Died 1845-07-17.
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Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey was a British Whig politician who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834. His government enacted the Reform Acts of 1832, which expanded the electorate in the United Kingdom, and the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833, which abolished slavery in the British Empire.
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politics · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834 · politician · also Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Viscount Howick, The Earl Grey, Grey
Born 13 March 1764 · Died 17 July 1845 · Q294662
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1845· 1 entry
1840· 1 entry
Attended the funeral procession of his son-in-law, the Earl of Durham
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1834· 1 entry
Following cabinet disagreements over policy in Ireland, and he subsequently retired from politics
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1831· 1 entry
The government passed the Truck Act 1831 (also known as the Money Payment of Wages Act), which prohibited the system of truck wages, where workers were paid in commodities rather than money
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1830· 3 entries
A general election was held in which the Duke of Wellington retained a majority
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1830–1834).
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Career landmark: Leader of the House of Lords (1830–1834).
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1829· 1 entry
Grey was largely responsible for seeing the bill for the Catholic Emancipation Act 1829, introduced by Wellington and Robert Peel, through the House of Lords
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1809· 1 entry
Grey refused to join Whitbread in his support of Mary Anne Clarke, who had brought charges of corruption against the Duke of York
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1808· 1 entry
“should ever do anything there worth thinking of”
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1807· 2 entries
Career landmark: Leader of the Opposition (1807–1807).
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It made slavery illegal in the British Empire
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1806· 3 entries
Career landmark: Leader of the House of Commons (1806–1807).
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Career landmark: Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1806–1807).
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Career landmark: First Lord of the Admiralty (1806–1806).
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1804· 1 entry
Made approaches to Lord Grenville, who was by this time aligned with the Whigs, and Grey, who was now in support of the war against Napoleon following the breakdown of the peace of Amiens, to join a coalition governme
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1801· 2 entries
Grey and his family would take up residence at Howick Hall, and he inherited the estate when his uncle died in 1808
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Grey's father accepted a peerage from the new prime minister Henry Addington and became Baron Grey, much to the dismay of Grey, as he had hoped to have a long career in the House of Commons rather than having to move to
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1764· 1 entry
Born 1764-03-13.
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