2nd Earl of Guilford

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The 2nd Earl of Guilford is the British noble title held by Frederick North, the Prime Minister of Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British peer
British politician
Prime Minister of Great Britain
human
associatedWithPlace Wroxton Abbey
birthDate 1732-04-13
birthPlace London
burialPlace All Saints Church, Wroxton
causeOfResignation loss of political support after setbacks in the American Revolutionary War
child George North, 3rd Earl of Guilford
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1792-08-05
deathPlace Grosvenor Square, London
educatedAt Leiden University NERFINISHED
education Eton College
Trinity College, Oxford NERFINISHED
familyName North
father Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford
givenName Frederick
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
knownFor Tea Act of 1773
policies toward the American colonies
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Tory
monarchDuringTerm George III
mother Lady Lucy Montagu
nobleTitle 2nd Earl of Guilford
notableEvent American Revolutionary War
notableFor leadership of British government during the American Revolutionary War
officeEnd 1782
officeStart 1770
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Banbury
Oxford University NERFINISHED
Pontefract
peerage Peerage of Great Britain
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of the House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Prime Minister of Great Britain
precededBy Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
religion Church of England
spouse Anne Speke
style Lord North
succeededBy Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham

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