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	SIR EDWARD GREY - LoveToKnow Article on SIR EDWARD GREY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812-1898), British colonial governor and statesman, only son of Lieutenant-Colonel Grey of the 3oth Foot, was born in Lisbon on the 14th of April 1812, eight days after the death of his father at the storming of Badajoz.
		Grey was a member of the council which governed England during the absence of Henry V. in France in 1415; he fought in the French wars in 1420 and 1421 and died on the 3oth of September 1440.
		The barony of Grey de Ruthyn was merged in the earidom of Kent until the death of Henry, the 8th carl, in November 1639.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GR/GREY_SIR_EDWARD.htm (890 words)

	FRANCOIS PAUL JULES GREVY - LoveToKnow Article on FRANCOIS PAUL JULES GREVY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845), English statesman, was the eldest surviving son of General Sir Charles Grey, afterwards ist Earl Grey.
		General Grey (1729-1807), 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.
		Grey followed those of Fox, and maintained the right of France to choose her own governors, and the impossibility of checking the reaction in the emperors favor.
	98.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GR/GREVY_FRANCOIS_PAUL_JULES.htm (4786 words)

	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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Edward_Grey (537 words)

	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.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-george-grey-sir (639 words)

	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.
	www.primeminister.govt.nz /oldpms/1877grey.html (408 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sir George Grey (Australian And New Zealand History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Sir George Grey, Australian And New Zealand History, Biographies
		As governor of Cape Colony (1854–60), he advocated federation for the South African territories.
		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.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/Grey-G.html (232 words)

	Kawau Island Historic Reserve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Grey had a keen interest in the natural sciences and in horticulture, and was an enthusiastic collector of plants and animals from around the world.
		Sir George Grey enlarged and remodelled the former residence of the mine superintendent as his Kawau home.
		Built for Sir George Grey in 1875, to replace the existing jetty which dated from 1844, the Mansion House jetty is thought to be the oldest surviving jetty in New Zealand.
	www.doc.govt.nz /Conservation/Historic/Auckland-Historic-Areas/Kawau-Island-Historic-Reserve.asp (1247 words)

	Geskiedenis
		Grey College is the oldest school norh of the Gariep River and third oldest in the Republic of South Africa.
		The then Governor of the Cape Colony, Sir George Grey, visited the new Republic of the Orange Free State and on 13 October 1855 donated a sum of money towards the establishment of an institution for higher education.
		Grey College is one of the best known schools in the country, and its past pupils are to be found in all walks of life - not only in South Africa, but also abroad.
	www.gc.co.za /geskiedenis.htm (864 words)

	History of the Grey House of Knights
		She was the daughter of Henry Grey, marquess of Dorset (later duke of Suffolk), and Frances Brandon, daughter of Henry VIII's sister Mary.
		Charles Grey was a distinguished Commanding Army Officer during the American Revolutionary War (1777), and also served in the war with France (1794) and raised to the Peerage in 1801 as Baron Grey of Howick.
		Grey was president of the League of Nations Union from 1918 and served (1919-20) as a special ambassador to the United States.
	www.minnesotatribe.com /history/house_grey.shtml (2883 words)

	Sir George Grey KCB - Explorer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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)

	To Be a Hero, A Biography of Sir George Grey by Edmund Bohan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
	www.nzbooks.com /nzbooks/product.asp?sku=edmundbohan1869502795 (399 words)

	Dictionary of Australian Biography We-Wy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		(Sir) Charles Cowper's ill-advised attempt to swamp the upper house had resulted in the resignation of many of the other members, and Wentworth was persuaded to become president of a reconstructed legislative council in 1862.
		He was at first on good terms with Sir J. Dowling (q.v.) who a few months later became chief justice, but in 1839 differences arose, and on one occasion Willis in open court made observations which were taken as a reflection on the chief justice.
		Matters came to such a pass that in March 1840 the governor, Sir George Gipps (q.v.), arranged that Willis should be appointed resident judge at Melbourne.
	gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogWe-Wy.html (20436 words)

	Register of Historic Places
		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)

	Grey, Sir Edward, 3rd Baronet -- 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.
		Grey wrote more than 80 books during his career and is credited with helping to mold the literary genre known as the Western.
		Sir Isaac Newton law of gravity helped prove that the sun was the center of the universe.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9038083?tocId=9038083 (726 words)

	The Imperialism of Cultural Assimilation: Sir George Grey's Encounter with the Maori and the Xhosa, 1845-1868 - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		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.
	www.questia.com /PM.qst?a=o&d=97810894 (405 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.
	www.uforc.com /religion/AF-journal2_UFORCE_p50.html (458 words)

	Grey Collection of the South African Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sir George Grey (1812-1898) donated his complete personal library of manuscripts and printed books to the South African Library in 1861.
		At the time, Grey was serving as the British governor of New Zealand after completing a term of office as governor of the Cape Colony (1854-1861).
		MS Grey 4.b.3 is a fifteenth-century Bavarian Evangeliary with eleventh-century St Gall neumes in the binding.
	users.iafrica.com /m/mo/morneb/research/grindex.htm (873 words)

	Home Secretary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sir George Grey, Bt (February 8, 1855 - February 26, 1858)
		Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bt (June 18, 1859 - July 25, 1861)
		Sir George Grey, Bt (July 25, 1861 - June 28, 1866)
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department (1272 words)

	Airy, Sir George Biddell -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		In a tribute to his loyalty and teamwork in government service, George Bush was elected the 41st president of the United States in 1988.
		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)

	International Working Men's Association 1866 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is currently reported that Sir George Grey and other members of the Government have within the last few days been seen in the almost impenetrable disguise of practical and zealous citizens looking into casual wards and night refuges.
		Sir George Grey refused his application on the ground that for the first six months no stranger whatever can be allowed to visit a convict undergoing the separate system at Pentonville.
		Sir Joshua Jebb in his evidence speaks of what he calls “the serious physical effects” of the Pentonville separate system.
	www.marxists.org /history/international/iwma/documents/1866/irish-state-prisoners.htm (1491 words)

	DOC Media Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Department of Conservation and local community are holding a historic carnival to celebrate the island’s notable nineteenth century history when former governor Sir George Grey lived in Mansion House Valley.
		Sir George Grey lived on Kawau from 1862 to 1888.
		Twice governor and also premier, Sir George Grey was a key figure in New Zealand’s colonial history.
	www.doc.govt.nz /whats-new/presult.asp?prID=1295 (376 words)

	Auckland City Libraries: Rare books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sir George Grey (1812-1898) collected books printed in the Māori language.
		Sir George Grey collected books written about New Zealand in his lifetime and these are kept together as a separate collection.
		These are rare books from the 19th and 20th century, including those donated by Sir George Grey and Henry Shaw.
	www.aucklandcitylibraries.com /general.aspx?&ct=324 (450 words)

	A History of the English Church in New Zealand, by H.T. Purchas (1914)
		During the years that followed the promulgation of Grey's scheme, American theological halls were echoing to such sentiments as this: "The power of self-government is advocated over all the Colonial Churches of the British Empire.
		But he adopts a proviso upon which both Sir George Grey and the Australian bishops had insisted, viz., that whatever convention or synod might be set up, it should have no power to alter the doctrine and ritual of the Church of England, or the Authorised Version of the Bible.
		Sir William Martin's thoughtful face was absent, but his views would be voiced by his friend Mr.
	justus.anglican.org /resources/pc/nz/purchas1914/12.html (3120 words)

	Frazer, Sir James George. 1922. The Golden Bough
		Greenland, woman in child-bed thought to control the wind in, 80; belief in the mortality of the gods in, 264
		Guinea, priestly kings in, 169; belief of negroes in dreams, 182; human sacrifices in, 433; annual sacrifice of oxen at Great Bassam, 467; expulsion of the devil in, 554; seclusion of girls at puberty in, 597
		Gypsies, Green George among the, 126; annual ceremony performed by the, 568
	www.bartleby.com /196/s14.html (499 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Barnard George Grey
		Barnard, George Grey (1863-1938), American sculptor, born in Bellfonte, Pennsylvania, and trained at the Art Institute of Chicago and in Paris.
		This group was organized as a separate branch of the...
		Grey, Sir George (1812-1898), Portuguese-born British colonial governor of New Zealand and other British colonies, one of the greatest influences on...
	encarta.msn.com /Barnard_George_Grey.html (167 words)

	Former Governors-General of New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Marshal of the RAF Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall,
		Sir (Edward) Denis Blundell, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, QSO
		Sir David Stuart Beattie, GCMG, GCVO, QSO, QC
	www.gg.govt.nz /gg/former.htm (179 words)

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		SIR GEORGE SEYMOUR - 1847 =========================================================================================== Copyright (c)1998 Carol Whyte Auckland New Zealand Captain Thomas W Millman Surgeon Dr Goldney ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIR GEORGE SEYMOUR, 867 ton barque, left Gravesend 12 Aug 1847, arrived in Auckland on 26 Nov 1847.
		---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir George Seymour passengers were fencibles from London, England with a few of County Cork, Ireland.
		Major John Gray (Grey), 40th Regt (commandant RNZ Fencibles) commanded the 4th Detachment of pensioners of the Sir George Seymour, most of whom settled in Howick.
	www.geocities.com /wlorac/sirgeo47.txt (225 words)

	Colonial News Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On the day that I landed in Taranaki twenty-seven years ago, Sir George Grey, then Governor, was arguing with the natives at a meeting held on the beach the question of the Waitara block, already twice purchased by the Government.
		Negotiations for the quiet occupancy of this block had then extended over a period of ten years, and at last was only settled by conquest after ten years, further patience, backed by inducements of expensive presents of flour, sugar, blankets and guns.
		Governor Gore Brown, who had in the mean time succeeded Sir George Grey, was a man eminently adapted to govern the natives, being possessed of too much firmness of character either to trifle, or submit to being trifled with.
	www.colonialcdbooks.com /news.htm (901 words)

	Australasian Studies at the University of Hull (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This collection of landed family papers includes those of Sir Charles Hotham (1806- 55), who was appointed as Governor of the colony of Victoria in 1854 [DDHO/10].
		The subjects discussed include the appointment of Richard Hotham as Sir Charles' aide, longstanding problems arising from gold-seekers in the colony, the question of land occupancy ('the squatting problem'), financial and military matters and the new constitution.
		Sir Charles' letterbooks for the period contain several discussions with Sir George Grey on the subject [DDHO/10/20 & 21].
	www.hull.ac.uk /oldlib/archives/austral/hothamau.html (189 words)

	Portrait of Sir Thomas Gladstone of Fasque, 2nd
		Description: A study for the large group portrait of the House of Commons, 1833 (includes George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby; William Ewart Gladstone; Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey; Sir George Hayter; John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst; William Lamb, 2nd...), currently on display in the National Portrait Gallery.
		Sir Thomas Gladstone of Fasque (1804-1889), the second baronet, was conservative M.P. for Queenborough 1830, for Portarlington 1832-5, and Leicester 1835-7.He was the elder brother of William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister.
		Is said to have gone to sea as a midshipman in the Royal Navy 1808.
	www.antiqnet.com /detail,portrait-sir-thomas,387708.html (266 words)

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