25 Apr 1862, Sir Edward Grey, Liberal politician, born. Between 1905 & 1916, was Foreign Secretary - longest continuous tenure of any holder of that office. On eve of #WW1, he said, ‘the lights are going out all over Europe & I doubt we will see them go on again in our lifetime’.
@RevdPye @GilesMacDonogh @pirateirwin @EdnaKB2 @oldtoonloon @FAB87F @theskibeagle @LucyLondon7 @MargyMayell @MalcolmCGodfrey @michaelkeegan14 Did he not force Britain's hand in some sense. By initially conducting secret talks with France?
@RevdPye @GilesMacDonogh @pirateirwin @EdnaKB2 @oldtoonloon @FAB87F @theskibeagle @LucyLondon7 @MargyMayell @MalcolmCGodfrey @michaelkeegan14 He might have added, “or in the lifetimes of my children and grandchildren.”
@RevdPye @GilesMacDonogh @pirateirwin @EdnaKB2 @oldtoonloon @FAB87F @theskibeagle @LucyLondon7 @MargyMayell @MalcolmCGodfrey @michaelkeegan14 He contributed a lot to the fact that the lights went out in Europe. He and the germanophobe clique (Bertie, Nicolson, Eyre Crowe, etc.), who moved into the Foreign Office in 1905, did everything they could to encircle Germany and destabilize the situation on the continent.
@RevdPye @GilesMacDonogh @pirateirwin @EdnaKB2 @oldtoonloon @FAB87F @theskibeagle @LucyLondon7 @MargyMayell @MalcolmCGodfrey @michaelkeegan14 he was right Rev until 1939