Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey
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Captain the Right Honourable the Earl Grey GCB GCMG GCVO PC |
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| 9th Governor General of Canada | |
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In office 10 December 1904 – 13 October 1911 |
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Edward VII George V |
| Prime Minister |
Canadian • Wilfrid Laurier • Robert Borden British • Arthur Balfour • Henry Campbell-Bannerman • H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Minto |
| Succeeded by | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn |
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28 November 1851 United Kingdom |
| Died | 29 August 1917 (aged 65) United Kingdom |
| Spouse(s) | Alice Holford, Countess Grey |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
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Viceregal styles of The Earl Grey (1904–1911) |
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| Reference style | His Excellency the Right Honourable Son Excellence le très honorable |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency Votre Excellence |
| Alternative style | Sir Monsieur |
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| Date of birth | 28 November 1851 |
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| Place of birth | London, UK |
| Date of death | 29 August 1917 (aged 65) |
| Place of death | London, United Kingdom |
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| Honors | KGStJ, Hon DCL Oxford, Hon LLD Cantab, Hon LLD McGill, Hon LLD Queen's, Chancellor of Order of St Michael and St George, Hon Col 6th bn Northumberland Fusiliers. |
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Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey GCB GCMG GCVO PC (28 November 1851 – 29 August 1917) was a British nobleman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the ninth since Canadian Confederation. He was a radical Liberal aristocrat, founder of the Society of Apostles, and Aricles Club and a member of a string of liberal high society clubs in London. An active and articulate campaigner in late Victorian England he was associated with many of the leading Imperialists seeking change.
Albert Grey was born into a noble and political family, though at birth not in direct line to inherit the earldom. His father General Charles Grey was a younger brother of the 3rd earl, who died without issue. As General Grey was deceased, the titles descended to his eldest living son Albert, then in his forties. Albert was educated at Harrow School before going up to Trinity, Cambridge, where he graduated MA and LLM.
In 1878, he entered into politics as a member of the Liberal Party and, after relinquishing a tied vote to his opponent, eventually won a place in the British House of Commons in 1880. In 1894 Grey inherited the Earldom Grey from his uncle and thereafter took his place in the House of Lords, while simultaneously undertaking business ventures around the British Empire as Director of the Chartered Company from 1898, he experienced a steep learning curve during high tension with the Boers. As administrator in Rhodesia he was directly responsible to Cecil Rhodes for conduct of the colony's business from 1894 to 1897. On his return in 1899 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of his native Northumberland.
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