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).
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 1 September 1834
NPG D41274
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 19 January 1835
NPG D41301
Cast Off Machiners Selling by Auction
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 12 February 1835
NPG D41306
The Reform Bill Receiving the King's Assent by Royal Commission, 7 June 1832
by William Walker, by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, after Samuel William Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1836
NPG D10714
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey ('Shall I Resign?')
by George Raphael Ward, printed by Dixon & Ross, published by Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after Benjamin Robert Haydon
mezzotint, published 1 February 1836
NPG D34956
Nursery Rhymes No. 2 (Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux; Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey)
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 24 December 1836
NPG D41394
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 1 July 1840
NPG D41580
Steering between Scylla and Charybdis
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean, printed by General Lithographic Establishment
lithograph, published 19 May 1841
NPG D41618
by William Say, published by Ackermann & Co, after Frederick Richard Say
mezzotint, published 5 October 1843
NPG D34954
by William Say, published by Ackermann & Co, after Frederick Richard Say
mezzotint, published 1833
NPG D49804
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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