Charles Grey (1764-1845) entered politics in 1786: he declared himself a Whig, and became an adherent of Charles James Fox, an advocate of parliamentary reform and an opponent of the anti-subversion legislation introduced by Pitt in the wake of the French Revolution. On Pitt's death in 1806, he took office in the 'Ministry of All the Talents', led by Lord Grenville, and when Fox followed Pitt a few months later, he succeeded to his mentor's position of foreign Secretary and the Leadership of the House of Commons. The ministry was short-lived, however, resigning en bloc in 1807 in response to the King's refusal to contemplate Catholic emancipation. Grey was taken out of the Commons soon afterwards, when he succeeded to his father's Earldom; he went on to lead Whig administrations in the early 1830s and to push through the first Reform Act in 1832.