Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
(1764-1845), Prime MinisterEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 190 portraits
Grey was the leader of the Whigs from 1806 to 1834. He led the party through the triumph of the Reform Act (1832) which extended the vote to the middle classes and gave representation to Britain's growing industrial towns. A follower of Fox, Grey had argued for constitutional reform since entering Parliament in 1786. He was an ardent supporter of Catholic emancipation and presided over the act to abolish slavery in all British-controlled territories (1833).
A Game at Chess (Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey; King William IV)
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 31 July 1832
NPG D41150
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 1 August 1832
NPG D41151
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 25 September 1832
NPG D41163
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 22 November 1832
NPG D41168
A Modest Request (Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey; Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington)
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured lithograph, published 23 March 1832
NPG D46039
The Modern Canute, or the Just Rebuke
by Criticus
hand-coloured lithograph, circa 1832
NPG D46051
A sketch for a National Monument, or William the Fourth on his Grey Charger
probably by T.C. Wilson, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured lithograph, circa May 1832
NPG D46054
Battle Royal Between the Whig National School Boys & the Tory Charity Crabs
by and published by Gabriel Shire Tregear, and by Charles Jameson Grant
hand-coloured lithograph, published May 1832
NPG D46056
The managers last kick, or, the distruction of the boroughmongers
by Charles Jameson Grant, printed by John Quick
woodcut, circa 1832
NPG D46370
by Charles Jameson Grant, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published circa 1832
NPG D48858
published by Gabriel Shire Tregear
hand-coloured etching, published 1832
NPG D48861
by James Bruce
aquatint, circa 1832
NPG D2817
by James Bruce
aquatint, circa 1832
NPG D16368
Sinbad the Sailor and the Old Man of the Sea (Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey; King William IV)
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 8 January 1833
NPG D41170
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 30 January 1833
NPG D41173
Reading the Will of the Late John Bull, Gent
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 1 February 1833
NPG D41175
Administering a Bitter Dose to a Fractious Patient
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 26 February 1833
NPG D41179
A Modern Antique (Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey; Daniel O'Connell)
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 5 March 1833
NPG D41180
Military Rough-Riders Breaking an Unruly Animal
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 7 March 1833
NPG D41181
Gulliver in the Toils of the Lilliputians
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 11 March 1833
NPG D41182
Related People
- Lady Caroline Barrington (née Grey) (daughter)
- Lady Elizabeth Bulteel (née Grey) (daughter)
- Lady Emily Augusta Cavendish (née Lambton) (granddaughter)
- Louisa Elizabeth (née Grey), Countess of Durham (daughter)
- Lady Mary Louisa Bruce (née Lambton), Countess of Elgin and Kincardine (granddaughter)
- Lady Hannah Althea Ellice (née Grey) (sister)
- Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey (father)
- Mary Elizabeth Grey (née Ponsonby), Countess Grey (wife)
- Hon. Francis Richard Grey (son)
- Sir Frederick William Grey (son)
- Sir George Grey, 1st Bt (brother)
- Mary (née Grey), Viscountess Halifax (daughter)
- Charles William Lambton (grandson)
- Alice Anne Caroline (née Lambton), Countess of Morton (granddaughter)
- Lady Elizabeth Whitbread (née Grey) (sister)
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