George Grenville (14 October 1712 – 13 November 1770) was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, during the early reign...
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emancipation and it was dismissed in the same year. Grenville was the son of the Whig Prime Minister George Grenville. His mother, Elizabeth, was the daughter of...
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George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, KG, KP, PC (17 June 1753 – 11 February 1813), known as George Grenville before 1779 and as...
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George Grenville (1712–1770) was Prime Minister of Great Britain. George Grenville may also refer to: George Grenville (died 1595), MP for Launceston,...
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She was the mother and grandmother of the Prime Ministers George Grenville and William Grenville. She was the daughter (and eventual co-heir) of Sir Richard...
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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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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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which ended the war, Lord Bute resigned, allowing the Whigs under George Grenville to return to power. Britain received enormous concessions, including...
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Temple-Nugent-Grenville, he was the eldest son of George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, son of George Grenville, Prime Minister...
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Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, KG, GCH, PC, FSA (11 February 1797 – 29 July 1861), styled...
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George Grenville (fl. 1571–1572) of Penheale, Cornwall, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Dunheved in 1571...
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George Grenville (died 1595), of Penheale, Cornwall, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Camelford in 1572...
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Thomas Grenville PC (31 December 1755 – 17 December 1846) was a British politician and bibliophile. Grenville was the second son of Prime Minister George Grenville...
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Secretary of State for the Northern Department, in the government of George Grenville who had replaced Bute. While filling this office he took a leading...
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when George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 3rd Earl Temple was made Marquess of Buckingham in the Peerage of Great Britain. He was son of George Grenville, Prime...
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Viscount Cobham (category Grenville family)
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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William Pitt the Elder married Hester Grenville who was the sister of George Grenville and the aunt of William Grenville, which makes William Pitt the Elder...
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the three ministers to whom King George III entrusted the direction of affairs during the premiership of George Grenville. In 1762, in search of evidence...
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for Richard Temple-Grenville, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham, a landowner and politician. He was the son of George Nugent Temple Grenville, 3rd Earl Temple...
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1760s and 1770s, William Pitt the Elder, Sir William Pulteney, and George Grenville, amongst other prominent Britons and colonial Americans, such as Joseph...
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1794 to 1801. He was later Home Secretary from 1806 to 1807 under Lord Grenville in the Ministry of All the Talents. Lord Spencer was also High Steward...
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men were somewhat virulent. The duke refused to take office under George Grenville on Bute's resignation in April 1763, and sought to induce Pitt to return...
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August 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2008. "Prime Ministers in History: George Grenville". Prime Minister's Office. Archived from the original on 25 August...
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Grenvillite (redirect from Grenville Whig)
Commons. The followers of the younger Grenville became known as Grenvillites or Grenville Whigs. George Grenville fully came into his own as a politician...
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also 2nd Viscountess Cobham Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple (1711–1779) George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 3rd Earl Temple (1753–1813), created...
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The Grenville ministry was a British Government headed by George Grenville which served between 16 April 1763 and 13 July 1765. It was formed after the...
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George Grenville replaced Bute. Grenville supported his predecessor's policy, even more so after the outbreak of Pontiac's War in May 1763. Grenville...
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Mary Elizabeth Morgan-Grenville, 11th Lady Kinloss CI (née Lady Mary Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville; 30 September 1852 – 17 October 1944) was...
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offered a channel of communication to King George II of Great Britain. Fox soon grew to be a favourite of George II as well, who would in the future support...
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maintenance of swarms of officers and pensioners in idleness and luxury". George Grenville became prime minister in April 1763 after the failure of the short-lived...
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