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This summary of George Grenville's conduct in opposition has found few detractors since it was written some twenty-five years ago.'. It is a fair portrait of a man obsessed with an ill-fated policy, trying desperately to justify his actions for posterity. Yet it requires basic qualification and correction.
George Grenville. 14 October 1712 - 13 November 1770. George Grenville entered Parliament in 1741 as a representative of the borough of Buckingham in the House of Commons. He served as treasurer of the navy, 1754-1762, was admitted to the cabinet in 1761, and, later that year, was appointed leader of the House of Commons. In 1763, Grenville ...
1730s. George III, well tutored by Bute, was determined not to give Grenville or any other minister similar power, lest he become the prisoner of his Prime Minister and find his freedom to choose his ministers restricted or worse. The King wanted his ministers to be his "tools" and regarded with suspicion the "Triumvirate" of Grenville
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28 de feb. de 2023 · George Grenville was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1763 to 1765. He is best known for his controversial policies reg...
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George Grenville Primer ministro británico (1763-1765) Nació el 14 de octubre de 1712 en Londres. Fue el segundo hijo de Richard Grenville y Hester Temple. Cursó estudios en la Iglesia de Cristo (Oxford).
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.
