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Sir George Grey

Home Secretary under several Victorian governments.

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Also known as George I

First appearance: i the cabinet

Sir George Grey shows up with force in Introduction. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Quoted as saying disestablishment of the Irish Church would be an 'act of Revolution'; later assented to its disestablishment.
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