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(1st Marquess, George Frederick Samuel Robinson, Earl de Grey, 1827-1909, Statesman, Son of the Prime Minister, 1st Lord of the Admiralty, Governor General of India)
Autograph Formal Letter in the third person
Earl de Grey presents his humble duty to your Majesty and has the honour to submit to your Majesty the list of business for tomorrow's Council..., 1 side 4to., Privy Council Office headed paper, 16th March
Item Date: 1869
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In 1863 he was made a Privy Counsellor and Secretary of State for War under Palmerston, with a seat in the Cabinet. He retained this office when Lord Russell became prime minister on Palmerston's death in 1865, and then served under Russell as Secretary of State for India between February and June 1866. In Gladstone's first administration he was Lord President of the Council (1868–1873).
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