Charles Edward Grey

Rt. Hon., Sir Charles Edward Grey
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Born	1785
Died	1865
Residence	Marlborough House Tunbridge Wells [1862]
Occupation	aristocracy administrative political
Society Membership membership ESL Ordinary Fellow left 1862 last listed elected_ESL 1860.12.19 clubs Athenaeum Club

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19 Dec. 1860: The following gentlemen were proposed as new Fellows: ... Sir Charles E. Grey – Marlboro’ House, Tunbridge W
Lieut. Grey RN

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Sir Charles Edward Grey GCH (1785 – 1 June 1865) was a British politician.
He was a Privy Counsellor, Governor of Jamaica and Governor of Barbados. He was a Member of Parliament, representing the constituency of Tynemouth and North Shields from 1838 to 1841.

Sir Charles Edward Grey GCH (1785 – 1 June 1865) was an English judge and colonial governor.
He was a younger son of Ralph William Grey of Backworth.[1] Grey was educated at Eton, followed by University College, Oxford, graduating in 1806, and elected a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford in 1808.[1][2] He was called to the bar in 1811, and appointed a commissioner of bankruptcy in 1817.[1] In 1820 he was appointed a Judge in the Supreme Court of Madras and knighted, serving until his transfer to be Chief Justice on the Supreme Court of Bengal from 1825 to 1832.[1]
In 1835, Grey was made a Privy Counsellor and awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order (GCH) in 1836.[1] He was the elected Member of Parliament for the constituency of Tynemouth and North Shields from 1838 to 1841.[1]
In 1841 he was appointed Governor of Barbados and the Windward Islands (covering St Lucia, Trinidad, Tobago and St Vincent) and in 1846 was appointed Governor of Jamaica.[1]
He retired to England in 1853. He died in Tunbridge Wells in 1865 and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.[1]

Member of the Athenauem Club from 1835

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