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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.

ÁùºÏ²ÊÔ¤²â 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,
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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,
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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-,
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J. Turner et al. (eds), Grove Art Online, Oxford 1998-,
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UCL Department of History (ed.), Legacies of British Slave-ownership, London 2020,
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