liament, 1836; secretary for foreign affairs, 1851-1852, 1870-1874,
1880-1885; colonial secretary, 1868-1870 and 1886. =Index=: =Md=
Colonial secretary, his part in the transfer of North-West Territories
to Canada, 157. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Grenville, William Wyndham, Baron= (1759-1834). Entered Parliament,
1782; paymaster-general, 1783; Speaker of the House of Commons, 1789;
created Baron Grenville, 1790; secretary for foreign affairs, 1791;
first lord of the treasury, 1806. =Index=: =Dr= Succeeds Sydney in
colonial office, 248; sends out draft bill for better government of the
province, 248. =S= Sends draft of Constitutional Act to Lord Dorchester,
2. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Grenville, Thomas= (1755-1846). =Dr= Accompanies Oswald to Paris to
discuss terms of peace, 192. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Grey, Charles, second Earl= (1764-1845). Distinguished British
statesman, noted particularly for his connection with the first Reform
Bill. =Sy= Becomes prime minister, 25; resigns, 45. =Mc= W.L.
Mackenzie's opinion of, 221; favours amnesty for Mackenzie, 478;
Mackenzie's letter to, 479. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Grey, _Life of
Lord Grey_.
=Grey, Henry George, third Earl= (1802-1894). Secretary for the
colonies, 1830-1833; secretary for war, 1835-1841; succeeded to the
earldom, 1845; again secretary for the colonies, 1846-1852. =Index=: =E=
Colonial secretary, 13; on Metcalfe's mistaken policy, 36; Elgin's
letters to, 54-55; persuades Elgin to retain governor-generalship, 77;
and the Clergy Reserves, 164-165. =BL= Colonial secretary--his attitude
towards Canada, 267-272; Baldwin's reference to, 268-269; sanctions
representative government, but with a reservation, 273; his instructions
to Elgin, 274; Elgin's letter to, 285. =Md= Friendly attitude towards
responsible government, 33; his despatch to Sir John Harvey on
responsible government, 33; text of the despatch, 47-50. =W= His
despatch on money grants, 1847, 96; on colonial administration, 113;
disallows Hemp Bounties Bill, 118. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Grey, Albert Henry George Grey, fourth Earl= (1851- ). Born Howick,
England. Educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Member of British House of Commons, 1880-1886; administrator of
Rhodesia, 1896-1897; director of British South Africa Company,
1898-1904. Succeeded Lord Minto as governor-general of Canada, 1904.
=Bib.=: _Hubert Hervey: a Memoir_. For biog., _see Who's Who_.
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