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Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey

Captain the Right Honourable
the Earl Grey
GCB GCMG GCVO PC
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9th Governor General of Canada
In office
10 December 1904 – 13 October 1911
Monarch 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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Personal details
Born (1851-11-28)28 November 1851
United Kingdom
Died 29 August 1917(1917-08-29) (aged 65)
United Kingdom
Spouse(s) Alice Holford, Countess Grey
Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge
Religion Anglicanism
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
Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey
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Date of birth (1851-11-28)28 November 1851
Place of birth London, UK
Date of death 29 August 1917(1917-08-29) (aged 65)
Place of death London, United Kingdom
Career highlights and awards
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.
Career stats

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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