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  Henry Grey, 3rd earl Grey - LoveToKnow 1911
HENRY GREY GREY, 3RD Earl (1802-1894), English statesman, was born on the 28th of December 1802, the son of the 2nd Earl Grey, prime minister at the time of the Reform Bill of 1832.
When, on Sir Robert Peel's resignation in December 1845, Lord John Russell was called upon to form a ministry, Howick, who had become Earl Grey by the death of his father in the preceding July, refused to enter the new cabinet if Lord Palmerston were foreign secretary (see J. Thursfield in vol.
The least successful part of his administration was his treatment of the convict question at the Cape of Good Hope, which seemed an exception to his rule that the colonies were to be governed for their own benefit and in accordance with their own wishes, and subjected him to a humiliating defeat.
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 CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC (13 March 1764 – 17 July 1845), known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was a British Whig statesman and Prime Minister.
Descended from a long-established Northumbrian family seated at Howick Hall, Grey was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was elected to Parliament at the age of 22 in 1786.
In 1806 Grey, now Lord Howick due to his father's elevation to the peerage as Earl Grey, became a part of the Ministry of All the Talents (a coalition of Foxite Whigs, Grenvillites, and Addingtonites) as First Lord of the Admiralty.
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  Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (December 28, 1802–October 9, 1894), known as Lord Howick from 1807 until 1845, was an English statesman.
He was the son of the 2nd Earl Grey, prime minister at the time of the Reform Bill of 1832.
The earl had no sons, and he was followed as 4th earl by his nephew Albert Henry George (born 1851), who in 1904 became Governor General of Canada.
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 Stall-Plates of the Knights of the Garter
1624 (416) Esmé (Stuart), 3rd Duke of Lennox.
Reign of Edward VI 1547 (318) Henry (Grey), 3rd Marquess of Dorset.
Earl of Hereford, K.G. Married Thomas of Woodstock, Earl of Buckingham, K.G., afterwards Duke of Gloucester.
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 2ND EARL CHARLES GREY ... - Online Information article about 2ND EARL CHARLES GREY ...
It was to this interest that Grey belonged; and hence, when at length returned for Northumberland in 1786, he at once came forward as a vigorous assailant of the government of Pitt.
Grey opposed the war policy of Grenville; and this policy was not more successful than it had been in the hands of Pitt.
The resignation of Grey and his colleagues was dreaded even by the opposition, and they remained in office with the intention of introducing a third Reform Bill in the next session.
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 THE PERCY’S OF ALNWICK 1309 TO 1670   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Henry de Percy was keeper of Bamburgh castle in 1330 and overseer of an array in the Northern counties.
Henry Percy died and was buried at Alnwick in 1353.
The Earl took the Lancastrian side, and was killed in the first battle of the war, at St. Albans, in 1455, and was succeeded by his son Henry.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Earl Grey
The title Earl Grey was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1806 for the 1st Baron Grey, a General in the British Army.
The Grey Cup, a championship cup for the Canadian Football League, is named for the 4th Earl, who served as Governor General of Canada.
The subsidiary titles of the Earl Grey are: Viscount Howick, in the County of Northumberland (created 1806), and Baron Grey of Howick, of Howick in the County of Northumberland (1801).
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 List of the Knights of the Garter
Afterwards Earl of Dorset and Duke of Exeter.
Afterwards Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland.
770 (inv 1878) Benjamin (D'Israeli), Earl of Beaconsfield.
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 Earl Grey
Grey argued that one of the basic principles established by the Glorious Revolution of 1688 was the freedom of elections to the House of Commons.
Grey now became Foreign Secretary and leader of the House of Commons and was responsible for the act abolishing the African Slave Trade.
Grey opposed the renewal of war with France in 1815 and denounced the Gagging Acts imposed in 1817.
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 Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston information - Search.com
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG, GCB, PC (20 October 1784–18 October 1865) was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid 19th century.
The second Viscount's eldest son, Henry John, is mentioned by Lady Elliot in her correspondence as a boy of singular vivacity and energy.
Edward Cardwell succeeds Grey as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
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 Earl Grey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Earl Grey Pamphlets collection was accumulated largely by the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Earls Grey, and the contents relate closely to their public careers and interests.
Henry George, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-1894) followed his father into politics in 1826, and served in his father's administration as Under-Secretary for Home Affairs 1830, and Under-Secretary for the Colonies 1830-1834.
The Grey family's close concern with colonial affairs was continued by Albert Henry George, 4th Earl Grey (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.
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 Henry GREY (1° D. Suffolk)
Frances was the daughter of Mary Tudor, youngest sister of Henry VIII, and this alliance brought Henry Grey into the royal household; they were married in the chapel of his London house in Southwark.
The third party, which was beginning to form when Jane Grey was born and was not described as Protestant till her tenth year, became effective as she grew up.
Henry Grey soon shifted his allegiance to the Earl of Warwick.
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 Play Synopsis - Henry VI Part 3
Henry VI enters and York demands the crown - to Northumberland, Clifford and Westmoreland's dismay and disgust, Henry VI tells York that he and his heirs may have the crown after Henry VI dies a natural death.
Queen Margaret yells at Henry VI for his decision, divorces herself from him and with her son, Prince Edward leaves to join the revolting armies of the three nobles from above.
Henry VI tells all to protect his nephew Henry VII, Earl of Richmond, in case both Henry VI and his son Edward are killed.
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In 1503, Henry VII limited shooting (but not possession) of crossbows to those with land worth 200 marks annual rental, but provided an exception for those who "shote owt of a howse for the lawefull defens of the same".[9] In 1511, Henry VIII increased the property requirement to 300 marks.
Henry II, who is considered the father of the common law, promulgated the Assize of Arms in 1181.
Henry VII had in 1503 banned the shooting of crossbows upon an extremely limited basis.[18] First, only shooting and not possession was outlawed, and that only without a license or "placarde" from the king.
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 Archive Grey
Ralph Grey, Baron Grey of Naunton - The Right Honourable Sir Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey, Baron Grey of Naunton, GCMG, GCVO, OBE, GCSt.J, PC, was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1910, and died on October 17, 1999.
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey - Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (December 28, 1802–October 9, 1894), known as Lord Howick from 1807 until 1845, was an English statesman.
Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton - Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey of Wilton was a baron in the Peerage of England.
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 Shakespeare Henry Sixth 6th Part III Summary
Henry VI arrives at the throne room with his supporters: Lord Clifford [son of the Clifford slain in Part II], the [3rd] Earl of Northumberland [son of the slain one], the Earl of Westmoreland, and the Duke of Exeter.
Henry frets that he has disinherited the right of his son Prince Edward (or "Ned") to the throne by this action, but nevertheless makes York take an oath binding them all to the agreement.
Henry observes that the battle has swayed one way and then the other, and sits down on a molehill, wishing for the quiet life of a commoner.
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 List of the Knights of the Garter (1348-present)
416 (inv 1624) Esmé (Stuart), 3rd Duke of Lennox.
476 (inv 1672) Henry (Bennet), Earl of Arlington.
770 (inv 1878) Benjamin (D'Israeli), Earl of Beaconsfield.
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 Kings and Queens of England
Henry sired three heirs to the throne: Mary I was the daughter of Catherine of Aragón, Eliazbeth I was Anne Boylyn's only surviving child, and Edward VI was the son of Jane Seymour, his third wife.
Queen of England for nine days, Lady Jane Grey was a great-granddaughter of King Henry VII and daughter of Henry Grey, duke of Suffolk and 3rd marquess of Dorset.
Born at Greenwich in 1533, Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn and became one of England's greatest queens.
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 Grey Cloth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Richard Fleming George Charles Grey, 6th Earl Grey - Richard Fleming George Charles Grey (b.1939) is the 6th and current Earl Grey and succeeeded Charles Robert Grey, 5th Earl Grey in 1963.
Charles Robert Grey, 5th Earl Grey - Charles Robert Grey (1879-1963) was the 5th Earl Grey and father of the current Earl, Richard Fleming George Charles Grey.
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon - Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (April 25, 1862 – September 7, 1933), better known as Sir Edward Grey was a British politician and ornithologist.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Grey
A relative of Earl Grey, he entered Parliament as a Liberal (1885) and became foreign secretary in 1905.
grey debate It is being blamed for poor sales on the high street.
Grey Global Agrees to Merge into WPP in $1.5 billion Cash and Stock Bid.
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 Signature of Henry Stafford the 2nd Duke of Buckingham
Henry was the son of Lord Humphrey II Stafford, the 7
Earl of Stafford (1424-1458) who was seriously wounded at the first battle of St. Albans in 1455 but died three years later of plague in the year 1458.
After all, it was Henry who led the movement to have Richard crowned, and served as the master of ceremonies at Richard's coronation.
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 Georgetown: The Earl of Shrewsbury Papers
The Earl of Shrewsbury Papers, which concern the estate of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot (1803 - 1868), the 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford, and 3rd Earl Talbot of Hensol, consists of 3.0 linear feet of material, including correspondence, documents, deeds, accounts, drawings and related printed material.
The 17th Earl, Bertram Arthur Talbot (1832 - 1856), died unmarried as a young man. The 17th Earl believed himself to be the last descendant in the male line of the first Earl and consequently had willed his extensive property to a son of the Duke of Norfolk.
The 3rd Earl Talbot's claim to the Earldom of Shrewsbury and to the Earldom of Waterford was allowed by the Committee for Priveleges in 1858, and consequently Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot became the 18th Earl of Shrewsbury.
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 The Henry & Sarah Ballinger Chiles Family
Although his father and predecessor, Henry VIII, had broken the link between English Catholicism and Roman Catholicism, it was during Edward's reign that the decisive move was made from Catholicism to a form of Protestantism which came to be known as Anglicanism.
Henry VIII was extremely pleased by the birth of a male heir.
Henry also appointed Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford to serve as Lord Protector of the Realm and Governor of the King's Person during Edward's minority.
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 NPG 54; The House of Commons, 1833 (includes George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of ...
Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon, 3rd Earl of Clare (1793-1864), MP for County Limerick.
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-1894), Secretary for the Colonies.
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore (1785-1856), Governor-General of India.
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 thePeerage.com - Charles James Payan Dawnay and others
     Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey was born on 28 December 1802.
He was the son of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey and Hon.
She married Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey, son of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey and Hon.
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 3RD EARL HENRY GREY GR... - Online Information article about 3RD EARL HENRY GREY GR...
NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN DUDLEY, VISCOUNT LISLE, EARL OF WARWICK
form a ministry, Howick, who had become Earl Grey by the See also:
Albert, however, who expressed himself as ready to subscribe to all Grey's principles, and applauded him for having principles, told See also:
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 Lady Jane Grey: Lady Katherine Grey
Born in 1540, Katherine was considered to be the beauty of the family.
She was married at thirteen to Lord Herbert, son of the Earl of Pembroke, on 25 May (or 21 May)1553 in a double wedding ceremony with her sister, Jane.
A formality only, the marriage was eventually dissolved by Pembroke when it was no longer advantageous to be associated with the Grey's.
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 Grey, Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl, Parliamentary government considered with reference to a reform of Parliament
Grey, Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl, Parliamentary government considered with reference to a reform of Parliament
Grey, Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Parliamentary government considered with reference to a reform of Parliament London 1858
In his later years in the House of Lords, Earl Grey was a critic of all parties, and an ally of none.
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