Comments on: Close Your Eyes and Think of England http://tumbleweed.net/2007/07/17/close-your-eyes-and-think-of-england/ Putting the 'um' in tumbleweed since 1996... Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:24:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: axis42 http://tumbleweed.net/2007/07/17/close-your-eyes-and-think-of-england/comment-page-1/#comment-2 axis42 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:10:58 +0000 http://tumbleweed.net/2007/07/17/close-your-eyes-and-think-of-england/#comment-2 Per Wikipedia.... <blockquote>Earl Grey is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1806 for the General Charles Grey, 1st Baron Grey. He had already been created Baron Grey, of Howick in the County of Northumberland, in 1801, and was made Viscount Howick, in the County of Northumberland, at the same time as he was given the earldom. </blockquote> FWIW, the tea was named after the second Earl grey... ;) Per Wikipedia….

Earl Grey is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1806 for the General Charles Grey, 1st Baron Grey. He had already been created Baron Grey, of Howick in the County of Northumberland, in 1801, and was made Viscount Howick, in the County of Northumberland, at the same time as he was given the earldom.

FWIW, the tea was named after the second Earl grey…
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