Sunderland was a borough constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election. It was split into the single-member seats of Sunderland North and Sunderland South for the 1950 general election.

Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey, known as Viscount Howick from 1807 until 1845, was an English statesman and cabinet minister in the government of the United Kingdom.