Edward Grey
Edward Grey
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, KG PC DL FZS, better known as Sir Edward Grey, 3rd Baronet, was a British Liberal statesman. An adherent of the "New Liberalism", he served as Foreign Secretary from 1905 to 1916, the longest continuous tenure of any person in that office. He is probably best remembered for his "the lamps are going out" remark on 3 August 1914 on the outbreak of the First World War. He signed the Sykes-Picot Agreement on...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 April 1862
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I cannot conceive any point which can arise in the immediate future which would bring ourselves and the Germans into antagonism of interests.