Second Earl Grey
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- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Aristocracy, Aristocrats, Nobles, Parliament, House of Commons, House of Lords
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, British History, 18th Century European History
Article abstract: Grey recognized that parliamentary reform was necessary in order to maintain the ascendancy of the aristocracy in a rapidly changing English society. He led the government which passed the Reform Bill of 1832.
Early Life
Charles Grey was born on March 13, 1764, at Fallodon, the family’s country house only a few miles from the sea in county Northumberland. His uncle was a baronet, whose nearby estate, Howick, Grey was later to occupy and then inherit. His father, Sir Charles Grey, had distinguished himself in military service, rose to...
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