Hvem daterede Charles Grey, 2. jarl Grey?

Charles Grey, 2. jarl Grey

Charles Grey, 2. jarl Grey

Charles Grey, 2. jarl Grey (født 13. marts 1764, død 17. juli 1845) var en fremtrædende britisk politiker og medlem af whigpartiet. Som premierminister gennemførte Grey en omfattende udvidelse af stemmeretten i 1832, og året efter blev slaveriet afskaffet. Den første af disse reformer bidrog paradoksalt nok til, at whigpartiet gradvis gik i opløsning og blev erstattet af det Det liberale parti, hvor mange whigger, men også en del frihandelsvenlige toryer samlede sig.

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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (née Spencer; jor-JAY-nə; 7 June 1757 – 30 March 1806), was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist. Born into the Spencer family, married into the Cavendish family, she was the first wife of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and the mother of the 6th Duke of Devonshire.

The Duchess was famous for her charisma, political influence, beauty, unusual marital arrangement, love affairs, socializing, and notoriety for her gambling addiction, leading to an immense debt. She was the great-great-great-grandaunt of Diana, Princess of Wales. Their lives, two centuries apart, have been compared in tragedy.

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