Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey

Lieutenant-General Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey, (c. 23 October 1729 – 14 November 1807) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. He was a distinguished soldier in a generation of exceptionally capable military personnel, and his leadership of British troops was prominent during the Seven Years' War (1756–1763), the U.S. War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary Wars.

He commanded British troops during the American War of Independence (1775–1783), rising to be Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in America. Following the Battle of Paoli in Pennsylvania in 1777, he was known as "No-Flint Grey" for reputedly ordering his men to extract the flints from their muskets during a night approach and to fight with bayonets only. In 1782, he became a lieutenant general and was appointed commander in chief in America. He later fought in the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802), capturing Martinique as leverage to force the Treaty of Amiens, and he was appointed as the Governor of Guernsey.

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