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George Grenville (14 October 1712 – 13 November 1770) was a British Whig statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain. Grenville was born into an influential political family and first entered Parliament in 1741 as an MP for Buckingham. Read more on Wikipedia.
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 war der zweite Sohn des Politikers Richard Grenville (1678–1727) und der Hester Temple (um 1690–1752), die 1749 zur Countess Temple erhoben wurde. Er erhielt seine Ausbildung in Eton und am Christ Church College der Universität Oxford. 1735 wurde er am Inner Temple als Anwalt zugelassen. Erstmals wurde er 1741 als ...
George Grenville complained that men objected to laying burthens on the sinking fund, and called rather for new taxes. He wished gentlemen would show him where to lay them. Repeating this question in his querulous, languid, fatiguing tone, Pitt , who sat opposite to him, mimicking his accent aloud, repeated these words of an old ditty— Gentle shepherd, tell me where! and then rising, abused ...
24 de oct. de 2023 · George Grenville (1712-1770), Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1763 to 1765. Oil on canvas portrait by William Hoare, 1764. Christ Church, Oxford.
George Grenville. George Grenville (1712-1770) was a Whig politician, a member of the British parliament and prime minister of Britain between April 1763 and July 1765. He is best known as prime minister during the passing of the Stamp Act. Born into a wealthy and powerful family, Grenville was educated at Eton and Oxford, graduating with a law ...
George Grenville, who served as Prime Minister from 16 April 1763 to 10 July 1765, was the second son of seven children born to Richard Grenville and his wife Hester, Countess Temple. His elder brother was Richard, Earl Temple, Lord Cobham; his sister Hester married William Pitt. Grenville, who was born on 14 October 1712 at Westminster in ...
