David
10-19-2003, 10:52 PM
sorry to take up your space but since I cant access e-mail and dont have a floppy I thought I would use HAI. I will delete when I get home tommorow.
Ohh and if you want to learn lots of stuff on George Grenville be my guest
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George Grenville born October 14, 1712 in London, son of Richard Grenville, was a major part of the revolutionary war, but often over looked.
For a little background information on him, he was educated at Eton between 1725 and 1728, going on to Christ church, Oxford in 1730. He was called to the Bar in 1735. In 1741 he was elected as MP for Buckingham, a pocket borough of his uncle Richard, Viscount Cobham. In May 1749, Grenville got engaged to Elizabeth Wyndham, the grand--daughter of the Duke of Somerset, in an effort for legacy. Somerset disaproved so it was called off. But before that happened they already had a hefty four sons and 5 daughters.
During Newcastle's ministry (1754-62), Grenville became friends with the Earl of Bute After gaining a reputation in House of Commons as an expert on procedural matters Grenville joined Bute in urging an end to the Seven Years' War, where as the government was for it. In 1761, Grenville was appointed as Leader of the House of Commons.
In 1762 Bute opened the peace preliminaries with France without consulting his Cabinet and Grenville opposed him. Consequently, Bute demoted him to First Lord of the Admiralty, a post that Grenville was forced to accept because he needed the money, at this point he had no real income.
After the signing of the Peace of Paris, Bute introduced the Cider Tax in an attempt to pay off the national debt. Grenville approved of the tax, which angred many of the Commons. On 16 April 1763, Bute asked Grenville to take over as prime minister, and he promptly excepted. Over the course of his reign (if you can really call it that) he lost a lot of populairity due to financial problems, colonial problems, the fact that King George III disliked him and the arrest of Wilkes, an author who spoke out against the government.
In order to pay off national debts due to wars Grenville proposed the Sugar act, which was passed in 1764. As you probably know that didn't go over well with the colonists, but lucky him he was asked to resign by George III in July 1765.
In the summer of 1770, Grenville became ill. He had suffered from a recurring respiratory illness throughout his life that had caused him to leave London for months at a time. On 13 November 1770, the day of the opening of parliament, Grenville died in London of a blood disorder.
So really, when you get right down to it, Grenville was the center of a lot of aggression in the colonies and in Europe. In a way, put the colonists over the edge to start the revolutionary war and ticked off the king. Not bad for one man.
Ohh and if you want to learn lots of stuff on George Grenville be my guest
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George Grenville born October 14, 1712 in London, son of Richard Grenville, was a major part of the revolutionary war, but often over looked.
For a little background information on him, he was educated at Eton between 1725 and 1728, going on to Christ church, Oxford in 1730. He was called to the Bar in 1735. In 1741 he was elected as MP for Buckingham, a pocket borough of his uncle Richard, Viscount Cobham. In May 1749, Grenville got engaged to Elizabeth Wyndham, the grand--daughter of the Duke of Somerset, in an effort for legacy. Somerset disaproved so it was called off. But before that happened they already had a hefty four sons and 5 daughters.
During Newcastle's ministry (1754-62), Grenville became friends with the Earl of Bute After gaining a reputation in House of Commons as an expert on procedural matters Grenville joined Bute in urging an end to the Seven Years' War, where as the government was for it. In 1761, Grenville was appointed as Leader of the House of Commons.
In 1762 Bute opened the peace preliminaries with France without consulting his Cabinet and Grenville opposed him. Consequently, Bute demoted him to First Lord of the Admiralty, a post that Grenville was forced to accept because he needed the money, at this point he had no real income.
After the signing of the Peace of Paris, Bute introduced the Cider Tax in an attempt to pay off the national debt. Grenville approved of the tax, which angred many of the Commons. On 16 April 1763, Bute asked Grenville to take over as prime minister, and he promptly excepted. Over the course of his reign (if you can really call it that) he lost a lot of populairity due to financial problems, colonial problems, the fact that King George III disliked him and the arrest of Wilkes, an author who spoke out against the government.
In order to pay off national debts due to wars Grenville proposed the Sugar act, which was passed in 1764. As you probably know that didn't go over well with the colonists, but lucky him he was asked to resign by George III in July 1765.
In the summer of 1770, Grenville became ill. He had suffered from a recurring respiratory illness throughout his life that had caused him to leave London for months at a time. On 13 November 1770, the day of the opening of parliament, Grenville died in London of a blood disorder.
So really, when you get right down to it, Grenville was the center of a lot of aggression in the colonies and in Europe. In a way, put the colonists over the edge to start the revolutionary war and ticked off the king. Not bad for one man.