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[[File:John-Bull_Earl-Grey_William-IV.jpg|thumb|"A Political Union": John Bull, Grey, William IV.]]'''Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey''', KG, PC (13 March 1764 – 17 July 1845), known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807. | [[File:John-Bull_Earl-Grey_William-IV.jpg|thumb|"A Political Union": John Bull, Grey, William IV.]]'''Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey''', KG, PC (13 March 1764 – 17 July 1845), known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807. | ||
He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 22 November 1830 to 16 July 1834. | He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 22 November 1830 to 16 July 1834. | ||
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His government also saw the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. | His government also saw the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. | ||
He has come to be associated with Earl Grey tea. See [[Bergamot essential oil (nonfiction).Bergamot essential oil]]. | |||
He has come to be associated with Earl Grey tea. | |||
== | == In the News == | ||
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File:Young woman curtseying.jpg|Young woman thought to be the [[The Adulteration of Bergamot|Earl of Grey's unrequited muse]]. | |||
File:Comparison_of_bergamot_oils_using_GC-MS_analysis_with_enantiomeric_column.png|Cold weather depresses Bergamot trees, oil industry analysts predict spike in gas chromatography prices. | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
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* ''[[The Adulteration of Bergamot]]'', the Earl's lost erotic novel. | * ''[[The Adulteration of Bergamot]]'', the Earl's lost erotic novel. | ||
== External links | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Reform Act 1832 (nonfiction)]] | |||
External links: | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Grey,_2nd_Earl_Grey Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Grey,_2nd_Earl_Grey Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey] @ Wikipedia | ||
Revision as of 04:38, 17 June 2016
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC (13 March 1764 – 17 July 1845), known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807.
He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 22 November 1830 to 16 July 1834.
A member of the Whig Party, he backed significant reform of the British government and was among the primary architects of the Reform Act 1832.
His government also saw the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.
He has come to be associated with Earl Grey tea. See Bergamot essential oil (nonfiction).Bergamot essential oil.
In the News
Young woman thought to be the Earl of Grey's unrequited muse.
Cold weather depresses Bergamot trees, oil industry analysts predict spike in gas chromatography prices.
Fiction cross-reference
- The Adulteration of Bergamot, the Earl's lost erotic novel.
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey @ Wikipedia