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GREY, SIR EDWARD

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GREY, See also:
SIR
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EDWARD
EDWARD , 3rd See also:

BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

Bart. (1862– ), See also:

ENGLISH

English statesman, was educated at See also:

Winchester and at Balliol See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

Oxford, and succeeded his grandfather, the 2nd See also:

BARONET

baronet, at the See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty. He entered the See also:

House of See also:

COMMONS

Commons as Liberal member for See also:

BERWICK, JAMES FITZJAMES

Berwick-on-See also:

TWEED

Tweed in 1885, but he was best known as a See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman with a See also:

TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for See also:

SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport, and as See also:

AMATEUR (Lat. amator, lover)

amateur See also:

CHAMPION (Fr. champion, Late Lat. campio from campus; a field or open space, i.e. one " who takes the field " or fights; cf. Ger. Kampf, battle, and Kampfer, fighter)

champion See also:

TENNIS (sometimes called royal tennis, and, in America, court tennis)

tennis-player. His See also:

INTEREST

interest in politics was rather languid, but he was a See also:

DISCIPLE

disciple of See also:

Lord See also:

ROSEBERY, ARCHIBALD PHILIP PRIMROSE, 5TH

Rosebery, and in the 1892–1895 Liberal See also:

MINISTRY

ministry he was under-secretary for See also:

FOREIGN

foreign affairs. In this position he earned a reputation as a politician of thorough straightforwardness and grit, and as one who would maintain See also:

BRITISH

British interests independently of party; and he shared with Mr See also:

ASQUITH, HERBERT HENRY (1852– )

Asquith the reputation of being the ablest of the Imperialists who followed Lord Rosebery. Though outside foreign affairs he played but a small See also:

PART

part in the See also:

period of Liberal opposition between 1895 and 1905, he retained public confidence as one who was indispensable to a Liberal See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration.' When Sir See also:

Henry See also:

Campbell-Bannerman's See also:

CABINET

cabinet was formed in See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1905 he became foreign See also:

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister, and he retained this See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office when in See also:

APRIL

April 19o8 Mr Asquith became See also:

PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime minister.

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