William Grenville

William Grenville (1759–1834) was a British politician who served as prime minister from 1806 to 1807 and foreign secretary during the French Revolutionary Wars.

George Grenville: George Grenville (1712–1770) was a British prime minister and William Grenville’s father. His father’s political legacy connected William to an established Whig family.
Ministry of All the Talents: The British coalition government led by Grenville from 1806 to 1807. It was Grenville’s administration, combining Foxite Whigs, Grenvillites, and other politicians.
French Revolutionary Wars: A series of conflicts between France and European powers from 1792 to 1802. Grenville directed British foreign policy through much of this prolonged struggle.
British abolitionism: The movement in Britain to end the slave trade and slavery. The 1807 legislation achieved a central goal of abolitionists who worked with Grenville’s government.
Thomas Grenville: Thomas Grenville (1755–1846) was a British politician and bibliophile, and William Grenville’s brother. He shared William’s political world and later became known for his book collection.
Foxite Whigs: A British political group aligned with Charles James Fox and parliamentary reform. Their participation gave Grenville’s ministry a major Whig faction.
War of the First Coalition: The 1792–1797 war between revolutionary France and a shifting alliance of European powers. Grenville’s diplomacy sought to sustain Britain’s coalition against revolutionary France.
Slave Trade Act 1807: The British law that prohibited the slave trade in 1807. Its passage was the clearest legislative achievement of Grenville’s ministry.
Charles James Fox: Charles James Fox (1749–1806) was a British Whig politician and foreign secretary. Fox joined Grenville’s ministry in 1806 as its leading Commons figure.
Grenvillite: A follower of William Grenville’s political faction in early nineteenth-century Britain. Grenvillites formed the prime minister’s own group within the coalition.

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Henry AddingtonRelated: Grenville succeeded Addington as leader of the House of Lords in 1806.