Lord Glenelg

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Lord Glenelg was a 19th-century British politician and colonial administrator best known for serving as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies during a pivotal period of the British Empire.

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Lord Glenelg canonical 2

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instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ
member of the House of Lords ⓘ
title ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBaronInYear 1835 ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1778-10-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1866-04-23 ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
Magdalene College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
father Charles Grant ⓘ
fatherOccupation East India Company official ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasFamilyName Grant ⓘ
hasFullName Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg ⓘ
hasGivenName Charles ⓘ
hasMiddleName Grant ⓘ
knownFor controversies over Canadian colonial administration ⓘ
liberal views on colonial governance ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf Whig Party ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria ⓘ
William IV ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Glenelg ⓘ
notableFor administration of the British Empire ⓘ
colonial policy in the 1830s ⓘ
officeEnd Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, 1839 ⓘ
officeStart Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, 1835 ⓘ
parliamentaryBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
peerageOf Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency ⓘ
India ⓘ
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld Member of Parliament ⓘ
President of the Board of Control ⓘ
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ⓘ
precededBy Lord Aberdeen ⓘ
religion Church of Scotland ⓘ
representedConstituency Grampound ⓘ
Inverness-shire ⓘ
Newport (Isle of Wight) ⓘ
Windsor ⓘ
succeededBy Lord Normanby ⓘ
linked to: Normanby

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