George Grenville

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British politician Prime Minister of Great Britain human

George Grenville was an 18th-century British statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain and is best known for introducing the Stamp Act on the American colonies.

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Observed surface forms (2)

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George Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent 1
Lord George Grenville 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Wotton Underwood ⓘ
surface form: Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire
causeOfDeath gout ⓘ
child George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas Grenville ⓘ
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1712-10-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1770-11-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Eton College ⓘ
Inner Temple ⓘ
endTime 1765-07-13 ⓘ
familyName Grenville ⓘ
father Richard Grenville ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
knownFor introducing the Stamp Act on the American colonies ⓘ
taxation policies toward the American colonies ⓘ
memberOf Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
mother Hester Pitt ⓘ
surface form: Hester Temple
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
nobleFamily Grenville political family ⓘ
surface form: Grenville family
notableWork Sugar Act 1764 ⓘ
surface form: American Duties Act 1764

Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ
Sugar Act 1764 ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
officeContested Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup Whig Party ⓘ
placeOfBirth London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ
Leader of the House of Commons ⓘ
Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ
Prime Minister of Great Britain ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Southern Department ⓘ
Treasurer of the Navy ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
replacedBy Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham ⓘ
surface form: The Marquess of Rockingham
replaces Lord Bute ⓘ
surface form: The Earl of Bute
residence Wotton House ⓘ
surface form: Wotton House, Buckinghamshire
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Wyndham ⓘ
startTime 1763-04-16 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Lord George Grenville
this entity surface form: George Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent
Pitt family → notableMember → George Grenville ⓘ
Hester Pitt → relative → George Grenville ⓘ