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Grey, George (1812–1898)| British colonial administrator in Australia and New Zealand, born in Portugal. After several unsuccessful exploratory expeditions in Western Australia, he was appointed governor of South Australia in 1840. Autocratic in attitude, he managed to bring the colony out of bankruptcy by 1844. He was lieutenant governor of New Zealand 1845–53, governor of Cape Colony, South Africa, 1854–61, and governor of New Zealand 1861–68. He then entered the New Zealand parliament and was premier 1877–79. KCB 1848. |
Grey, George (1799–1882)| British politician. He was appointed judge advocate in 1839, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1841, and, during Lord John Russell's ministry, home secretary in 1846. Under Lord Palmerston he was home secretary 1855–58 and again 1861–66, and was chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1859–61. |
| The nephew of the Whig statesman Earl Grey, he was born in Gibraltar and educated at Oriel College, Oxford. |
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