Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey: Difference between revisions

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.
Content added Content deleted
VisualWikitext
m (clean up)
m (minor grammar fix)
 
(6 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Useful Notes|wppage=Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey}}
{{trope}}
{{stub}}
[[File:earl grey box.jpg|frame|The PM so great we named some tea after him.]]
[[File:Twinings-earl-grey.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The PM so great we named some tea after him.]]
[[File:Grey2.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]


Charles Grey, [[Knight Fever|2nd Earl Grey KG PC]] was one of the main architects of the 1832 Reform Act, despite stiff opposition from [[The Duke of Wellington]]. In addition to straightening out a rather corrupt and unfair system that could in part be blamed for the American Revolution he also presided the total abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1833 and gave his name to the [[Spot of Tea|aromatic blend of tea]] before retiring in 1834.
'''Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey''' [[Knight Fever|KG PC]] was one of the main architects of the 1832 Reform Act, despite stiff opposition from [[The Duke of Wellington]]. In addition to straightening out a rather corrupt and unfair system that could in part be blamed for the American Revolution, he also presided over the total abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1833 and gave his name to the [[Spot of Tea|aromatic blend of tea]] before retiring in 1834.


The fact that the man who very probably saved Britain from violent revolution and then basically sicced the entire might of the British Empire on the slave trade is now best remembered for the tea says a ''[[Spot of Tea|lot]]'' about Britain.
The fact that the man who very probably saved Britain from violent revolution and then basically sicced the entire might of the British Empire on the slave trade is now best remembered for the tea [[Spot of Tea|says a ''lot'']] about Britain.


{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
[[Category:The Men of Downing Street]]
[[Category:The Men of Downing Street]]
[[Category:The Earl Grey]]
[[Category:Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]]

Latest revision as of 22:06, 3 May 2018


  • Main
  • Wikipedia
  • All Subpages
  • Create New
    /wiki/Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Greywork
    The PM so great we named some tea after him.

    Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey KG PC was one of the main architects of the 1832 Reform Act, despite stiff opposition from The Duke of Wellington. In addition to straightening out a rather corrupt and unfair system that could in part be blamed for the American Revolution, he also presided over the total abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1833 and gave his name to the aromatic blend of tea before retiring in 1834.

    The fact that the man who very probably saved Britain from violent revolution and then basically sicced the entire might of the British Empire on the slave trade is now best remembered for the tea says a lot about Britain.

    Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Charles_Grey,_2nd_Earl_Grey?oldid=1593551"