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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.
Earl Grey is a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom. [2] It was created in 1806 for General Charles Grey, 1st Baron Grey. In 1801, he was given the title Baron Grey of Howick in the County of Northumberland, [3] and in 1806 he was created Viscount Howick in the County of Northumberland, at the same time as he was given the earldom.
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (c. 1764–1845) was the son of Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Lord Grey's government enacted the abolition of slavery in the British Empire by initiating the mass purchase of slaves from their owners in 1833.
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 ...
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 ...
Charles Grey, 2. Earl Grey. Charles Grey, II conde de Grey (13 de marzo de 1764–17 de julio de 1845), miembro de la Orden de la Jarretera, miembro del Consejo Privado del Reino Unido, fue diplomático, político y primer ministro whig (liberal) británico. Fue conocido como Charles Grey hasta 1806, y como Vizconde de Howick desde 1806 hasta 1807.
