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1[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charles_grey_2nd_earl_grey.jpg]]
2[[caption-width-right:300:"Wait, you named ''what'' after me?"]]
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4->''"I have no hope of a reform, but from the people themselves; that this House will never reform itself, or destroy the corruption by which it is supported, by any other means than those of the resolutions of the people, acting on the prudence of this House."''
5-->-- '''Speech''' in the House of Commons (17 May 1794)
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7Charles Grey, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever 2nd Earl Grey KG PC]] (13 March 1764 – 17 July 1845) was a British statesman, most noted for serving as [[UsefulNotes/TheMenOfDowningStreet Prime Minister]] from November 1830 through July 1834.
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9Lord Grey was one of the main architects of the 1832 Reform Act, despite stiff opposition from UsefulNotes/TheDukeOfWellington. Prior to the passing of the law, the parliamentary map had not been changed for centuries and some districts ("rotten boroughs") elected 2 [=MPs=] to Parliament even though very few people actually lived there, while cities like Manchester and Birmingham that had grown enormously had ''no'' representation in Parliament at all. In addition to straightening out a rather corrupt and unfair system that could in part be blamed for the American Revolution, he also presided the total abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1833 and gave his name to the aromatic blend of tea before retiring in 1834.
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11The fact that the man who very probably saved Britain from violent revolution (by putting its political system within shouting distance of modern democracy) and then basically sicced the entire might of the British Empire on the slave trade is now best remembered for the tea says a ''[[BritsLoveTea lot]]'' about Britain.
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14->''"Tea, Earl Grey, hot."''

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