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Topic: George Grenville


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  Britannia Government: Prime Ministers
Brother-in-law to William Pitt, the Elder, Grenville served as treasurer of the navy from 1757 to 1762, staying on under Newcastle after Pitt resigned in 1761, protesting non-support by Parliament and George III for his plan to declare war on Spain.
Grenville lost the case, and in the losing, general warrants were ruled illegal and Wilkes became a champion of the mob.
Grenville's government was bouncing from one problem to the next and Grenville was proving equally incapable of dealing with the social upheaval and challenges to authority on both sides of the Atlantic.
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 George III Of Britain - LoveToKnow 1911
[George William ] (1738-1820), king of Great Britain and Ireland, son of Frederick, prince of Wales, and grandson of George II., whom he succeeded in 1760, was born on the 4th of June 1738.
George Grenville was in office till 1765; the marquis of Rockingham till 1766; Pitt, becoming earl of Chatham, till illness compelled him to retire from the conduct of affairs in 1767, when he was succeeded by the duke of Grafton.
George III., who thought that the first duty of the Americans was to obey himself, had on his side the mass of unreflecting Englishmen who thought that duty of all colonists was to be useful and submissive to the mother-country.
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 George Grenville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Grenville (14 October 1712 13 November 1770) was a British Whig statesman who served in government for the relatively short period of seven years, reaching the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Grenville was the second son of Richard Grenville and Hester Temple (later Countess Temple).
In June 1747 Grenville became a Lord of the Treasury, and in 1754 Treasurer of the Navy and Privy Councillor.
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 USA: George Grenville
Grenville attempted further reform but was hindered by the opposition of the mercantile community.
Grenville wished to terminate the German war and Britain's subsidy to Prussia, so that Britain could concentrate its energies on continuing the succesfull maritime war against the family compact of France and Spain.
Grenville's first speech of march 9, 1764, which included most of the new colonial regulations and the initial resolutions for a colonial stamp act, was a personal succes.
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 George III
George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death.
George was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, but the first to be born in Britain and use English as his first language.
George III's insanity is the subject of the film The Madness of King George (1994), which was based on the play The Madness of George III by Alan Bennet.
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 Sir Bevil Grenville - LoveToKnow 1911
As member of Parliament, first for Cornwall, then for Launceston, Grenville supported Sir John Eliot and the opposition, and his intimacy with Eliot was lifelong.
Here Grenville was killed at the head of the Cornish infantry as it reached the top of the hill.
Hopton they revered and respected, but Grenville they loved as peculiarly their own commander, and after his death there is little more heard of the reckless valour which had won Stratton and Lansdown.
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 George Grenville Papers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
George Grenville entered Parliament in 1741, sitting for the borough of Buckingham, the constituency which he represented for 29 years.
With the formation of Newcastle's administration, Grenville, was appointed treasurer of the navy and became a member of the Privy Council in 1754.
Although Grenville in his early career was dominated by Temple and Pitt, and frequently overshadowed by them, he did earn the reputation in the House of Commons as an effective speaker and a capable man of business.
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 George Grenville (1712-1770)
George Grenville was the second son of seven children born to Richard Grenville and his wife Hester, Countess Temple.
When George III succeeded to the throne in 1760, Grenville joined Bute in urging an end to the Seven Years' War, whereas the government (particularly Newcastle and Pitt) were in favour of continuing the conflict.
In 1761, Grenville was appointed as Leader of the House of Commons.
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 Lord Grenville
Grenville was a strong supporter of Catholic Emancipation and in 1801 he resigned with Pitt when George III blocked proposed legislation on the subject.
Grenville and Fox had both spoken against the trade in nearly all the debates on the subject since the first time it was discussed in the House of Commons in 1789.
Grenville made a passionate speech where he argued that the trade was "contrary to the principles of justice, humanity and sound policy" and criticised fellow members for "not having abolished the trade long ago".
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /PRgrenville.htm   (446 words)

  
 George Grenville (1712-1770)
However, Grenville did not have to deal with the colonial problems that resulted in his policies because he was invited to resign by George III in July 1765.
In the spring of 1765, George III had his first bout of mental illness which resulted in him becoming absent-minded and incoherent; he was unable to fulfil his duties as monarch.
All these factors led to the fall of Grenville's ministry in July 1765 when he was persuaded to resign, to make way for a ministry headed by the Duke of Cumberland with the Marquis of Rockingham as First Lord of the Treasury.
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 Lord Grenville
William Grenville was born on 24 October 1759, the third son and sixth of nine children born to George Grenville and Elizabeth Wyndham.
Grenville was academically very gifted and had a keen interest in and extensive knowledge of classical literature.
Grenville was Paymaster General between December 1783 and March 1784 then he was appointed to the Board of Control for Indian Affairs.
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 Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos
The son of George Grenville and Elizabeth Wyndham and the brother of Nugent Buckingham (family tree), Tom Grenville was a largely unsuccessful politician, an ill-fated diplomat and a remarkable bibliophile.
Grenville (afterwards Marquis of Buckingham), who had passed a great deal of this and the preceding summer at Bath, for the purpose of receiving instruction from Mr Sheridan in elocution, went also to Dublin on a short visit, accompanied by Mr.
Grenville was the last to be appointed to this post which was abolished in 1817.
www.dukesofbuckingham.org /people/family/grenville/thomas_grenville.htm   (1587 words)

  
 Grenada - Explorations
Fort George is situated on an elevated peninsula that commands the harbour entrance, a position that has given the fort enormous strategic importance since the French constructed it in the first decade of the 18th century.
Grenville is also home to Grenada's largest nutmeg processing factory, which offers visitors extensive tours of the entire process of nutmeg preparation.
Grenville's colorful Saturday market is also worth a visit, as local farmers, fishermen, and merchants gather to sell all sorts of fresh produce, as well as local handicrafts.
www.geographia.com /grenada/gdpnt01.htm   (1282 words)

  
 Wikinfo | George Grenville
George Grenville (October 14, 1712 - November 13, 1770) was an English politician.
He was the second son of Richard Grenville and Hester Temple, afterwards Countess Temple, his elder brother being Richard Grenville-Temple, 1st Earl Temple.
George received his education at Eton College and at Christ Church College, Oxford, and was called to the bar in 1735.
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 George Grenville Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
George Grenville was born on 14 October, 1712, at Westminster, London.
George Grenville was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
George Grenville died on 13 November, 1770, London.
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 George III
George was only twelve when his father died and his mother's friend, the Earl of Bute, became an important influence on his future development.
George III was also having trouble with his high-spirited eldest son, George, Prince of Wales.
George was placed in a strait-jacket and eventually his doctors had a special iron chair made to restrain their patient.
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 GEORGEGRENVILLE
Contact US Grenville, George (1712-1770) British Statesman: Grenville was born in London, and he held a number of minor offices under King George II, and served briefly as Secretary of State and Head of the Admiralty.
His view of colonial taxation was in line with government discussions from 1762, which indicated Britain's belief that the colonists should bear part of the expense for the defense forces that would need to be maintained in the Americas after the French and Indian War.
Grenville resigned from his position in 1765 because of a mutual lack of confidence between himself and King George III.
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 William Wyndham, Lord Grenville (1759 -- 1834)
was born on 24 October 1759, the third son and sixth of nine children born to George Grenville and Elizabeth Wyndham.
The Grenville and Pitt families were intertwined, since Pitt the Elder (the Earl of Chatham) had married Hester Grenville, sister of George Grenville.
When the French Revolution broke out, Grenville advocated British neutrality as the best means of avoiding conflict but when France declared war of Britain, Grenville supported the first coalition of European powers.
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 William Wyndham Grenville
William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, English statesman, youngest son of George Grenville, was born on the 25th of October 1759.
When Pitt returned to power in 1804 Grenville refused to join the ministry unless his political ally, Charles James Fox, was also admitted thereto; this was impossible and he remained out of office until February 1806, when just after Pitt's death he became the nominal head of a coalition government.
Though Grenville's talents were not of the highest order his straightforwardness and industry, together with his knowledge of politics and the moderation of his opinions, secured for him considerable political influence.
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 George Grenville
George Grenville had a perfect PM pedigree, being descended from a political family.
His prosecution of MP John Wilkes for seditious libel against the King and Bute made him unpopular - Grenville was seen as a threat to the liberty of the people and the press.
Grenville's fate was sealed when he fell out with King George III over the matter of who should rule for the King in the event of a deterioration of his mental health - Grenville tried to remove Queen Caroline, the King's mother, from the list because of her friendship with Bute.
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 George Grenville
English statesman, second son of Richard Grenville and Hester Temple, afterwards Countess Temple, was born on the 14th of October 1712.
The most prominent measures of his administration were the prosecution of Wilkes and the passing of the American Stamp Act, which led to the first symptoms of alienation between America and the mother country.
During the latter period of his term of office he was on a very unsatisfactory footing with the young King George III, who gradually came to feel a kind of horror of the interminable persistency of his conversation, and whom he endeavored to make use of as the mere puppet of the ministry.
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 george grenville information -- george grenville (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
George Grenville was there for only two years, as he was sacked by George III in 1765 for imposing stamp duty on the American colonies.
1754-1756 Duke of Devonshire 1756-1757 Duke of Newcastle 1757-1762 Earl of Bute 1762-1763 George Grenville 1763-1765 Marquis of Rockingham 1765-1766 Earl of Chatham 1766-1767 Duke of Grafton 1767...
George Grenville now became head of the English government; and, no doubt with good intentions, he decided on a threefold policy in relation to the colonies.
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 AllRefer.com - Grenville, George Nugent Temple, 1st marquess of Buckingham (British And Irish History, Biography) - ...
Grenville, George Nugent Temple, 1st marquess of Buckingham, British And Irish History, Biographies
Grenville, George Nugent Temple, 1st marquess of Buckingham 1753–1813, British statesman; second son of George Grenville.
In 1783 he was George III's agent in defeating the East India bill of Charles James Fox in the House of Lords.
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 AllRefer.com - George Grenville (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
George Grenville 1712–70, British statesman, brother of Earl Temple.
His prosecution (1763) of John Wilkes provoked political reformers, and his attempt to tax the North American colonies internally through the Stamp Act raised opposition not only in America but also among the British commercial classes.
Grenville alienated George III by insisting that he be the sole channel of ministerial communication to the throne, and he fell after a quarrel with the king about the composition of a regency council.
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