Biographie
He was educated at Eton and Oxford.
He was electedas a member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire in 1782.
In 1782 he ws appointed as Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the Marquess of Buckingham (he was also his brother.) He was appointed as Paymaster of the Forces by his cousin William Pitt in 1783.
In 1789 he was appointed as Speaker of the House of Commons. That same year he was made Lord Grenville and appointed to the House of Lords as Secretary of State.
In 1791 he was Secrtary of State for Foreign Affairs.
In 1792 he married Anne Pitt, daughter of Thomas Pitt, the first Lord Camelford.
He resigned with Pitt in 1801.
He resumed office in 1804.
He was made Prime Minister in 1806 on the death of Pitt. His government abolished the slave trade.
In 1809 he was Chancellor of Oxford University.
Lieux nommés
Grenville Channel (BC)
Références
Meany, E.S. (1957)
