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Sir Edward Grey

Grey served twice as Foreign Secretary.

Born 25 April 1862. Educated Winchester, Balliol. MP for Berwick since 1892. Grey served twice as Foreign Secretary, firstly from 1892-95 in Gladstone's final administration, and then from 1905-16 in Henry Campbell-Bannerman and Herbert Henry Asquith's governments. Throughout the crisis Grey鈥檚 eyesight deteriorated.

Ian McDiarmid plays Sir Edward Grey

All but guaranteed filmic immortality, thanks to his role as Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars saga, Ian McDiarmid鈥檚 life was on a different path before he settled on his acting career. While being a lover or the stage from a very young age Ian pursued what would have been considered a more conventional career and received a Masters in Psychology from the University of St. Andrews. After completing his academic career he returned to his first love, the stage, and undertook classes at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. In an acting career that has spanned from the late-sixties until the present day he has received equal plaudits for both his acting and directing and led to him becoming the Artistic Director of London's Almeida Theatre.

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