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The Right Honourable Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, K.G., P.C.

Known as[]

  • 1764-1786: Charles Grey, Esq.
  • 1786-1801: Charles Grey, Esq., M.P.
  • 1801-1806: The Hon. Charles Grey, M.P.
  • 1806-1806: The Rt. Hon. Charles Grey, M.P.
  • 1806-1807: The Rt. Hon. Charles Grey, commonly called Viscount Howick, M.P.
  • 1807-1831 The Earl Grey, P.C.
  • 1831-1845 The Earl Grey, K.G., P.C.

Education[]

  • Eton College
  • Trinity College, Cambridge
  • Middle Temple

Offices[]

Peerage Titles[]

  • Earl Grey, Viscount Grey, and Baron Grey of Howick, 1807

Chivalric Orders[]

  • Knight of the Garter, 1831

Privy Council[]

Parliamentary Seats[]

  • Member of Parliament for Northumberland, 1786-1807

Parliamentary Positions[]

House of Commons[]

  • Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, 1807

House of Lords[]


Preceded by:
The Lord Barham
First Lord of the Admiralty
1806
Succeeded by:
Thomas Grenville
Preceded by:
Charles James Fox
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
1806–1807
Succeeded by:
George Canning
Preceded by:
The Duke of Wellington
Prime Minister
1830–1834
Succeeded by:
The Viscount Melbourne
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