Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign secretary 1906-16. Famous for his remark to a friend on the Eve of World War 1 "The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time"

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Illustration from Cassell's History of England, pub circa 1905. After the photo by Henry Walter Barnett (1862-1934) Edward Grey is famous for his remark to a friend on the Eve of World War 1 "The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time"

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