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Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

1764 - 1845

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Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, , (13 March 1764 – 17 July 1845) was a British Whig politician. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the House of Lords from 1830 to 1834. As prime minister, Grey introduced the Representation of the People Act of 1832, which expanded the electorate in the British Empire, and the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833, which abolished slavery in the British Empire. Born into a prominent Whig family in the north of England, Grey was educated at Eton College before attending the University of Cambridge without obtaining a degree. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey is the 4,731st most popular politician (down from 4,577th in 2019), the 1,095th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 925th in 2019) and the 206th most popular British Politician.

2nd Earl Grey is most famous for being the Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1830-1834.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey ranks 4,731 out of 19,576. Before him are Dion of Syracuse, Milan Hodža, Marie of Prussia, Malam Bacai Sanhá, George III of Georgia, and Joan, Countess of Flanders. After him are Eric II of Norway, Mamadou Tandja, Emund the Old, Thomas Wyatt the Younger, Vologases III of Parthia, and Naevius Sutorius Macro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1764, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey ranks 6. Before him are Élisabeth of France, Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Ann Radcliffe, and José Gervasio Artigas. After him are John Goodricke, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Fletcher Christian, Alexander Mackenzie, and Nikolai Rezanov. Among people deceased in 1845, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey ranks 5. Before him are Andrew Jackson, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Julie Clary, and John Frederic Daniell. After him are Guadalupe Victoria, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, Wazir Akbar Khan, Henrik Wergeland, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, Bernardino Rivadavia, and Louis-Léopold Boilly.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey ranks 1,095 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), Karl Jenkins (1944), Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), Frank Lloyd (1886), and Tom Hardy (1977). After him are William Adelin (1103), Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1521), Eddie Clarke (1950), Alexander II of Scotland (1198), John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924), and H. L. A. Hart (1907).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey ranks 206. Before him are John Balliol (1249), Alexander III of Scotland (1241), Robert III of Scotland (1330), Ed Miliband (1969), Anne of York (1475), and Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506). After him are Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1521), Alexander II of Scotland (1198), John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924), Elizabeth Tudor (1492), Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852), and James Oglethorpe (1696).

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