New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

POLITICIAN

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

1764 - 1845

Photo of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

Icon of person Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (13 March 1764 – 17 July 1845), known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was a British Whig politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834. He was a descendant of the House of Grey and the namesake of Earl Grey tea. Grey was a long-time leader of multiple reform movements. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey has received more than 2,281,271 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey is the 3,846th most popular politician (down from 3,300th in 2019), the 845th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 761st in 2019) and the 147th most popular British Politician.

2nd Earl Grey is most famous for being the Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1830-1834.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Greys by language


Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey ranks 3,846 out of 15,577. Before him are Julia Livilla, Alfonso II of Asturias, Li Yuanhong, Rudolf Schuster, Walter Christaller, and Aleksandar Stamboliyski. After him are Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal, Kunigunde of Austria, Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Vojislav Šešelj, and Carolina Herrera.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1764, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey ranks 4. Before him are Élisabeth of France, Ann Radcliffe, and Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr. After him are Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, José Gervasio Artigas, Alexander Mackenzie, Fletcher Christian, Sophie de Condorcet, Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy, and Johann Gottfried Schadow. Among people deceased in 1845, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey ranks 5. Before him are Andrew Jackson, Julie Clary, August Wilhelm Schlegel, and John Frederic Daniell. After him are Guadalupe Victoria, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, Roustam Raza, Simon Mayr, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, and Louis-Léopold Boilly.

Others Born in 1764

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1845

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey ranks 845 out of 7,765. Before him are Colin Maclaurin (1698), Owen Tudor (1400), Peter Finch (1916), Robert Graves (1895), Richard Hamilton (1922), and Anthony James Leggett (1938). After him are John Cale (1942), John Cockcroft (1897), Damon Hill (1960), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671), Albert Pierrepoint (1905), and W. H. Auden (1907).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey ranks 147. Before him are Rob Roy MacGregor (1671), Philip Noel-Baker (1889), Denis Thatcher (1915), Malcolm III of Scotland (1031), Joseph Chamberlain (1836), and Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141). After him are Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671), Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881), Olave Baden-Powell (1889), William Penn (1645), Harthacnut I of Denmark (880), and Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915).

British born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL