The Resume

(October 25, 1759-January 12, 1834)
Born in Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Named 1st Baron Grenville (1790)
Home Secretary (1789-91)
Foreign Secretary (1791-1801)
Prime Minister (1806-07)
Son of Prime Minister George Grenville
Cousin of William Pitt the Younger

Why he might be annoying:

He supported suspending the right of habeus corpus in order to deal with British radicals after the French Revolution.
As Foreign Secretary, he frequently clashed with Prime Minister Pitt the Younger over how to conduct the war against France.
His predictions of a quick success by the Second Coalition over Napoleon failed to pan out (1801).
His inability to either make peace with France or make progress on the issue of Catholic emancipation resulted in his government's dismissal after thirteen months.

Why he might not be annoying:

He conducted a major overhaul of the Foreign Office, focusing on increasing its efficiency.
His government ended the British slave trade (1807).
He served as Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1810-34).

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• British Prime Ministers (Ranked: 17)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 90]
• I Attended Eton
• I Attended Oxford
• I Had a Stroke [Cerebral Vascular Accident]
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Profiles 56183-56250 (Ranked: 56205)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying