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 | | GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (17641845), English statesman, was the eldest surviving son of General Sir Charles Grey, afterwards ist Earl Grey. |
 | | General Grey (17291807), who was a younger son of the house of Grey of Howick, one of the most considerable territorial families in Northumberland, had already begun a career of active service which, like the political career of his son, covered nearly half a century. |
 | | When Napoleon threatened an invasion, General Grey took the command of the southern district, and at the peace of Amiens he was rewarded with a peerage, as Baron Grey of Alnwick, being created in 1806 Earl Grey and Viscount Howick. |
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