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Hace 5 días · Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, was born in 1764. On leaving Cambridge he spent some time in travel, and in 1786 entered parliament as member for Northumberland. He attached himself to Fox, and this fact excluded him from office for the early portion of his political career.
Hace 5 días · Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey had promoted reform of Parliament since the 1790s, always to be defeated by the Ultra-Tories. The breakthrough came in his success in passage of the Reform Act of 1832. He sought this as the final step of reform, rather than a first step in a long process, emphasising the urgent need in 1832 to settle the intense and ...
Hace 2 días · At the end of 1861 the Prince had died, and among the various means of commemorating him a hall more or less on the present site was considered. It was especially a cherished idea of General Charles Grey, the Prince's former and the Queen's present secretary, whose zeal for the project throughout its changing forms was hardly less ...
Hace 2 días · The collections of the Earls Grey include those of Charles, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845), prime minister 1830-1834, and proponent of the 1832 Reform Act, complimented by the papers of John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792-1840), also heavily involved in the Act.
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- 2020
Hace 1 día · His great-grandfather was Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, of tea fame, also the prime minister who introduced the Great Reform Act of 1832. Between 1886 and 1890, Wood's three older brothers died young, leaving him, at the age of nine, heir to his father's fortune and seat in the House of Lords.
Hace 1 día · Three of the horses — Trojan, Tennyson and Vanquish — are expected to take part in Trooping the Colour, the annual public celebration of King Charles ' birthday in London, on June 15, a ...
Hace 1 día · Charlemagne [b] ( / ˈʃɑːrləmeɪn, ˌʃɑːrləˈmeɪn / SHAR-lə-mayn, -MAYN; 2 April 748 [a] – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800, holding these titles until his death in 814.
