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Earl Grey Pamphlets Collection 1800-1900

Still owned by the family, this collection was largely accumulated by the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Earls Grey.

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Still owned by the family, this collection was largely accumulated by the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Earls Grey.

  • Charles was Foreign Secretary (1806-07) and Prime Minister (1830-34).
  • Henry George was Under Secretary for Home Affairs (1830) and the Colonies (1830-34), Secretary at War (1835-39), and Secretary of State for the Colonies (1846-52).
  • Albert Henry George was Administrator of Rhodesia (1896-97) and Governor-General of Canada (1904-11).

The Greys were particularly interested in parliamentary reform, colonial affairs and Catholic emancipation.


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