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  1. Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
    Charles Grey, 2nd Earl GreyBritish politician
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  2. Born13 March 1764 · Fallodon, Northumberland, England
    Died17 July 1845 (aged 81) · Howick, Northumberland, England
    Political partyWhig
    SpouseMary Ponsonby (m. 1794)
    Early life

    Descended from a long-established Northumbrian family seated at Howick Hall, Grey was the second but eldest surviving son of General Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey KB (1729–1807) and his wife Elizabeth (1743/4–18… See more

    Early political career

    Grey was elected to Parliament for the Northumberland constituency on 14 September 1786, aged just 22. He became a part of the Whig circle of Charles James Fox, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and the Prince of W… See more

    Foreign secretary, 1806–1807

    In 1806, Grey, by then Lord Howick owing 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 Admi… See more

    Years in opposition, 1807–1830

    The government fell from power the next year, and, after a brief period as a member of parliament for Appleby from May to July 1807, Howick went to the Lords, succeeding his father as Earl Grey. He continued i… See more

     
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