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Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

1764 - 1845

This person is the subject of ongoing research. We have started by researching their relationship to the enslavement of people.

Biographical notes

Politician; Prime Minister, 1830–34.

National Gallery Trustee (1831–1845).

Abolition connections

The 1833 Abolition Act was passed by Grey’s government. This Act provided nothing for the enslaved people but only compensated the slave-owners.

Bibliography

J. Brooke, 'GREY, Charles (1764-1845), of Howick, Northumb.', in History of Parliament Trust (ed.), The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History, London 1964-, 1754-1790, https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/grey-charles-1764-1845
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D. R. Fisher, 'GREY, Charles (1764-1845), of Falloden and Howick, Northumb.', in History of Parliament Trust (ed.), The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History, London 1964-, 1790-1820, https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/grey-charles-1764-1845
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E. A. Smith, 'Grey, Charles, second Earl Grey', in C. Matthew et al. (eds), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford 1992-, https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/11526
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J. Turner et al. (eds), Grove Art Online, Oxford 1998-, https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/
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UCL Department of History (ed.), Legacies of British Slave-ownership, London 2020, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/
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