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  1. William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, PC, PC (Ire), FRS (25 October 1759 – 12 January 1834) was a British Pittite Tory politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807, but was a supporter of the Whigs for the duration of the Napoleonic Wars. As prime minister, his most significant achievement was the ...

  2. William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, PC, PC , FRS was a British Pittite Tory politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807, but was a supporter of the Whigs for the duration of the Napoleonic Wars. As prime minister, his most significant achievement was the abolition of the slave trade in 1807. However, his government failed to either make peace ...

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  4. Mar 8, 2024 · William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville (born Oct. 25, 1759—died Jan. 12, 1834, Dropmore Lodge, Buckinghamshire, Eng.) was a British politician, son of prime minister George Grenville; he was himself head of the coalition “Ministry of all the Talents,” Feb. 11, 1806–March 25, 1807. His greatest achievement was the abolition of the ...

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  5. William Grenville was born in 1759. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He studied law at Lincoln’s Inn. Grenville was the son of Whig Prime Minister George Grenville. Moreover, William Pitt the Elder was Grenville’s uncle by marriage, and Pitt the Younger was his cousin. In 1782, Grenville entered the House of ...

  6. Jun 8, 2018 · views 1,284,008 updated Jun 08 2018. Grenville, William Wyndham, 1st Lord (1759–1834). Prime minister. The third son of George Grenville, prime minister 1763–5, he was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, where he became a distinguished classical scholar. He entered Parliament in 1782 and cast in his lot with his cousin the young ...

  7. Biography. William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville was the son of George Grenville, an earlier Prime Minister. Despite the brevity of his time as Prime Minister, William Grenville’s ...

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