The treasonable speeches and writings which had of late been so assiduously disseminated at public meetings, most particularly called for the interfe… - William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville

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The treasonable speeches and writings which had of late been so assiduously disseminated at public meetings, most particularly called for the interference of parliament. As one of the king's servants, indeed, he might say as a member of that House, he felt it an indispensable duty to endeavour to check their flagitious tendency.

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About William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville

William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville PC PCi 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 abolition of the slave trade in 1807. However, his government failed to either make peace with France or to accomplish Catholic emancipation and it was dismissed in the same year.

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Native Name: William Wyndham Grenville
Alternative Names: William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville William Grenville William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville William Wyndham, Lord Grenville Lord Grenville
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