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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 Northumberland, his youth was spent in a manner ...
13 de mar. de 2019 · Grey’s Marriage and Family. Grey married Hon. Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby, daughter of William Ponsonby, 1 st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly, a leading Irish liberal family. Between 1796 and 1819, the couple’s enormous love was blessed by ten sons and six daughters. Few of their sons gave service to the nation by being General, Admiral, and Captain.
Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey (born 1729, Howick, Northumberland, Eng.—died Nov. 14, 1807, Howick) was a British general in the American Revolution who commanded in victories in several battles, notably against the American general Anthony Wayne and at the Battle of Germantown (1777–78). The member of an old Northumberland family and son of ...
Charles Grey (ur. 13 marca 1764 w Fallodon, zm. 17 lipca 1845 w Howick) – między 1806 a 1807 znany jako wicehrabia Howick, był premierem Zjednoczonego Królestwa Wielkiej Brytanii i Irlandii od 22 listopada 1830 do 16 lipca 1834. Był członkiem partii Wigów, a także jednym z głównych twórców Ustawy o reformie z 1832 ( ang.
Charles Grey (British Army officer) (1804–1870), British Army general, Member of Parliament for Wycombe, and Private Secretary to Prince Albert and Queen Victoria. Charles Grey (mayor) (1859–1925), New Zealand businessman and mayor of Auckland City. C. G. Grey (1875–1953), English aviation writer. Charles Grey, 5th Earl Grey (1879–1963 ...
1830-11-22 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the head of the first Whig government; 1832-03-22 British Parliament, led by Charles Grey, passes the Reform Act, introducing wide-ranging changes to electoral system of England and Wales, increasing electorate from about 500,000 voters to 813,000
Historian Paul David Nelson has written the first complete scholarly biography of Sir Charles Grey, First Earl Grey, one of the most important British Army commanders in the eighteenth century. Considering Grey's importance, and the prominence of the family he helped to found, it is surprising that he has been neglected by history.
