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The title EarlGrey was created in the (The peers of a kingdom considered as a group) Peerage of the (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland) United Kingdom in 1806 for General Sir Charles Grey.
The (Click link for more info and facts about Grey Cup) Grey Cup is named for the (Click link for more info and facts about fourth Earl) fourth Earl, who served as (Click link for more info and facts about Governor-General of Canada) Governor-General of Canada.
Both titles are, along with the (The domain controlled by an earl or count or countess) Earldom, in the (Click link for more info and facts about Peerage of the United Kingdom) Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Grey, Albert Henry George Grey, 4thEarl, governor general of Canada, 1904-11 (b at St James's Palace, London, Eng 28 Nov 1851; d at Howick, Eng 29 Aug 1917).
Perhaps best remembered as the donor of the GREY CUP for football supremacy, Grey himself was more interested in the music and drama festivals he inaugurated.
It was fortunate for Canada and Britain that in this difficult transition period in imperial relations a governor general of Grey's energy and charm was associated with a prime minister of Laurier's strength and patience.
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The Grey family's close concern with colonial affairs was continued by Albert Henry George, 4thEarlGrey (1851-1917), who was involved in the British South Africa Company, and served as Administrator of Rhodesia 1896-1897 and Governor-General of Canada 1904-1911.
The EarlGrey Pamphlets cover a wide span of political, economic and social issues of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The 4thEarl was a man of multifarious interests, who played a leading role in movements for co-operation and co-partnership, temperance (public house trusts), church reform, university extension, garden cities, and imperial federation.
He welcomed Canada's first important foreign royal visit (from Prince Fushima of Japan) in 1907, improved Rideau Hall (the governor-general's residence), and suggested the idea of a great railway hotel in Ottawa - the origin of the Château Laurier.
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In 1909, the Grey Cup was donated by the then Governor General of Canada, Lord EarlGrey, to recognize the top amateur rugby football team in Canada.
By this time Canadian rugby had become markedly different from the rugby union football from which it developed.
Over time, the Grey Cup became the property of the Canadian Football League (CFL), who had evolved as a professional league that plays Canadian football.
Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805-1875), Historian and a founder of the National Portrait Gallery
Historian and statesman; successfully advocated foundation of the National Portrait Gallery and became first chairman of its trustees.
The House of Commons, 1833 (includes George Hamilton Gordon, 4thEarl of Aberdeen; Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby; William Ewart Gladstone; Charles Grey, 2nd EarlGrey; Sir George Hayter; John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst; William Lamb, 2nd...)
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