Charles Grey Biography and Timeline

Birth of Charles Grey

Birth of Charles Grey, from Northumberland gentry

Member of Parliament

1st elected to Parliament, Member of Parliament for Northumberland for the next 20 yrs

Foreign Secretary of Great Britain

Appointed Foreign Minister

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1806-1807

First Lord of Admiralty

Appointed First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, 1st term

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1806-1806

First Lord of Admiralty

Appointed First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, 2nd term

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1806-1807

Reform of Parliament

Passes a Bill through Parliament abolishing the slave trade

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1806-1807

Resignation of Charles Grey

Grey remains out of office for 23 years. Attempts to secure Catholic emancipation are opposed by George III & other Minister's

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1806-1807

Dissolution of Parliament

Proposes a Bill allowing Catholics into the Army & Navy, the King dissolves Parliament

Role range: 1763-1809 – 1806-1807

Peerage

Created Earl Grey, succeeds to his fathers peerage

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1831

Prime Minister of Great Britain

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain and forms a Whig government.

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Parliamentary Reform

Supports parliamentary reform giving representation to rapidly growing industrial towns.

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Reform of Electoral System

Grey supports reform plans giving representation to fast-growing industrial towns including Birmingham, Manchester, Bradford and Leeds.

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Reform of Electoral System

Introduces the Reform Bill, it passes its 2nd reading by 1 vote but is then defeated

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1831

Parliament

Goes to the Country after the Lords defeat of the first reform bill

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1831

Parliament

Parliament is dissolved after the defeat of the 1st Reform Bill in the Commons

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Constitution of Great Britain

Grey asks William IV to dissolve Parliament so that the Whigs could secure a larger majority in the House of Commons, Grey explains this would help his Government to carry their proposals for Parliamentary reform

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Dissolution of Parliament

Grey asks William IV to dissolve Parliament so that the Whigs could secure a larger majority in the House of Commons, Grey explains this would help his Government to carry their proposals for Parliamentary reform

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Reform of Parliament

Grey asks William IV to dissolve Parliament so that the Whigs could secure a larger majority in the House of Commons, Grey explains this would help his Government to carry their proposals for Parliamentary reform

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Reform of Parliament

The 2nd Reform Bill passes through the Commons

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Legislation

The House of Commons passes the Reform Bill, the Tories still dominated the House of Lords, and after a long debate the bill was defeated

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Reformation, The

The House of Commons passes the Reform Bill, the Tories still dominated the House of Lords, and after a long debate the bill was defeated

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Reform of Parliament

William IV asks Grey not to resign but refuses to pass the Bill by creating new peers. The 2nd Reform Bill is defeated by the Lords by 41 votes. 1st Reform Bill is defeated by the Lords

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Legislation

When people heard the news of the Lords Reform Act veto, Reform Riots take place in several British towns; the most serious of these being in Bristol

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Reform Riots

Grey's Reform Bill crisis triggers severe riots in Bristol.

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Reform of Parliament

When people heard the news of the Lords Reform Act veto, Reform Riots take place in several British towns; the most serious of these being in Bristol

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Rule of Falkland Islands

Britain takes control of the islands by force with the invasion of the Falkland Islands following the destruction of the Argentine settlement at Puerto Luis by the American sloop USS Lexington

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Siege of Puerto Luis

Britain takes control of the islands by force with the invasion of the Falkland Islands following the destruction of the Argentine settlement at Puerto Luis by the American sloop USS Lexington

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Election

The general election on the reformed franchise gives Grey a 300 majority

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Franchise

The general election on the reformed franchise gives Grey a 300 majority

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Prime Minister of Great Britain

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1831-1834

Parliamentary Reform Bill Debates

Grey's government advanced parliamentary reform, prompting prolonged debate about representation and the power of unreformed boroughs.

Reform of Parliament

Lord Greys Government resigns and William IV now ask the leader of the Tories, the Duke of Wellington, to form a new Government. Grey and Henry Brougham meet the king and ask him to create a large number of Wigg peers in order to get the Reform Bill passed in the House of Lords, William IV refuses

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Resignation of Charles Grey

Lord Greys Government resigns and William IV now ask the leader of the Tories, the Duke of Wellington, to form a new Government

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Resignation of Charles Grey

Offers William IV his resignation his refusal to create peers to pass the Reform Bill

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Franchise

The franchise is extended to the upper middle class

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Legislation

The 3rd Reform Bill is passed

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Reform of Electoral System

The 3rd Reform Bill is passed. The franchise is extended to the upper middle class. Constituencies are created in new towns, rotten & pocket boroughs abolished

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Legislation

Parliamentary Reform Bill, passes the Scottish Parliamentary Reform Bill

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Reform of Parliament

Parliamentary Reform Bill, passes the Scottish Parliamentary Reform Bill

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834

Reform of Parliament

Parliamentary Reform Bill, passes the Irish Parliamentary Reform Bill

Role range: 1830-1834 – 1830-1834