Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, better known as Sir Edward Grey, was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician who was the main force behind British foreign policy in the era of the
Portrait of Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
Grey in 1895
Grey caricatured by Spy for Vanity Fair, 1903
Lord Grey of Fallodon
The lamps are going out
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"The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time", British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey remarked to a friend on the eve of the United Kingdom's entry int
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
…for his diplomacy; he lost office in December 1916. By 1919 he was a leading British supporter of the League of Nations. Grey is remembered for his "the lamps are going out" remark on 3 August 1914 on the outbreak of the First World War. He signed the Sykes-Picot Agreement on 16 May 1916. He was ennobled in 1916, prior to…
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862–1933)