Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

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British politician Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Whig statesman human

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey was a British Whig statesman and prime minister best known for leading the passage of major parliamentary reforms and for lending his name to the popular Earl Grey tea.

Aliases (2)

2nd Earl Grey ×2
Charles Grey ×2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom → Whig statesman → human →
associatedWith	House of Commons of the United Kingdom → House of Lords →
burialPlace	Howick, Northumberland, England →
child	General Sir Charles Grey → Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey → Lady Caroline Grey → Lady Elizabeth Grey →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
dateOfBirth	1764-03-13 →
dateOfDeath	1845-07-17 →
educatedAt	Eton College → Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED →
endTime	1834-07-16 →
familyName	Grey →
father	Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey →
givenName	Charles →
hasHonorificPrefix	The Right Honourable →
influenced	British parliamentary reform →
knownFor	Earl Grey tea → Factory Act 1833 → Reform Act 1832 → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 → leading major parliamentary reforms →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Whig Party →
monarchDuringTerm	William IV →
mother	Elizabeth Grey, Countess Grey →
nobleTitle	2nd Earl Grey →
notableWork	support for the Great Reform Bill →
parliamentaryGroup	Whig →
placeOfBirth	Fallodon, Northumberland, England →
placeOfDeath	Howick Hall, Northumberland, England →
positionHeld	First Lord of the Treasury → Foreign Secretary of Great Britain → Leader of the House of Lords → Lord Privy Seal → Member of Parliament for Appleby → Member of Parliament for Northumberland → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom → Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs →
religion	Anglicanism →
residence	Howick Hall →
spouse	Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby →
startTime	1830-11-22 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey ("2nd Earl Grey") → Earl Grey ("2nd Earl Grey") →	nobleTitle
Mack Gerhardt ("Charles Grey") →	colleague
The Unit ("Charles Grey") →	mainCharacter
Reform Act 1832 →	primeMinisterAtEnactment