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  George Edward Grey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir George Edward Grey KCB (April 14, 1812 - September 19, 1898) was a soldier, explorer, Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Cape Colony (South Africa), Premier of New Zealand and a writer.
Grey was born in Lisbon, Portugal just a few days after his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Grey of the 30th Foot, was killed at the Battle of Badajoz in Spain.
Later, Grey was appointed Governer of Cape Colony, where he founded the prestigious Grey College in Bloemfontein in 1885 and Grey High School in Port Elizabeth in 1886.
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 Edward Grey
Edward Grey, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel George Henry Grey, and grand-nephew of Earl Grey, was born in 1862.
Grey's secret diplomacy was strongly criticised by the Labour Party and some members of his own party, including Charles Trevelyan, Secretary of the Board of Education, for these private promises made to the French government.
Grey, the longest serving Secretary of Foreign Affairs in British history, was removed from office by David Lloyd George in December, 1916.
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 Grey Memorial
Grey was killed in the advance on Lutain Wood, and buried on the battlefield by his men.
The Grey family made the grave permanent after the war, and while many isolated graves such as this once existed on the Normandy battlefields, most were concentrated into military cemeteries post 1945.
George Grey was born 2nd December 1918, and became a Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed in August 1941, aged only 22 - quite an achievement.
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 George Grey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Grey’s qualities of leadership surfaced and his compassionate care for the Aborigines was noted when his party suffered extreme hardships on this expedition.
Grey encouraged the commencement of the first railway at the Cape, gave large sums towards the founding of Grey’s College at Bloemfontein and erected hospitals for the indigenous inhabitants to combat the influence of witchdoctors.
Grey concluded that, so long as the white communities in South Africa remained economically unstable and politically divided, they would be unable to make progress and there would be no end to the cycle of violence with their African neighbours.
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 George Grey, Sir Biography / Biography of George Grey, Sir Biography Biography
Sir George Grey (1812-1898) was a controversial British explorer and colonial governor.
George Grey was born on April 14, 1812, in Lisbon, educated at Sandhurst, and after 1830 served in Ireland.
Because of their land policies Grey could not work harmoniously with local politicians, and he was dismissed in 1868 for insisting that British troops remain in the colony.
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 Former PM's - Official website of the Prime Minister of New Zealand
Grey was born in Lisbon Portugal in 1812.
Grey spent some time in Australia, while he was there he was leader of two expeditions in Western Australia 1837-39, Resident at King George's Sound Albany Western Australia 1839, and Governor of South Australia 1841.
Grey later became MP for Thames, in 1876, and on the defeat of Atkinson, 13 October 1877, he formed a ministry ad Premier.
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 Grey, Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Grey, Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl, 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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 Sir George Grey KCB - Explorer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
George Grey never spent a night in Geraldton yet he is inextricably linked to its existence.
Grey’s only glimpse of the future town site - “In the course of this day we travelled across the heads of two bays, which were indistinctly visible through the woods”.
By then George Grey was Governor of New Zealand and never had the opportunity to see the town he helped to start.
www.geraldton.wa.gov.au /Extranet/LocalHistory/GeorgeGrey.asp   (414 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Barnard George Grey
A great number of American sculptors of the earlier part of the 20th century worked in a fairly academic style; although their works are competent...
Grey, Sir George (1812-1898), Portuguese-born British colonial governor.
Grey was born in Lisbon, and began his military career serving in the 83rd...
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 George Grey Barnard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
George Grey Barnard, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1947
George Grey Barnard (May 24, 1863 - April 24, 1938) was an American sculptor.
Barnard was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Kankakee, Illinois.
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 Grey, Albert Henry George Grey, 4 e comte
Grey, Albert Henry George Grey, 4 e comte
Impérialiste convaincu, Grey voit dans sa nomination comme gouverneur général une occasion de renforcer les liens avec l'empire.
Mieux connu comme le donateur de la COUPE GREY destinée à couronner l'équipe championne du football canadien, Grey est toutefois plus intéressé aux festivals de musique et de théâtre qu'il inaugure.
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 Register of Historic Places   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Grey was an important British colonial diplomat and politician, having been twice governor of New Zealand (1845-1853 & 1861-1868), the last superintendent of Auckland (1875-1876), and the premier of New Zealand (1877-1879).
Grey supported colonial expansion as a way of alleviating poverty in Britain and Ireland, and was an advocate of cultural assimilation between different peoples.
The monument is historically significant for its commemoration of Sir George Grey, who was a major figure in the colonial history of New Zealand and the British Empire.
www.historic.org.nz /Register/ListingDetail.asp?RID=119&sm=   (723 words)

  
 UFORC GLOBAL 'NET: The Wandjina Petroglyphs [PRA]
In 1838 a party led by Captain George Grey stumbled across some paintings in the Kimberley district of Western Australia that have been the subject of controversy ever since.
Describing the main painting in the second cave Grey investigated, Grey wrote in his journal that "It was the figure of a man, ten feet 6 inches [3.2 metres] in length, clothed from the chin downwards in a red garment, which reached to the wrist and ankles"
From Captain George Grey journal, He and his men are at the main cave with the larger Wandjina That can be seen in the middle.
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 Articles - Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey (November 28, 1851 – August 29, 1917) was the ninth Governor General of Canada from 1904 to 1911.
Earl Grey was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, and graduated from Cambridge, where he studied history and law.
Earl Grey served as a member of Parliament from 1880 to 1886 and became a member of the House of Lords in 1886.
www.gaple.com /articles/Albert_Henry_George_Grey,_4th_Earl_Grey   (998 words)

  
 To Be a Hero, A Biography of Sir George Grey by Edmund Bohan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Sir George Grey was an extraordinary man, who exerted huge influence during the nineteenth century.
Grey's early career began in Australia, where he explored, mapped and sketched the outback, defending the Aborigines against the worst excesses of his compatriots, and writing a best-selling account of his adventures.
Grey's second governorship of New Zealand from 1861-68 was a disaster, as he stoked the fires of the New Zealand Wars.
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 Airy, Sir George Biddell --  Encyclopædia Britannica
One of the ablest 19th-century administrators in the distant colonies of the British Empire, Sir George Grey tried to deal fairly with the struggles of native peoples to protect their land from British settlers.
The Irish comic dramatist George Farquhar wrote for the English stage at the beginning of the 18th century.
In a dramatization, George Washington recalls crossing the Delaware, spending the winter at Valley Forge and defeating the British at the Battle of Yorktown.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9005227   (701 words)

  
 The Imperialism of Cultural Assimilation: Sir George Grey's Encounter with the Maori and the Xhosa, 1845-1868 - ...
By the mid-1850s Grey was widely recognized as one of the most successful colonial governors in the British empire.
As Barrow's letter implies, Grey's reputation rested on his apparent success in dealing with the Maori during his governorship of the New Zealand colony in 1845-53.
Grey's celebrated "native policy" in New Zealand emphasized racial "amalgamation," the systematic assimilation of the Maori to a Western cultural ideal, as well as their rapid incorporation into the labor force.
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 Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey (1851-1917) - Mackenzie King - Exhibitions - Library and Archives Canada
Earl Grey, was Governor General of Canada from 1904 to 1911.
Through Earl Grey, King met Violet Markham, when she was visiting the Greys at Rideau Hall in 1905.
Grey urged him to accept this opportunity, and he also pressured Laurier to extend King's mission to India and to give him a secretary and an allowance for entertaining.
www.lac-bac.gc.ca /king/05320113/053201130422_e.html   (399 words)

  
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George Grey Barnard was a sculptor hailed as the Michelangelo of his time.
At his request, George Grey Barnard was buried in Harrisburg to be near to what he considered his finest work.
Credited with much originality for breaking away from the prevalent Beaux Arts tradition of idealized sculpture with themes removed from daily life, George Grey Barnard created highly personalized, expressive figure work influenced in style by Rodin and Michelangelo.
www.askart.com /artist/B/george_grey_barnard.asp?ID=83676   (942 words)

  
 Grey, Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Grey, Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl on Encyclopedia.com
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 George - Grey Tabby - August 21, 1999
When George was a few weeks old, he was adopted by my husband from a neighbor who rescued cats.
George was not supposed to live very long due to the terrible shape he was in.
Today, George is enjoying his later years playing with his own dog, Buster.
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 Aegis
Using the "puppet" George Grey, Marie began communicating with Omega Computers' directors (who were glad to hear from their boss again after several weeks of hearing nothing).
The George Grey form looked like the old android body had, not like the Alpha body did, and, most shockingly, the George Grey body had no powers, it was that of a normal human.
Mystère and the White Sorceress were able to magically merge Aegis and George Grey with the comatose body of former police officer Nicholas Young (aka Apex), restoring him in time to help defeat his archenemy Carnage and his allies.
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 The Grey Cup
The Grey Cup trophy, a symbol of Canadian football supremacy, was originally an amateur award, destined to be presented to the senior hockey champions of
The Grey Cup was presented, albeit three months later - he'd forgotten to have the cup made, but did so after a gentle reminder by the cup trustees - by his excellency Lord Grey to the team representing the
Unlike the NFL's Vince Lombardi trophy, the Grey Cup has survived the test of time, passed annually to new champions, while celebrating former legends by listing each winning player on its third (and present) base, which was added to the original trophy in 1987.
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 GREY, ALBERT HENRY GEORGE GREY, 4TH EARL. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Columbia Encyclopedia > Grey, Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl
In 1880 he entered the House of Commons as a Liberal, but he lost his seat as a result of his opposition to Gladstone’s Home Rule Bill of 1886.
Grey returned to Parliament as a member of the House of Lords when he succeeded his uncle to the earldom in 1894.
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 AllRefer.com - Grey, Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Grey, Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl, British And Irish History, Biographies
Grey, Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl 1851–1917, English statesman, nephew of the 3d Earl Grey.
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 George Grey, Sir Biography / Biography of George Grey, Sir Biography Biography
George Grey, Sir Biography / Biography of George Grey, Sir Biography Biography
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 GEORGE GREY BARNARD - LoveToKnow Article on GEORGE GREY BARNARD
GEORGE GREY BARNARD - LoveToKnow Article on GEORGE GREY BARNARD
He lived in Paris for twelve years, returning to America in 1896; and with his first exhibit at the Salon of 1894 he scored a great success.
To properly cite this GEORGE GREY BARNARD article in your work, copy the complete reference below:
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Grey Sir George   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Grey, Sir George (1812-1898), Portuguese-born British colonial governor of New Zealand and other British colonies, one of the greatest influences on...
Carteret, Sir George (circa 1610-80), English naval officer and colonial proprietor, born on the island of Jersey, in the Channel Islands.
Handel, George Frideric : influence on other composers: Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour
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 AllRefer.com - Sir George Grey (Australian And New Zealand History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Sir George Grey, Australian And New Zealand History, Biographies
When war broke out between Maori natives and English settlers, Grey returned to New Zealand as governor (1861–68), but his efforts to end the fighting were fruitless.
After brief residence in London he returned to live in New Zealand, where as premier (1877–79) he advocated important social reforms.
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 The 1998 Canadian Encyclopedia: Grey, Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
The 1998 Canadian Encyclopedia: Grey, Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl@ HighBeam Research
Grey, Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl, governor general
Grey saw his appointment as governor general as an
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 George Barnard Artworks and Fine Art at arthistorynet.com
The Leap of the Soul 1921 George Grey Barnard pencil and watercolor on paper sheet:
Leighton Bros., The Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting by George Barnard (London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1858), 1858
The Mystery of Life modeled 1895-1897 George Grey Barnard marble relief 21 1/4 x 14
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