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George Grey
British soldier, explorer, colonial administrator and writer (1812–1898)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 14 April 1812
- Died
- 19 September 1898
- Place of birth
- Lisbon
- Place of death
- London
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- George
- Family name
- Grey
- Father
- George Grey
- Mother
- Elizabeth Anne Vignoles
- Spouse
- Eliza Grey
- Child
- George Grey
- Occupation
- explorer, politician, military officer, governor, discoverer
- Position held
- Governor of South Australia, Governor-General of New Zealand, Superintendent, Prime Minister of New Zealand, Member of the New Zealand Parliament, Minister of Finance, Member of the South Australian Legislative Council, Governor-General of New Zealand
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Awards
- Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London
- described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Dictionary of National Biography, first supplement, The Dictionary of Australasian Biography, 1892, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- George Grey
- honorific prefix
- Sir, The Right Honourable
- honorific suffix
- Order of the Bath
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- military branch
- British Army
- military, police or special rank
- lieutenant
- name in native language
- George Grey
- number of children
- 1
- place of burial
- St Paul's Cathedral
- topic's main category
- Category:George Grey
- writing language
- English
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