Ministry of All the Talents

…lord chancellor during the so-called Ministry of All the Talents. His latter years were marked by private sorrows and misfortunes, which caused him almost completely to withdraw from public affairs. Toward the close of his life, however, he again achieved widespread prominence by his role in defense of Queen Caroline,…

…formed the so-called government of All the Talents that included the Fox group, Grey (now Lord Howick) became first lord of the Admiralty. When Fox died the same year, Grey took his place as foreign secretary and leader of the Foxite Whigs. The dismissal of the ministry the following year,…