George Grenville
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George Grenville 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, and attempted to solve t
Portrait by William Hoare, 1764
Stowe House in Buckinghamshire, the political base of the Cobhamites; in 1749, ownership of the estate passed to Grenville's brother Richard.
Grenville served under British Prime Minister Lord Bute between 1762 and 1763 and later succeeded him.
Cartoon depicting the repeal of the Stamp Act as a funeral, with Grenville carrying a child's coffin marked "Miss America Stamp born 1765, died 1766" (The Skulls refer to the Scottish Rebellions of 1715 and 1745)
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, styled Lord Mount Stuart between 1713 and 1723, was a British Tory statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762 to 1763 under George III. He bec
George Grenville
…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. His government tried to bring public spending under control…
Portrait of the Earl of Bute by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1773
Bute (1770)
Luton Hoo mansion in 2009
The north and south fronts of Luton Hoo as designed by Robert Adam