Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey was a British Whig politician who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834. His government enacted the Reform Acts of 1832, which expanded the elect
Portrait of Earl Grey by Thomas Phillips, 1820
In Charon's Boat (1807), James Gillray caricatured the Whig administration, with Grey as Charon, rowing the boat
Grey's Monument in Newcastle upon Tyne
Grey spent his retirement at Howick
William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby, was a leading Irish Whig politician, being a member of the Irish House of Commons, and, after 1800, of the United Kingdom parliament. Ponsonby was the so
c.1795 portrait based on a work by Thomas Lawrence
Louisa, Baroness Ponsonby of Imokilly (1749–1824)