Talk:Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey

"Massacre"

I don't personally want to get into the NPOV war that would probably erupt (given the talk page for Baylor Massacre) but the use of a term like massacre in the body of this article (as opposed to at most a parenthetical alternative name for a proper battle title) seems really unreasonable. It's an enormously loaded word when there isn't clear justification for it, or when it isn't clearly understood to be a rhetorical usage (ie, Boston Massacre.) 142.167.180.221 (talk) 03:46, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

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"He ordered the infantry of his command to remove the flints from their muskets and use only their bayonets"

"He ordered the infantry of his command to remove the flints from their muskets and use only their bayonets"

This section is purveying a myth that has attained the status of fact.

In fact, Maj Gen Grey ordered the force to advance with weapons unloaded or, if necessary, with flints removed. At least one battalion commander, Major Maitland of the 2nd Light Infantry battalion, remonstrated, saying that his men always advanced with loaded weapons and vouched for the fire discipline of his men, and Grey relented. JF42 (talk) 16:42, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

'also called the East Devonshire Regiment'

This statement is anachronistic. The 20th Regiment of Foot was not alloted the subsidiary title of 'East Devonshire' regiment until 1783.'

JF42 (talk) 15:16, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Susan Grey

Is Susan Grey related to the former prime minister? 84.106.82.228 (talk) 12:15, 30 January 2022 (UTC)