On 22 January, Erik Mol gave a talk about the names of Streets in Bathurst
See the link here:
https://www.bathurst.nsw.gov.au/files/assets/public/v/1/council/plans-policies/street_names_2022.pdf
He told us about origin of the Name Howick Street
Charles Grey, a British Whig, (later known as the Liberal Party), was a statesman and British Prime Minister. Grey was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was elected to Parliament at the age of 22 in 1786. He was noted for advocating Parliamentary reform and Catholic emancipation. In 1806, Grey, then known as Lord Howick, because of his father’s elevation to the peerage as Earl Grey, became a part of the “Ministry of All the Talents” as First Lord of the Admiralty. Lord Howick soon took over as both Foreign Secretary and leader of the Whigs. The Government fell from power the next year and Howick went to the Lords the same year, succeeding his father as Earl Grey. He continued in opposition for the next 23 years. In 1830, the Whigs finally returned to power, with Grey as Prime Minister. His Ministry was responsible for the Great Reform Bill of 1832, the first major step towards modern parliamentary democracy, in the teeth of opposition from the Duke of Wellington, his predecessor in 10 Downing Street which finally saw the reform of the House of Commons, and the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire in 1833
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