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Frederick North, 2. Earl of Guilford KG PC, von 1752 bis 1790 bekannt unter dem Höflichkeitstitel Lord North, war ein englischer Politiker. Von 1770 bis 1782 war er Premierminister von Großbritannien und einer der Hauptakteure im Konflikt um die amerikanische Unabhängigkeit.
Er war ein begeisterter Anhänger der griechischen und italienischen Kultur. Von 1792 bis 1794 vertrat er den Wahlkreis Banbury im House of Commons. Er diente 1795 bis 1797 als Staatssekretär beim Vizekönig von Korsika und 1798 bis 1805 als Gouverneur von Ceylon.
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford KG, PC (13 April 1732 – 5 August 1792), better known by his courtesy title Lord North, which he used from 1752 to 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence.
A skilled statesman, and Prime Minister at the age of 37, North was placed in office by George III to contend with the mounting crisis in the American colonies. His imposition of the Tea Tax and other repressive measures against the colonists lead to the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
But in spite of his friendly relations with members of the Turkish occupying power Guilford never lost his hope for the spiritual regeneration of the Greek people. Frederick North's father, the second Earl of Guilford, George Ill's First. Lord of the Treasury, had died in 1792 and had been succeeded in turn by.
Frederick North, 2. Earl of Guilford KG PC (* 13. April 1732 in London; † 5. August 1792 ebenda), von 1752 bis 1790 bekannt unter dem Höflichkeitstitel Lord North, war von 1770 bis 1782 Premierminister von Großbritannien und einer der Hauptakteure im Konflikt um die amerikanische Unabhängigkeit.
Frederick North, commonly known as Lord North, was British first or prime minister for almost the entirety of the American Revolution. He was born April 13, 1732, in London to Francis North, Baron (later Earl) Guilford, and his wife Lady Lucy Montagu, the daughter of the Earl of Halifax.
