Charles Edward Grey

Sir Charles Edward Grey GCH (1785 – 1 June 1865) was a British politician.

He was a younger son of Ralph William Grey of Backworth. Grey was educated at University College, Oxford, graduating in 1806, and elected a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford in 1808. He was called to the bar in 1811, and appointed a commissioner of bankruptcy in 1817. In 1820 he was appointed a Judge in the Supreme Court of Madras and knighted, serving until his transfer to be Chief Justice on the Supreme Court of Bengal in 1825.

He was a Privy Counsellor, Governor of Jamaica and Governor of Barbados. He was a Member of Parliament, representing the constituency of Tynemouth and North Shields from 1838 to 1841.

References

Charles Edward Grey, DNB article

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Frederick Young	Member of Parliament for Tynemouth and North Shields 1838–1841	Succeeded by Henry Mitcalfe
Political offices
Preceded by Charles Henry Darling	Governor of Barbados 1841–1846	Succeeded by William Reid
Preceded by George Henry Frederick Berkeley (acting)	Governor of Jamaica 1847–1853	Succeeded by Sir Henry Barkly

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Name	Grey, Charles Edward
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Date of birth	1785
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Date of death	1 June 1865
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