Lord of the Admiralty, ii.
66; elevation of, 90; remarks on, 91; resignation of, iii. 88;
declines to join the Peel Administration, 176; conservative
spirit of, 249; on the crisis of 1835, 249; joins the
Opposition, 272
Grange, The, attacked by a mob, ii. 68
Grant, Right Hon. Charles, _see_ Glenelg, Lord
Granville, Earl, Ambassador in Paris, iii. 385
Granville, Countess, i. 10; quarrel with M. Thiers, iii. 380
Greece, policy of the English Government towards, i. 255
Greenwich, dinner at, iii. 1
Grenville, Thomas, conduct during the riots of 1780, iii. 129
Gresley, Sir Roger, quarrel with Lord H. Bentinck, ii. 148
Greville, Charles, sen., death of, ii. 318
Greville, Mrs., 'Ode to Indifference,' ii. 319
Greville, Algernon, private secretary to the Duke of Wellington,
iii. 163
Grey, Earl, hostility to the Government, i. 100; forms an
Administration, 1830, ii. 64, 66; First Lord of the Treasury,
66; at dinner at Lord Sefton's, 69; nepotism of, 78; character
of, 88; relations with Lord Lyndhurst, 88; lays the Reform Bill
before the King, 109; weakness of Government in the House of
Commons, 116; remarks on Administration of, 137; invested with
the Order of the Garter, 146; at dinner at Hanbury's Brewery,
149; attacked on his foreign policy, 178; on Belgian affairs,
178; attacked by Lord Durham, 226; proposed new Peers, 230;
altered conduct of, 232; reluctance to make new Peers, 247;
conversation with, 248; interview with Lord Harrowby and Lord
Wharncliffe, 259; minute of compromise with Lord Harrowby and
Lord Wharncliffe, 260; speech on Ancona, 269; speech at the
close of the Reform debate, 288; continued efforts for a
compromise, 291; Government defeated in committee, 293;
resignation of Administration of, 294; resumes office with his
colleagues, 300; remarks on the members of the Administration
of, 322; embarrassment of Government, 369; instance of
readiness of, iii. 10; on Portuguese affairs, 21; compared with
the Duke of Wellington, 73; changes in the Administration of,
88, 90, 91; situation of, in the crisis of 1834, 91; letter to
Lord Ebrington, 92; weakness of the Government, 97; resignation
of, 101; refuses the Privy Seal, 112; desires to retire, 124;
dinner to, at Edinburgh, 135; events subsequent to retirement
of, 145; intrigue, 145; conservative spirit of, 249; audience
of the King, 251; dissatisfaction of, 352
Grey, Sir Ch
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