Edward Gray, Viscount Gray of Fallodon ( born Edward Gray, 1st Viscount Gray of Fallodon ; April 25, 1862, London - September 7, 1933, Fallodon , County Northumberland ), English statesman.
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| Head of the government | Henry Campbell-Bannerman Herbert Asquith | ||||||
| Predecessor | Henry Petty-Fitzmoris | ||||||
| Successor | Arthur Balfour | ||||||
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| Head of the government | David Lloyd George | ||||||
| Predecessor | Rufus Isaacs | ||||||
| Successor | Auckland Geddes | ||||||
| Birth | April 25, 1862 London england | ||||||
| Death | September 7, 1933 (71 years old) Fallodon, Northumberland , England | ||||||
| The consignment | Liberal Party (UK) | ||||||
| Education | Balliol College | ||||||
| Religion | Anglicanism | ||||||
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Biography
Since 1885, Member of Parliament from the Liberal Party .
In 1892-1895, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, in 1905-16 Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Supporter of an active foreign policy and colonial expansion. He concluded an agreement with Russia, which contributed to the design of the Entente . The policy pursued by Gray actually contributed to the preparation and unleashing of the First World War of 1914-1918. In particular, it was Gray’s negotiations with the German Ambassador K.Fon Lichnovsky and the Russian Ambassador A.K. Benckendorff that the local Austro-Serbian conflict of 1914 acquired first European and then global scale.