William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759-1834), Prime Minister
Sitter associated with 67 portraits
Grenville, William Pitt's first cousin, served as Speaker of the House of Commons (1789) and Foreign Secretary (1791-1801). The protégé and loyal follower of his cousin, Grenville was angered by Pitt's failure to oppose Addington and broke with him to join Fox and Grey in opposition. It was as head of the 'Ministry of All the Talents' coalition government, following Pitt's death, that Grenville was Prime Minister from 1806 to 1807. A reluctant leader, he resigned over George III's refusal to agree to Catholic emancipation; his administration nevertheless saw the abolition of British participation in the slave trade.
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
by Samuel William Reynolds, published by John Jeffryes, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 1 August 1800
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'Integrity retiring from office!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 24 February 1801
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William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
attributed to Thomas Athow, after John Hoppner
watercolour, early 19th century
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'The state waggoner, and John Bull - or - the waggon too much for the donkeys!'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 14 March 1804
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storming Heaven; - with, the gods alarmed for their everlasting-abodes'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 1 May 1804
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'L'assemblée nationale: - or - grand cooperation meeting at St Ann's Hill'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 June 1804
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 22 April 1805
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'End of the Irish farce of Catholic Emancipation'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 17 May 1805
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'Le diable-boiteux, - or - the devil upon two sticks, conveying John Bull to the land of promise'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 8 February 1806
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 16 February 1806
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'Making-decent; - i.e. - Broad-Bottomites getting into the grand costume'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 February 1806
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 5 March 1806
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 14 March 1806
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 5 April 1806
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 19 May 1806
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 10 June 1806
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'Sketch for a monument of disappointed-justice'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 July 1806
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 28 July 1806
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'Westminster conscripts under the training act'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 September 1806
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 May 1806
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British Prime Ministers
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