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Wednesday, May 29th, 2024
the Week of Proper 3 / Ordinary 8
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Grenville, William Wyndham, Lord
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Statesman; entered Parliament in 1782; was not a man of brilliant parts, but his integrity and capacity for work raised him to the highest offices of State; in 1789 he was Speaker of the House of Commons, and a year later was raised to the peerage and made Home Secretary under Pitt; in 1791 he was Foreign Secretary; supported Catholic Emancipation and the Abolition of the Slave-trade; he was Premier from 1806 to 1807; later he supported Canning and Earl Grey (1759-1834).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Grenville, William Wyndham, Lord'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​g/grenville-william-wyndham-lord.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Grenville, William Wyndham, Lord'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​g/grenville-william-wyndham-lord.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.