Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
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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 by an unknown artist after Sir Thomas Lawrence c. 1828
In Charon's Boat (1807), James Gillray caricatured the Whig administration, with Grey as Charon, rowing the boat
Portrait of Earl Grey by Thomas Phillips, 1820
Grey's Monument in Newcastle upon Tyne
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist. Born into the Spencer family and married into the Cavendish family, she was
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
…minister in 1834 following cabinet disagreements over policy in Ireland, and he subsequently retired from politics. After an affair with the married Duchess of Devonshire, which resulted in a daughter who was brought up by Grey's parents, Grey married Mary Ponsonby and had fifteen children. His name is associated with…
Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Thomas Gainsborough, 1785–1787
A young Miss Georgiana Spencer with her mother, Margaret Georgiana Spencer. Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
With her siblings, Henrietta and George, by Angelica Kauffman, c. 1774. The painting was painted just before Georgiana's marriage to the Duke of Devonshire.
Duchess of Devonshire as Cynthia by Maria Cosway circa 1782. Depicted as a character from Spenser's Faerie Queene.