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Born #OTD 1756, Sir John Newport, MP for Waterford 1803-1832.
Appointed Irish chancellor of the exchequer in his friend Lord Grenville’s ministry, Newport supported parliamentary reform and Catholic relief throughout his career.
Read his #HistParl bio: https://t.co/DrkuBTYyWy
Grenville as Honoka & Swiftsure as Kasumi #AzurLane https://t.co/55DQKczzAL
Born #OnThisDay in 1895: #GeorgeVI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom
Portrait by #ReginaldGrenvilleEves (1876-1941), 1924
#Bertie #Windsor
Anglo French Meetup (Edinburgh and Grenville) #AzurLane https://t.co/TyP3BDimbT
Born #OnThisDay in 1900: #ElizabethBowesLyon (1900-2002), Queen of the United Kingdom as spouse of King #GeorgeVI
Portrait by #ReginaldGrenvilleEves (1876-1941), 1924
#QueenMother #BowesLyon #Windsor
Grenville had considered applying for a #peerage a few years before going to the Lords, but admitted that he feared it might have "the appearance of putting myself hors de combat. I am not in the same mind about it for any 10 minutes together."
#twitterstorians #HistParl
We are loving the #botanical intricacy of @CharlottePaints' book cover for Kate Grenville's 'A Room Made of Leaves', published by @canongatebooks.
#illustration #publishing #bookcover
"To every problem there is already a solution, whether you know it or not. To every sum in there is already a correct answer, whether the mathematician has found it or not."
~ Grenville Kleiser