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Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey

1851 - 1917

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Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey (28 November 1851 – 29 August 1917) was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada from 1904 to 1911, the ninth since Canadian Confederation. He was a radical Liberal aristocrat and a member of a string of liberal high society clubs in London. An active and articulate campaigner in late Victorian England, he was associated with many of the leading Imperialists seeking change. Albert Grey was born into a noble and political family, though at birth not in direct line to inherit the earldom. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey is the 17,509th most popular politician (down from 17,196th in 2024), the 5,771st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,541st in 2019) and the 649th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey ranks 17,509 out of 19,576. Before him are Jim Bunning, Henna Virkkunen, Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Krystyna Bochenek, Zhan Videnov, and Robert M. T. Hunter. After him are Joseph Plunkett, Henry Puna, Jaak Aab, Sean Chen, Ludwik Dorn, and A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey ranks 104. Before him are Walter Reed, Theo de Meester, William Mitchell Ramsay, Berthold Englisch, William Quan Judge, and Thomas Dewing. After him are Francis Maitland Balfour, Mary Augusta Ward, George Newnes, Leslie Ward, and Emily Ford. Among people deceased in 1917, Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey ranks 125. Before him are Hans von Blixen-Finecke, Tom Thomson, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, Florence La Badie, Sarat Chandra Das, and Belva Ann Lockwood. After him are Frederick McCubbin, Sandy Turnbull, Edward Thomas, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, and Oliver Hazard Payne.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey ranks 5,773 out of 8,785. Before him are Reginald Denny (1891), Archie Scott Brown (1927), Dan Abnett (1965), Sybil Thorndike (1882), Finn Cole (1995), and Katie Leung (1987). After him are Thomas Allen (1944), Tom Chaplin (1979), Steve-O (1974), Guy Fletcher (1960), Guy Berryman (1978), and Alex James (1901).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey ranks 649. Before him are Shashi Tharoor (1956), John Bright (1811), George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716), Graham Watson (1956), David Thompson (1961), and William Lyon Mackenzie (1795). After him are Francis Lewis (1713), Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford (1960), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845), Harry Pollitt (1890), Nick Griffin (1959), and Sophia Duleep Singh (1876).

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