Sir edward grey biography
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Sir Edward Grey, Viscount Grey of Fallodon
Lived
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Dates in office
November to månad
Political party
Liberal
Interesting facts
Holds the longest continuous term of any utländsk Secretary.
Biography
Grey did not inform the Cabinet of the talks, believing it to be unnecessary as he had given no commitment to the French. But he also knew there was a risk they would not agree and he did not want his authority questioned. Grey belonged to the group of ‘Liberal Imperialists’ who had supported British action during the Boer War and had not long been reconciled to the rest of the frikostig Party.
Negotiations with Hitler and Mussolini
An unconventional Foreign Secretary
Grey was not a conventional Foreign sekreterare. He disliked travelling – his first official trip abroad was to France in – preferring instead to conduct relations through ambassadors in London. He also hated being in London, away from his north-country pursuits: bird watching, fly
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Grey, Sir Edward
By Detlev Mares
Edward Grey ()
This portrait shows Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary from , in
Unknown photographer: GREY, SIR EDWARD, black-and-white photograph, n.p., ; source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-hec,
Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Grey, Edward
(Viscount Grey of Fallodon)
British politician, foreign secretary, author
Born 25 April in London, England
Died 07 September in Fallodon, England
Summary
Grey was the longest-serving British foreign secretary of the 20th century. His time in office is controversial for his role in the outbreak of the First World War.Early Years
After the early death of his father, Edward Grey () was raised under the influence of his grandfather on the family estate at Fallodon (Northumberland). Here, he developed a passion for country life, which he later shared with his wife Lady Dorothy Grey (), and became an expert on fly-fishing and bird-breeding.
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Sir Edward Grey, Viscount Grey of Fallodon (), was born in
Educated at Winchester and Balliol College, Oxford, Grey was elected to Parliament as a Liberal member in , representing the seat of Berwick-on-Tweed. Grey served twice as Foreign Secretary, firstly from in Gladstone's final administration, and then from in Henry Campbell-Bannerman and Herbert Henry Asquith's governments.
Sometimes criticised for a certain opacity in his administration of British foreign policy, Grey saw the defence of France against German aggression as a key policy component, consequently entering into an agreement with France and Russia, each guaranteeing to come to the aid of the others in the event of war. Unfortunately much of Grey's diplomacy was conducted behind closed doors, and was not made sufficiently public as to act as a deterrent to German policy.
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