GREY, CHARLES, FIRST EARL

GREY, CHARLES, FIRST EARL
   soldier; as Sir Charles Grey of Howick he distinguished himself in the wars with the American Colonies and the French Republic, and in 1804 was rewarded with a Barony, and two years later was made Earl Grey (1728-1807).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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