.
1730s. George III, well tutored by Bute, was determined not to give Grenville or any other minister similar power, lest he become the prisoner of his Prime Minister and find his freedom to choose his ministers restricted or worse. The King wanted his ministers to be his "tools" and regarded with suspicion the "Triumvirate" of Grenville
2 de dic. de 2023 · Quotes about George Grenville. Undoubtedly Mr. Grenville was a first-rate figure in this country. With a masculine understanding, and a stout and resolute heart, he had an application undissipated and unwearied. He took public business, not as a duty which he was to fulfil, but as a pleasure he was to enjoy; and he seemed to have no delight out ...
George Grenville: A Political Life. By Philip Lawson. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984. Pp. vi+309. £19.50. - Lord Grenville 1759–1834. By Peter Jupp. Oxford ...
This summary of George Grenville's conduct in opposition has found few detractors since it was written some twenty-five years ago.'. It is a fair portrait of a man obsessed with an ill-fated policy, trying desperately to justify his actions for posterity. Yet it requires basic qualification and correction.
