Charles Edward Grey
Sir Charles Edward Grey GCH (1785 – 1 June 1865) was an English judge and colonial governor.
He was a younger son of Ralph William Grey of Backworth.[1] Grey was educated at Eton, followed by University College, Oxford, graduating in 1806, and elected a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford in 1808.[1][2] He was called to the bar in 1811, and appointed a commissioner of bankruptcy in 1817.[1] 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 from 1825 to 1832.[1]
In 1835, Grey was made a Privy Counsellor and awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order (GCH) in 1836.[1] He was the elected Member of Parliament for the constituency of Tynemouth and North Shields from 1838 to 1841.[1]
In 1841 he was appointed Governor of Barbados and the Windward Islands (covering St Lucia, Trinidad, Tobago and St Vincent) and in 1846 was appointed Governor of Jamaica.[1]
He retired to England in 1853. He died in Tunbridge Wells in 1865 and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Katherine Prior, ‘Grey, Sir Charles Edward (1785–1865)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 accessed 17 April 2014
- ↑ Errol Hill (1992). The Jamaican Stage, 1655-1900: Profile of a Colonial Theatre. Univ of Massachusetts Press. p. 171. ISBN 0-87023-779-9.
| 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 |