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William Grenville was born in 1759. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He studied law at Lincoln’s Inn. Grenville was the son of Whig Prime Minister George Grenville. Moreover, William Pitt the Elder was Grenville’s uncle by marriage, and Pitt the Younger was his cousin. In 1782, Grenville entered the House of ...
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.
The first measure undertaken for this purpose in the colonies was the Stamp Act.In March 1765, British Prime Minister George Grenville authored the act, which required that all newspapers and documents—including official court documents—in the North American colonies be printed on stamped paper from London.
George Grenville ( 14. říjen 1712 – 13. listopad 1770) byl britský státník, člen strany Whigů, který za krátký čas sedmi let, po který byl členem britské vlády dosáhl až na funkci jejího předsedy. Byl jedním z mála premiérů, kteří nikdy nebyli jmenováni peery (a tedy členy Sněmovny lordů ).
George Grenville. Profession: British Prime Minister. Biography: George Grenville was born into a political family. His father was an MP and Grenville entered parliament himself in 1741 as MP for Buckingham, a seat he held until his death in 1770. As a Whig, Grenville became a supporter of William Pitt the Elder and entered the Privy Council.
1 de sept. de 2020 · Citing these facts, Grenville convinced Parliament that the colonies should—for the first time in their history—contribute to the costs of supporting and defending them. Parliament responded by passing a series of colonial tax laws now known as the Revenue Acts, made up of the Sugar Act 1764, the Currency Act of 1764, the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Acts of 1767, and the Tea Act of 1773.
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 ...
