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    Sir George Grey, KCB (14 April 1812 – 19 September 1898) was a British soldier, explorer, colonial administrator and writer. He served in a succession...
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    Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet, PC (11 May 1799 – 9 September 1882) was a British Whig politician and a scion of the noble House of Grey. He held office...
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    of Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet, and the great-grandfather of Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon. The Right Reverend the Hon. Edward Grey (1782–1837)...
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    Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, KG, PC, DL, FZS (25 April 1862 – 7 September 1933), better known as Sir Edward Grey, was a British statesman...
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    Captain Sir Richard Spencer and Ann, Lady Spencer. She was the wife of Sir George Grey. Elizabeth Lucy Spencer was born 17 December 1822 in a quaint and modest...
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    Archibald Grey Albert Henry George Campbell Grey Richard Grey, 6th Earl Grey Philip Kent Grey, 7th Earl Grey Sir Henry George Grey Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet...
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    proposed political models ranging from unitary, to loosely federal. Sir George Grey, the Governor of Cape Colony from 1854 to 1861, decided that unifying...
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  • Sir George Grey (1812–1898) was the British Governor of Cape Colony, South Australia and New Zealand. George Grey may also refer to: George Grey, 2nd Earl...
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    Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet, KCB (10 October 1767 – 3 October 1828) was a British Royal Navy officer and a scion of the noble House of Grey who served...
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    with a reputation as a centre of prostitution. Grey St was almost certainly named after Sir George Grey, who was Governor of South Australia from 1841...
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    the survivors was the girl Nongqawuse; however, her uncle perished. Sir George Grey, governor of the Cape at the time ordered the European settlers not...
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    (1720–1796). Sir Henry George Grey GCH GCB (1766–1845), Colonel in the 13th Light Dragoons, who married Charlotte Des Voeux (1789–1882). Lady Elizabeth Grey (1765–1846)...
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    Sir George Cornewall Lewis succeeds Herbert as Secretary for War. Sir George Grey succeeds Lewis as Home Secretary. Edward Cardwell succeeds Grey as...
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    founded as The Grey Institute by John Paterson, who also founded Standard Bank and The Herald newspaper, and named after Sir George Grey, Governor of the...
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    as foreign secretary to protest against George III's uncompromising rejection of Catholic emancipation. Grey finally resigned as prime minister in 1834...
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  • South Australia was redistributed on 2 October 1903 and is named for Sir George Grey, who was Governor of South Australia from 1841 to 1845 (and later Prime...
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    Grey College (Afrikaans: Grey Kollege) is a semi-private English & Afrikaans medium school for boys situated in the suburb of Universitas in Bloemfontein...
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    Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (28 December 1802 – 9 October 1894), eldest son, who became a politician like his father General Sir Charles Grey (15 March...
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    Tasmanian House of Assembly and the Tasmanian Legislative Council. Sir George Grey appointed the commissioners to fulfil the brief "that the Seat of Government...
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    with the Cape Colony. This proposition received the strong support of Sir George Grey, the then Governor of Cape Colony, but his view did not commend itself...
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    (1767–1828) Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet (1799–1882) George Henry Grey (1835–1874) Sir Edward Grey, 3rd Baronet (1862–1933)) Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of...
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    Cafe, in which he played the prime minister. He took the lead part of Sir George Grey in the New Zealand TV miniseries The Governor (1977). He wrote a play...
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    Hakawai, or Hōkioi in the North Island. According to an account given to Sir George Grey—an early governor of New Zealand—Hōkioi were huge black-and-white birds...
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    replacement, Sir George Grey, is considered by some historians, such as Michael King, to be the most important and influential governor of New Zealand. Grey was...
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  • and her first husband Sir John Grey of Groby. Her second marriage to King Edward IV made her Queen of England, thus elevating Grey's status at court and...
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  • S2CID 143169268. The Library of His Excellency Sir George Grey, KCB: A catalogue Compiled by W H I Bleek, Sir George Grey and J Cameron Vol 4, London and Cape Town...
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    was shortly afterwards recalled and replaced by George Grey, then Governor of South Australia. Grey was given the backing and financial support that...
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    Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC (28 November 1851 – 29 August 1917) was a British peer and politician who served as Governor...
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    this secretary of state being split into two separate offices, with Sir George Grey becoming the first secretary of state for the colonies under the new...
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    legends of the areas where they worked. In the 1840s Edward Shortland, Sir George Grey, and other non-missionaries began to collect the myths and traditions...
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