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5 de dic. de 2023 · William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville PC PCi FRS (25 October 1759 – 12 January 1834) was a British Pittite Tory politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807, but was a supporter of the Whigs for the duration of the Napoleonic Wars. As prime minister, his most significant achievement was the ...
William Wyndham Grenville, 1. baron Grenville (25. říjen 1759 – 12. leden 1834) byl britský státník, člen strany Whigů a premiér. Pocházel ze šlechtické rodiny Grenvillů , jako jediný v britské historii byl během své kariéry předsedou Dolní i Horní sněmovny.
William Grenville was born on 24 October 1759, the third son and sixth of nine children born to George Grenville and Elizabeth Wyndham. In 1792, he married Anne Pitt. She was the daughter of Thomas Pitt, first Baron Camelford. The Grenville and Pitt families were intertwined, since Pitt the Elder (the Earl of Chatham) had married Hester ...
William Wyndham Grenville, the first and last Baron Grenville, was talented, deeply learned, a useful party man, but aloof, respected rather than liked. His nickname was Bogy, perhaps meaning scary or bogeyman. William Wilberforce praised him fulsomely but said of him: "His natural temper is not that of warmth."
Nommé 1er Baron de Grenville, le 25 novembre 1790 (il devient ensuite le Président de la Chambre des Lords) Secrétaire général de l'Irlande de 1782 à 1783. Contrôleur des Finances et Contrôleur adjoint des finances de 1783 à 1789. Vice-Président du Conseil du Commerce de 1786 à 1789. Porte-parole à la Chambre des Communes 1789.
William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, English statesman, youngest son of George Grenville, was born on the 25th of October 1759. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, gaining the chancellor's prize for Latin verse in 1779.
- October 25, 1759
- January 12, 1834
GRENVILLE, WILLIAM WYNDHAM GRENVILLE, Baron (1759–1834), English statesman, youngest son of George Grenville, was born on the 25th of October 1759. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, gaining the chancellor’s prize for Latin verse in 1779.
