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George Grenville
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Prime Minister of Great Britain (1712-1770)
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George Grenville was a British male political figure from the United Kingdom. Born on 14 October 1712, he died on 13 November 1770. He is recognized as a past Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and is included in the UK Prime Ministers collection.
Grenville authored several works, including *The principles of the changes in 1765 impartially examined* and *A Reply to a letter addressed to the Right Hon. George Grenville, &c*. Other writings include *Calculations of the numbers most likely to attain the capital prizes in the ensuing lottery*, *Mémoire sur l'administration des finances, de l'Angleterre, depuis la paix*, and *Tableau de l'Angleterre relativememt à son commerce et à ses finances*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1712
- Died
- 1770
- Works
- 23
Top works
- The principles of the changes in 1765 impartially examined
- A Reply to a letter addressed to the Right Hon. George Grenville, &c
- A Word in behalf of the House of Commons, or, Remarks upon a speech supposed to have been delivered by a Right Honourable gentleman, on the motion for expelling Mr. Wilkes, on Friday, February 3, 1769
- Calculations of the numbers most likely to attain the capital prizes in the ensuing lottery
- A candid refutation of the charges brought against the present ministers, in a late pamphlet [by Lord Temple], entituled The principles of the late changes impartically examined, in a letter to the supposed author
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1881-10-15
- Active to
- 1975-02-14
Discography
- Show Boat1994
- The Coming of Bill2010
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,950x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,635x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 40,900x
- <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 27,657x
- A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity
· 1961 · cited 23,202x
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Key facts
- Monarch
- George III
- Preceded by
- The Earl of Bute
- Succeeded by
- The Marquess of Rockingham
- Prime minister
- Himself
- Born
- ( 1712-10-14 ) 14 October 1712, Wotton Underwood , England
- Died
- 13 November 1770 (1770-11-13) (aged 58), Mayfair , England
- Resting place
- All Saints Churchyard, Wotton Underwood
- Party
- Whig ( Grenvillite )
- Spouse
- Elizabeth Wyndham , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. May 1749</span>"}]]}'>1749 ; died 5 December 1769</span>"}]]}'>1769 )
- Children
- 8; including George , Charlotte , Thomas and William
- Parents
- Richard Grenville Hester Temple
- Alma mater
- Christ Church, Oxford Eton College
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Described at
History of George Grenville - GOV.UK
gov.uk →His imposition of new duties on the American colonies helped provoke the outbreak of the American War of Independence. Read more about George Grenville on the History of government blog . Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Westminster
- Place of death
- London
- Father
- Richard Grenville
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Leader of the House of Commons
- Educated at
- Eton College
- Political party
- Whigs
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Church of England
- Image
- George Grenville (1712–1770) by William Hoare (1707-1792).jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1712-10-14
- date of death
- 1770-11-13
- Commons category
- George Grenville
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
George Grenville (14 October 1712 – 13 November 1770) was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, during the early reign of the young King George III. He served for only two years (1763–1765), and attempted to solve the problem of the massive debt resulting from the Seven Years' War. He instituted a series of measures to increase revenue to the crown, including new taxes and enforcement of collection, and sought to bring the North American colonies under tighter crown control.
Born into an influential political family, Grenville first entered Parliament in 1741 as an MP for Buckingham. He emerged as one of the Cobhamites, a group of young members of Parliament associated with Lord Cobham. In 1754, Grenville became Treasurer of the Navy, a position he held twice until 1761. In October 1761 he chose to stay in government and accepted the new role of Leader of the Commons causing a rift with his brother-in-law and political ally William Pitt who had resigned. Grenville was subsequently made Northern Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty by the new prime minister Lord Bute. On 8 April 1763, Lord Bute resigned, and Grenville assumed his position as prime minister.
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