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Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

1862 - 1933

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Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (25 April 1862 – 7 September 1933), better known as Sir Edward Grey, was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician who was the main force behind British foreign policy in the era of the First World War. An adherent of the "New Liberalism", he served as Foreign Secretary from 1905 to 1916, the longest continuous tenure of any holder of that office. He renewed the 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1911. The centrepiece of his policy was the defence of France against German aggression, while avoiding a binding alliance with Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon is the 9,356th most popular politician (down from 8,666th in 2019), the 2,082nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,722nd in 2019) and the 334th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon ranks 9,356 out of 19,576. Before him are Toqto'a, Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant, Novruz Mammadov, Sikandar Jah, Pierre Séguier, and Massimo d'Azeglio. After him are Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg, Archidamus IV, Luigi Longo, Toktu of Bulgaria, Café Filho, and Argishti II.

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Among people born in 1862, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon ranks 69. Before him are William Wallace Campbell, Friedrich Meinecke, Vilhelm Bjerknes, Louis Botha, Paul Adam, and Theodor Boveri. After him are Henri Le Sidaner, Okakura Kakuzō, Carl Charlier, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Maurice Emmanuel, and Adolphe Appia. Among people deceased in 1933, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon ranks 56. Before him are Haim Arlosoroff, Hermann von François, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Hasan Prishtina, Theodor Lessing, and Robert T. A. Innes. After him are Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, Giovanni Giacometti, Henry van Dyke Jr., Alexander von Krobatin, Oskari Friman, and Ernst Hartert.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon ranks 2,082 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward Cave (1691), Joan Robinson (1903), Eric Knight (1897), Julian of Norwich (1342), Lytton Strachey (1880), and Malo (487). After him are June Almeida (1930), Vince Clarke (1960), John Wetton (1949), Louis Tomlinson (1991), William Auld (1924), and Roland Penrose (1900).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon ranks 334. Before him are James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812), Edward Fortunatus (1565), Jeremy Thorpe (1929), John Hume (1937), Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), and William Hamilton (1730). After him are Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924), Anne Lister (1791), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751), Caratacus (15), Donald Maclean (1913), and Rædwald of East Anglia (550).

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