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William Wyndham Grenville, primer barón de Grenville PC (25 de octubre de 1759 – 12 de enero de 1834), fue un político británico del partido Whig y Primer ministro del Reino Unido entre 1806 y 1807.
(William Wyndham Grenville, primer barón Grenville; ?, 1759-Dropmore, Buckinghamshire, 1834) Político británico. Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores del Gobierno Pitt (1790-1801), fue desde 1793 un decidido partidario de la guerra con Francia.
William Wyndham Grenville, primer barón de Grenville PC (25 de octubre de 1759 – 12 de enero de 1834), fue un político británico del partido Whig y Primer ministro del Reino Unido entre 1806 y 1807.
- Ungainly Manner and Appearance
- The ‘Ministry of All The Talents’
- Leader of The Opposition
Grenville’s intelligence and application were now apparent beyond the ungainly manner and appearance (and questionable dress-sense) that won him the nickname ‘Bogey’. They made him one of Pitt’s closest advisers and a key member of both the Board of Trade and Board of Control, central agencies in Pittite reforms like the creation of the sinking fun...
Grenville’s opposition to the 1802 Peace of Amiens negotiated by the Addingtonministry saw him become a focus for opposition and work with the Whig leader Charles James Fox, whom he came to regard as a necessary component in any government in which he could serve. Following Pitt’s death in 1806, it was to Grenville that the King turned to form a mi...
Out of office, Grenville became leader of a Whig opposition to his former Pittite colleagues, whose stance on the Catholic issue led him now to regard them unequivocally as ‘Tories’. Differences over policy with Foxite allies and the government’s successful prosecution of the war, however, limited his effectiveness, and in 1817 he retired from the ...
William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville (born Oct. 25, 1759—died Jan. 12, 1834, Dropmore Lodge, Buckinghamshire, Eng.) was a British politician, son of prime minister George Grenville; he was himself head of the coalition “Ministry of all the Talents,” Feb. 11, 1806–March 25, 1807.
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British statesman, Prime Minister (1806–07). He entered the House of Commons in 1782 and served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1791–1801) under William Pitt the Younger. After Pitt's death he formed the so-called ‘Ministry of all the Talents' (February 1806–March 1807).
William Wyndham Grenville, Lord Grenville. Foreign Secretary April 1791 to February 1801. Lord Grenville spent almost a decade as Foreign Secretary during a turbulent period dominated by...
