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George Grenville

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Gender Male
Death253 years ago
Date of birth October 14,1712
Zodiac sign Libra
Born Wotton Underwood
United Kingdom
Date of died November 13,1770
DiedMayfair
London
United Kingdom
Prime MinisterLord Bute
Spouse Elizabeth Grenville
Children William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
Thomas Grenville
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
Job Politician
Education Christ Church
Eton College
BooksThe Speech of a Right Honourable Gentleman, on the Motion for Expelling Mr. Wilkes, Friday, February 3, 1769
The Grenville Papers: Being the Correspondence of Richard Grenville Earl Temple, K. G. , and the Right Hon: George Grenville, Their Friends and Contemporaries. Now First Published Form the Mss. , Formerly Preserved at Stowe. Edited, with Notes; Volume 4
The Grenville Papers: Being the Correspondence of Richard Grenville Earl Temple, K. G. , and the Right Hon: George Grenville, Their Friends and Contemporaries. Now First Published Form the Mss. , Formerly Preserved at Stowe. Edited, with Notes; Volume 2
Party Whigs
Siblings Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple
Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham
Previous positionChancellor of the Exchequer (1763–1765)
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George Grenville was a British Whig statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain. Grenville was born into an influential political family and first entered Parliament in 1741 as an MP for Buckingham.

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