Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1764

Place of Birth: Fallodon, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 17-Jul-1845

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, (13 March 1764 – 17 July 1845), known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from November 1830 to July 1834. A member of the Whig Party, he was a long-time leader of multiple reform movements, most famously the Reform Act 1832.
His government also saw the abolition of slavery in the British Empire, in which the government purchased slaves from their owners in 1833.
Grey was a strong opponent of the foreign and domestic policies of William Pitt the Younger in the 1790s.
In 1807, he resigned as foreign secretary to protest the King's uncompromising rejection of Catholic Emancipation.
Grey finally resigned in 1834 over disagreements in his cabinet regarding Ireland, and retired from politics.
His biographer G.
M.
Trevelyan argues: in our domestic history 1832 is the next great landmark after 1688 ...
[It] saved the land from revolution and civil strife and made possible the quiet progress of the Victorian era. Scholars rank him highly among all British prime ministers.
Earl Grey tea is named after him.



Alternative names	Cousins, Samuel
Description	British engraver
Date of birth/death	9 May 1801	7 May 1887
Location of birth/death	Exeter	London
Work location	Britain
Authority control	: Q1473247 VIAF: 39650401 ISNI: 0000 0000 6662 0078 ULAN: 500003565 LCCN: n83227320 NLA: 36044398 WorldCat



Description	British painter
Date of birth/death	13 April 1769	7 January 1830
Location of birth/death	Bristol	London
Authority control	: Q312096 VIAF: 59122598 ISNI: 0000 0001 1473 2825 ULAN: 500022619 LCCN: n81008170 NLA: 35281740 WorldCat