Lovers of the Horse 



THE RIGHT HONORABLE EARL GREY, G.C.M.G. 



HIS Excellencv the Governor-Creneral of Canada — Albert Ileiirv (icorge (irev. 

 foiirtli Earl of his hnc is well-known as a devotee and patron of sport in the 

 highest sense of the word. He conies of a distino-uishcd family. His 

 ancestors rendered good service to the State, sometimes on the field of battle, some- 

 times in the field of "overnment. His o-randfather, wlio was the second earl, sat for 



over twenty years in the British House 

 of Commons. He was a Loi'd of the 

 Admiralty in the Pitt administration. 

 Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and after- 

 wards Prime Minister. His uncle, the 

 third Earl, was for six years — 1846 to 

 18,5 '■2 Secretary of State for the Col- 

 onies, and during that period his name 

 was a household word in Canada. 



On the death of the third Earl with- 

 out a direct successor, the title descend- 

 ed to the present Earl (irey, whose 

 father was Hon. Charles Cirey, a gen- 

 eral in the army, and second .son of 

 the second Earl. 



The jjresent Earl Grey was I)orn 

 (HI Xovend)er '■28, 18,31. and educated 

 at Harrow School and at Trinity Col- 

 leae. Camhridii'e, irraduatinii' with lion- 

 ors in 1878. In 1878 he became a 

 candidate in the South Division of 

 Xortluunberland in the Liberal inter- 

 est, and secured a majority of the 

 votes, l)ut was unseated on a technic- 

 alitv. In 1880 lie ran successfully, 

 and sat in Parliament from 1880 to 

 1885 as a supporter of Mr. (xladstone's 

 administration, and was again returned at the general election of 188,') For the 

 Tyneside Division of the same county. I pon the introduction of Mr. (dadstone's 

 home rule bill he joined the ranks of the Liberal-Unionists, and in offering himself for 

 re-election on Mr. (iladstone's a])peal to the country, was defeated. He did not sit 

 again in the Commons, and in 18!)4, upon tlie death of his uncle, succeeded to the 

 peerage. 



M tlie time of his succession to the title Earl (irev was in South .Vfrica. wheir he 

 ac(|uired the reputation of being a cautious and capable statesman. Having strong 



The Right Honorable Earl Grey. G.C.M.G. 

 Governor-Gener.-il of Canada 



