William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, PC, PC (Ire), FRS (25 October 1759 – 12 January 1834) was a British Pittite Tory politician who was Prime...
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elder brother), and the elder brother of Thomas Grenville and of William Grenville (later 1st Baron Grenville and also Prime Minister of Great Britain). In...
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wife) John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort (1751–1828), on 12 April 1787, and had three daughters William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (25 October 1759...
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1st Marquess of Buckingham, was his elder brother and William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, his younger brother. He was educated at Eton. In 1778,...
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Grenville may refer to: George Grenville (1712–1770), Prime Minister 1763–1765 William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759–1834), his son, Prime Minister...
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and had children. (George's son, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, also became prime minister.) James Grenville (1715–1783), MP; served as a minister...
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Ministry of All the Talents (redirect from Lord Grenville ministry)
formed by William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, on his appointment as Prime Minister on 11 February 1806, following the death of William Pitt the Younger...
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Hester Grenville, William Grenville's aunt. Both Anne Pitt and William Pitt the Younger were his cousins. The union was supported by her father, Baron Camelford...
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The county was created in 1792, and named in honour of William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, who was the British Secretary of State responsible for...
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Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, KG, PC (26 September 1711 – 12 September 1779) was a British politician and peer who served as Lord Privy Seal...
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wife) John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort (1751–1828), on 12 April 1787, and had three daughters William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (25 October 1759...
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Sir Bevil Grenville (23 March 1596 – 5 July 1643) was an English landowner and soldier who sat as a Member of Parliament for various constituencies between...
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1806 United Kingdom general election (category William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville)
a group of Pitt's former supporters (such as his cousin William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville) who had aligned themselves with Fox in opposition to Addington...
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George Nugent-Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent of Carlanstown, GCMG (31 December 1788 – 26 November 1850), was an Irish politician. A younger son of George...
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the name "Grenville" remained independent; it borders on Grenville-sur-la-Rouge but is not part of it. The name "Grenville" comes from William Wyndham Grenville...
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Grenville is an 1800 portrait painting by the English artist John Hoppner. It depicts the British politician William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville,...
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1812 United Kingdom general election (category William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville)
Portland, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, were also in opposition but were of less significance than the Foxites. Despite this Grenville was recognised...
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1807 United Kingdom general election (category William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville)
and Grenvillite Whig and Addingtonite Tory factions, with William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, as Prime Minister continued in office. It had attempted...
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James Grenville, 1st Baron Glastonbury, PC (6 July 1742 – 26 April 1825) of Butleigh Court, Somerset was a United Kingdom politician, who was a member...
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Grenvillite (redirect from Grenville Whig)
associated with the important Grenville family of Buckinghamshire. The Grenville family interest, led by Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, which...
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Viscount Cobham (redirect from Baron Westcote of Balamere)
member of the Grenville family was Prime Minister William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville. He was the younger son of George Grenville and the younger...
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(d. 27 February 1696), wife of Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet and mother of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower. The progeny of this marriage...
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William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, PC (Ire), FRS (3 April 1745 – 28 May 1814) was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons from...
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Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, GCSI, PC, DL (10 September 1823 – 26 March 1889)...
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Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency) (category William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville)
premiership 1783-1801. Former Bucks MP (and uncle of Earl Temple) William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville had become closer to Charles James Fox and his faction of...
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Earl Temple of Stowe (category Grenville family)
his deceased great-grandmother the 1st Countess Temple, failing which to (3) his granddaughter Lady Anna Grenville (daughter of Richard, Earl Temple,...
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Earl of Chatham (redirect from Baron Chatham)
Great Britain. The first earl's wife, the former Lady Hester Grenville, daughter of the 1st Countess Temple, had earlier been created the Baroness Chatham...
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in Whig politics in the early 19th century. A grandson of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, and nephew of Charles James Fox, he served as Lord Privy Seal...
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Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham (redirect from Hester Pitt, 1st Baroness Chatham)
Pitt, Countess of Chatham (née Grenville; 8 November 1720 – 9 April 1803) was the wife of William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham, who was prime minister...
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Jay Treaty (category William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville)
1093/dh/dht032 Negus, Samuel D. "'Further concessions cannot be attained': the Jay-Grenville treaty and the politics of Anglo-American relations, 1789–1807. Texas...
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