First Russell ministry
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Whig Lord John Russell led the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1846 to 1852.
Portrait of Lord John Russell by Francis Grant, 1853
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet
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Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet, PC was a British Whig politician and a scion of the noble House of Grey. He held office under four Prime Ministers, Lord Melbourne, Lord John Russell, Lord Aberdeen, and
First Russell ministry
…end of Sir Robert Peel's second government, the Whigs came to power under Lord John Russell. Sir Charles Wood became Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir George Grey Home Secretary and Lord Palmerston Foreign Secretary for the third time. One of the major problems facing the government was the Great Irish Famine…
Grey in the 1860s