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George Grenville

1712 - 1770

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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 of the young George III. He served for only two years (1763-1765), and attempted to solve the problem of the massive debt resulting from the Seven Years' War. He instituted a series of measures to increase revenue to the crown, including new taxes and enforcement of collection, and sought to bring the North American colonies under tighter crown control. Born into an influential political family, Grenville first entered Parliament in 1741 as an MP for Buckingham. He emerged as one of the Cobhamites, a group of young members of Parliament associated with Lord Cobham. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Grenville is the 7,332nd most popular politician (up from 8,317th in 2019), the 1,634th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,646th in 2019) and the 287th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, George Grenville ranks 7,332 out of 19,576. Before him are John the Orphanotrophos, Isidor Straus, Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir, and Ernesto Zedillo. After him are Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, Kusunoki Masashige, King Xuan of Zhou, Zhang Juzheng, and Ado of Vienne.

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Among people born in 1712, George Grenville ranks 11. Before him are Sayat-Nova, Francesco Guardi, Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, Charles-Michel de l'Épée, Tokugawa Ieshige, and Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle. After him are Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, Francesco Algarotti, Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, Toriyama Sekien, John Stanley, and James Steuart. Among people deceased in 1770, George Grenville ranks 9. Before him are Giuseppe Tartini, Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Suzuki Harunobu, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, and Thomas Chatterton. After him are Jean-Antoine Nollet, George Whitefield, James Stirling, Martin van Meytens, Carl Gustaf Tessin, and Georg Dionysius Ehret.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Grenville ranks 1,634 out of 8,785. Before him are Simon Stock (1164), Annie Chapman (1841), Mike Hailwood (1940), William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), Peter Shaffer (1926), and Dave Sexton (1930). After him are George Bentham (1800), Frances Shand Kydd (1936), Anthony Trollope (1815), John Hanning Speke (1827), Julian Glover (1935), and James Cosmo (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, George Grenville ranks 287. Before him are David Trimble (1944), Denis Thatcher (1915), Chris Patten (1944), James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612), Betty Boothroyd (1929), and William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759). After him are Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836), Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933), Spencer Perceval (1762), Fletcher Christian (1764), Joan of Kent (1328), and Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (1783).

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