Definition of Charles Grey

1. Noun. Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845).

Exact synonyms: Grey, Second Earl Grey
Generic synonyms: National Leader, Solon, Statesman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Charles Grey

Charles Eames
Charles Edouard Jeanneret
Charles Edward Berry
Charles Edward Ives
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Farrar Browne
Charles Follen McKim
Charles Fourier
Charles Francis Hall
Charles Francois Gounod
Charles Franklin Kettering
Charles Franklin Peirce
Charles Frederick Menninger
Charles Frederick Worth
Charles Goodyear
Charles Grey (current term)
Charles Hardin Holley
Charles Henry Harrod
Charles Herbert Best
Charles I
Charles II
Charles IX
Charles James Fox
Charles Joseph Clark
Charles Kay Ogden
Charles Kettering
Charles L'Enfant
Charles Lamb
Charles Laughton

Literary usage of Charles Grey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1899)
"... in Spain—Walcheren—The King's Address to Sir Charles Grey—Stanley and Graham cross the House—Failure of Stanley's Tactics—Alava and the Duke of ..."

2. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1839)
"Sir Edward Sugden discovers a New Objection-.Sir Charles Grey holds the Transportation to Bermuda • to be legal—Bill passes through Committee ..."

3. Memorials and Correspondence of Charles James Fox by Charles James Fox (1854)
"TO THE HON Charles Grey. " DEAR GREY, " ST. ANNE'S HILL, Wednesday. " I had yesterday the enclosed letter from Wyvill, which rather embarrassed me. ..."

4. An Auto-biographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart., Late of the Admiralty by John Barrow (1847)
"Charles Grey. February 10, 1806—September 29, 1806. ... Charles Grey, through Mr. Marsden, expressive of his sincere regret at being under the painful ..."

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