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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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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