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| 1764 | Birth |  |
| 13th Mar Birth of Charles Grey, from Northumberland gentry |
| 1786 | Election | |
| Northumberland 1st elected to Parliament, MP for Northumberland for the next 20 yrs |
| 1806 | First Lord of the Admiralty | |
| London Appointed First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, 1st term |
| London Appointed First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, 2nd term |
| 1806 | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| 24th Sep Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1806 | Reform | |
| London Passes a Bill through Parliament abolishing the slave trade |
| 1807 | Parliament | |
| London Proposes a Bill allowing Catholics into the Army & Navy, the King dissolves Parliament |
| 1807 | Resignation | |
| London Attempts to secure Catholic emancipation are opposed by George III & other Ministers |
| London Grey remains out of office for 23 years |
| 1828 | Peerage | |
| Created Earl Grey, succeeds to his father's peerage |
| 1830 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term |
| 1831 | Election | |
| Dec The general election on the reformed franchise gives Grey a 300 majority |
| 1831 | Parliament | |
| 19th April Goes to the Country after the Lords defeat of the first reform bill |
| 22nd April Parliament is dissolved after the defeat of the 1st Reform Bill in the Commons |
| 1831 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term |
| 1831 | Reform | |
| 1st Mar Introduces the Reform Bill, it passes its 2nd reading by 1 vote but is then defeated |
| 21st Sep The 2nd Reform Bill passes through the Commons |
| 8th Oct 1st Reform Bill is defeated by the Lords |
| 8th Oct The 2nd Reform Bill is defeated by the Lords by 41 votes |
| 8th Oct William IV asks Grey not to resign but refuses to pass the Bill by creating new peers |
| 1831 | Rule of Falklands, The | |
| 28th Dec Falklands, The Britain takes control of the islands by force with the invasion of the Falkland Islands following the destruction of the Argentine settlement at Puerto Luis by the American sloop USS Lexington |
| 1831 | Siege of Puerto Luis | |
| 28th Dec Puerto Luis Britain takes control of the islands by force with the invasion of the Falkland Islands following the destruction of the Argentine settlement at Puerto Luis by the American sloop USS Lexington |
| 1832 | Admiral | |
| The Board of Admiralty is given responsibility for administering the Navy |
| 1832 | Legislation | |
| London Coercion Bill, gives the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland power to suppress meetings |
| London Gives the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland unlimited powers to suppress public meetings |
| 4th June London The 3rd Reform Bill is passed |
| 11th June London Parliamentary Reform Bill, passes the Scottish Parliamentary Reform Bill |
| 1832 | Public Meetings | |
| London Gives the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland unlimited powers to suppress public meetings |
| 1832 | Reform | |
| London Coercion Bill, gives the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland powers to suppress meetings |
| London The 3rd Reform Bill passes through the Lords but a wrecking motion defeats it |
| London With the threat of new peers many Lords abstain & the Reform Bill is passed |
| 4th June London Constituencies are created in new towns, rotten & pocket boroughs abolished |
| 4th June London The 3rd Reform Bill is passed |
| 4th June London The franchise is extended to the upper middle class |
| 11th June London Parliamentary Reform Bill, passes the Scottish Parliamentary Reform Bill |
| 7th Aug London Parliamentary Reform Bill, passes the Irish Parliamentary Reform Bill |
| 1832 | Resignation | |
| 8th May London Offers William IV his resignation his refusal to create peers to pass the Reform Bill |
| 1833 | Reform | |
| 1st major Factory Act is passed |
| 23rd Aug Abolished in the British colonies, œ20m compensation is provided for slave owners |
| 1833 | Rule of Falklands, The | |
| British forces return and inform the Argentine commander that they intended to assert British sovereignty, existing settlers are allowed to remain, with an Irish member of Vernet's settlement, William Dickson, appointed as the Islands' governor |
| 1833 | Slavery | |
| 23rd Aug Abolished in the British colonies, œ20m compensation is provided for slave owners |
| 1834 | Resignation | |
| 2nd July London Resigns as Prime Minister due to ill health, succeeded by Lord Melbourne |
| 1845 | Death | |
| 17th July Howick Death of Charles Grey |
