The Earl Greys
2nd Earl Grey, Charles Grey
(Brit. PM/1832 Reform Bill (Lord Durham helped write it); Earl Grey tea)
(his daughter, Louisa, married Lord Durham) (their daughter married Lord Elgin, Canadian Governor General)
3rd Earl Grey, Henry George Grey (son of 2nd Earl)
(Brit. cabinet minister when Lord Durham was sent to Canada; free trader; repeatedly resigned from posts when peeved)
4th Earl Grey, Albert Grey (3rd Earl's nephew)
(son of General Sir Charles Grey)
Can. GG. 1904-1911
donated Grey Cup.
Also "perfect fanatic" on PR
After retiring as Gov-Gen, he campaigned and organized for proportional representation -- by "the removal of the disparity between Parliamentary constituencies with 40,000 electors, on the one hand, and on the other, other constituencies with less than as many hundreds." (through creation of equal-sized single-member districts.
Earl Grey was also a proponent of PR in the sense of elected representation reflecting how votes are cast. In 1916 he was honorary president of the Proportional Representation Society of Canada and president of the British PR Society. (Grain Growers' Guide, Aug. 23, 1916)
Lord Durham
Wikipedia: "John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham"
known as "Radical Jack"
married Lady Harriet Cholmondeley (c. 1790-1815)
married Louisa (nee Grey) (1797-1841) daughter of 2nd Earl Grey, in 1816.
one daughter of him and Louisa (nee Grey) was Mary Louisa, later Lady Elgin.
Lady Mary Louisa (8 May 1819 – 9 March 1898), married James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
James Bruce was governor general of Canada 1847-1854. so in the vice-regal post when Responsible government was installed in Canada (1848) (pre-Confederation).
Elections ha been held earlier than that in Canada - the first was in 1754 Halifax - but elected members did not hold power - appointed colonial overseers had held power until institution of Responsible Government.
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Wikipedia: "John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham"
states one daughter of he and Louisa (nee Grey) was Mary Louisa, later Lady Elgin, as you say..
Lady Mary Louisa (8 May 1819 – 9 March 1898), married James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
James Bruce was governor general of Canada 1847-54. so in the vice regal post when Responsible government was installed (1848),
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