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	George Grenville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George Grenville (October 14, 1712—November 13, 1770) was a British Whig statesman who served in government for the relatively short period of nine years (reaching the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain); Sir Robert Walpole served as Prime Minister alone for twenty-one years, for example.
		Grenville was the second son of Richard Grenville and Hester Temple, afterwards Countess Temple, his elder brother being Richard Grenville-Temple, 1st Earl Temple.
		In June 1747 Grenville became a Lord of the Treasury, and in 1754 Treasurer of the Navy and Privy Councillor.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Grenville (704 words)

	Britannia Government: Prime Ministers - George Grenville
		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.
	www.britannia.com /gov/primes/prime9.html (526 words)

	William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The son of Prime Minister George Grenville, Grenville studied at Eton, Christ Church, Oxford, and Lincoln's Inn, and entered the Commons in 1782 and soon became a close ally of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, serving in the government as Paymaster of the Forces from 1784 to 1789.
		During the war, Grenville was the leader of the party that focused on the fighting on the continent as the key to victory, opposing the faction of Henry Dundas which favored war at sea and in the colonies.
		Following Pitt's death in 1806, Grenville became the head of the "Ministry of all The Talents", a coalition between Grenville's supporters, the Foxite Whigs, and the supporters of former Prime Minister Lord Sidmouth, with Grenville as First Lord of the Treasury and Fox as Foreign Secretary as joint leaders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Wyndham_Grenville,_1st_Baron_Grenville (617 words)

	USA: George Grenville
		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.
		Grenville's sudden fall from office in 1765 had little to do with the alienation of the colonies, but woth the miscalculations regalding the King's political options.
	odur.let.rug.nl /usa.990917/B/ggrenville/grenv.htm (567 words)

	William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (October 25, 1759 - January 12, 1834), was a British statesman and Prime Minister.
		The son of Prime Minister George Grenville, Grenville entered the Commons in 1782 and soon became a close ally of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, serving in the government as Paymaster of the Forces from 1784 to 1789.
		In 1789, Grenville entered the Cabinet as Home Secretary, and became Leader of the House of Lords when he was raised to the peerage the next year as Baron Grenville of Wotton-under-Bernewood.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/w/wi/william_wyndham_grenville__1st_baron_grenville.html (515 words)

	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.
		The Grenville and Pitt families were intertwined, since Pitt the Elder (the Earl of Chatham) had married Hester Grenville, sister of George Grenville.
		Grenville was Paymaster General between December 1783 and March 1784 then he was appointed to the Board of Control for Indian Affairs.
	www.blakeneymanor.com /grenville.html (650 words)

	George Grenville (1712 -- 1770)
		Grenville was born on 14 October 1712 at Westminster in London.
		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.
		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.
	www.victorianweb.org /history/pms/grenville.html (1429 words)

	WILLIAM WYNDHAM GRENVILLE, BARON GRENVILLE - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM WYNDHAM GRENVILLE, BARON GRENVILLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In February 1782 Grenville was returned to parliament as member for the borough of Buckingham, and in the follcwing September he became secretary to the lord lieutenant of Ireland, who at this time was his brother, Earl Temple, afterwards marquess of Buckingham.
		When Pitt returned to power in 1804 Grenville refused to join the ministry unless his political ally, Fox, was also admitted thereto; this was impossible and he remained out of office until February 1806, when just after Pitts death he became the nominal head of a coalition government.
		Though Grenvilles 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.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GR/GRENVILLE_WILLIAM_WYNDHAM_GRENVILLE_BARON.htm (673 words)

	Lord Grenville
		William Wyndam Grenville was the son of George Grenville, an earlier prime minister.
		As Foreign Secretary, Grenville oversaw the tumultuous Wars of the French Revolution, focusing on fighting on the continent as the key to victory, rather than war at sea and in the colonies.
		In years after the Peninsular War, Grenville gradually moved back closer to the Tories, but his political career was ended by a stroke in 1823, the start of a long period of ill-health which led to his death a decade later.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/page160.asp (626 words)

	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)

	Grenville College: News Archive
		Grenville ran tremendously well and finished in 6th position, but within striking distance of the third school — 6th best in the region is a great achievement for a relatively small school.
		It was a busy day for the Grenville contingent as they took part in no less than six of the ten events entered by the team, including providing the cox for the Bideford ARC boys’ U15 coxed quad which reached the grand final in their event.
		Grenville College Sixth Former, Tamsynn Barrington from Holsworthy, is on the way to realising her ambition to represent Britain in the Olympic Pentathlon.
	www.grenville.devon.sch.uk /newsarchive.html (13743 words)

	Penguin Reading Guides \| The Idea of Perfection \| Kate Grenville
		Born in Sydney, Australia, in 1950, Kate Grenville holds degrees from the University of Sydney and the University of Colorado.
		Grenville paints the stark, blighted landscape around Karakarook in very vivid terms, as if it were another key character in the novel.
		Grenville's novel presents the reader with a host of symbols, including the bridge, Harley's heart trouble, and the dog that will never leave her alone.
	www.penguinputnam.com /static/rguides/us/idea_of_perfection.html (3030 words)

	Sir Richard Grenville - Heritage Education Program - National Park Service - Cape Hatteras Group
		Grenville therefore destroyed the power of the Catholic aristocracy in the West, and the queen knighted him as a reward.
		Grenville was reared at Buckland Abbey, which his father had purchased in 1541.
		Four generation of Grenvilles died in the service of their country -- his father on the Mary Rose in 1545, Sir Richard in the Azores in 1592, his son in Guiana in 1595, and his grandson in support of the royalists in 1643.
	www.nps.gov /fora/grenville.htm (795 words)

	Adventure in Grenada - Points of Interest
		Grenville, situated about halfway up Grenada's windward eastern shore, is the island's second largest city.
		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 (1273 words)

	GEORGE GRENVILLE - LoveToKnow Article on GEORGE GRENVILLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		(1712-1770), English statesman, second son of Richard Grenville and Hester Temple, afterwards Countess Temple, was born on the 14th of October i 712.
		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 endeavoured to make use of as the mere puppet of the ministry.
		The king made various attempts to induce Pitt to come to his rescue by forming a ministry, but without success, and at last bad recourse to the marquis of Rockingham, on whose agreeing to accept office Grenville was dismissed July I 765.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GR/GRENVILLE_GEORGE.htm (579 words)

	Harbourfront Reading Series Bio: Kate Grenville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Grenville’s companion piece to Lillian’s Story, entitled Albion’s Story, retells Lillian’s experiences of sexual abuse at the hands of her father from the father’s perspective.
		A self-defined feminist, Grenville has created a trilogy that, as a whole, operates to expose the sources and consequences of male violence.
		Before becoming a writer, Grenville was a film editor, a fact that many critics have noted in their description of her unique narrative style, which often draws heavily on cinematic techniques through the use of vignettes and dialogue.
	www.readings.org /ifoa97/grenville.html (156 words)

	Geol Evol Virginia-Cross Section A
		Grenville rocks are found all up and down eastern North Amnerica from Newfoundland to North Carolina.
		In Virginia, Grenville rocks are most obvious in the Blue Ridge province.
		The Grenville igneous rocks began as magma (liquid rock), so at the time of their formation we would be surrounded by seething, glowing, red hot liquid rock, swirling and surging in large chambers intruding their way (emplacing) into the mountain core.
	csmres.jmu.edu /geollab/vageol/vahist/A-Protero.html (674 words)

	Thomas Grenville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		With the Tikis leading 4-3, South Grenville's Tim Thomas scored to tie the game at 12:11 and then assisted on the game-winner by Derek Rupert at the 13:06 mark...
		Thomas Grenville (1755-1846), was a British politician and bibliophile.
		Grenville was the son of George Grenville, a British prime minister.
	www.wikiverse.org /thomas-grenville (175 words)

	Search Results for "Grenville" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Grenville, George, 1712-70, British statesman, brother of Earl Temple.
		Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, British statesman; youngest son of George Grenville.
		Grenville, George Nugent Temple, 1st marquess of Buckingham, 1753-1813, British statesman; second son of George Grenville.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Grenville (298 words)

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		Allochthonous terranes (2000) of the Grenville Province, Ludden and Hynes, 2000 -grenbelts2.jpg
		Hildebrand, R.S. and Easton, R.M., 1995 An 1161 Ma suture in the Frontenac terrane, Ontario segment of the Grenville orogen: Geology, 23, 10, 917-920.
		The Laurentian rocks in the Grenville Province are bounded to the northwest and southeast by southeast-dipping ductile thrust and (or) normal shear zones.
	instruct.uwo.ca /earth-sci/300b-001/grenv.htm (10682 words)

	Britannia Government: Prime Ministers - William Wyndham Grenville
		He resigned with Pitt in 1801 to protest the kings refusal to emancipate the Catholics under the Act of Union of 1800.
		Grenville refused to serve in Pitt's government of 1804 due to the exclusion of Charles James Fox, who became leader of the opposition and cooperated with Pitt in the impeachment of the then governor general of India, Warren Hastings.
		It was after Pitt death, in 1806, that Grenville became prime minister of the 'All the Talents' coalition government.
	www.britannia.com /gov/primes/prime19.html (224 words)

	AllRefer.com - Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl 1711–79, British statesman; elder brother of George Grenville and brother-in-law of William Pitt, 1st earl of Chatham.
		He was closer to Pitt than to his brother and, as first lord of the admiralty (1756–57) in the Pitt-Devonshire ministry and lord privy seal (1757–61) under Pitt and the duke of Newcastle, gave strong backing to Pitt's war policy.
		He also joined Pitt in vigorous opposition to Grenville's ministry (1763–65), financing John Wilkes in his attacks upon the government.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Temple-R.html (250 words)

	George Grenville Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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.
		This collection is concentrated on the two years 1756 and 1757; none of it relates to Grenville's position in the Bute ministry or to his own tenue as first lord of the treasury and architect of the Stamp Act.
	www.clements.umich.edu /Webguides/Arlenes/G/Grenvill.html (228 words)

	Grenville Christian College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Former Grenville Christian College students Patrick and Maureen Graham and the Graham Family will be awarded the first annual Grenville Christian College Community Achievement Award recognizing former Grenville students that make a difference to the communities they live in.
		The Grenville Christian College Community Achievement Awards were developed by Grenville Christian College to recognize former students in Ottawa, Upstate New York and Toronto that have attended Grenville Christian College and have gone on to make a difference in the communities in which they currently reside.
		Grenville Christian College, located in Brockville Ontario has been providing values based education to students from K to12 for the past 35 years.
	www.grenvillecc.ca /events/media_award.asp (338 words)

	AllRefer.com - Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, British And Irish History, Biographies
		Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron 1759–1834, British statesman; youngest son of George Grenville.
		During the French Revolutionary Wars, Grenville led the British war party and favored Pitt's repressive internal measures.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/GrenvillW.html (209 words)

	2/2/2003 - Charles Grenville Was Mayor, Had Flour Mill - Memories - Chattanoogan.com
		Grenville also set up the largest flour mill in town, with a capacity of 50 barrels a day.
		In what was perhaps Chattanooga's first move toward annexation, Alderman Grenville moved for the appointment of a committee to deal with property owners across the river on the concession of certain rights along the river that would allow uniform wharf regulations.
		Grenville found it necessary to resign from the alderman board in September of 1854, and Jackson Wells took his place.
	www.chattanoogan.com /articles/article_32043.asp (829 words)

	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.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/GrenvillG.html (219 words)

	Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		1711-79, British statesman; elder brother of George Grenville and brother-in-law of William Pitt, 1st earl of Chatham.
		He was closer to Pitt than to his brother and, as first lord of the admiralty (1756-57) in the Pitt-Devonshire ministry and lord privy seal (1757-61) under Pitt and the duke of Newcastle, gave strong backing to Pitt's war policy.
		He also joined Pitt in vigorous opposition to Grenville's ministry (1763-65), financing John Wilkes in his attacks upon the government.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/Temple-R1.asp (186 words)

	Virginia Blue Ridge cross section
		These are a regolith (weathered rubble) over the Grenville basement, although some outcrops show evidence of transportation and deposition in river systems.
		A large fault system (the Haysville-Fries-Rockfish Valley fault; HFRV) cuts down the middle dividing the Grenville rocks into the Pedlar massif to the northwest, and the Lovingston massif to the southeast.
		The fault probably represents a Grenville suture, but was reactivated in the Taconic.
	csmres.jmu.edu /geollab/vageol/vahist/blurdgdiv.html (950 words)

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