Stephen Grey

Sir Stephen William Grey (27 July 1913 - 14 April 1981) was a Martanian politician, diplomat and administrator who served as the first Prime Minister of Martan.

Grey was a key member of the Council of Twelve, a group of wealthy and prominent businessmen and women who constantly petitioned the British government for Martanian independence. Grey's efficient leadership of the Council lead to Martan's independence in 1971, for which he has been honoured as one of Martan's founding fathers.

Early life
Stephen William Grey was born in 1913 as the third and last child to George Grey, a carpenter and Isabelle Grey (nee Stockton), a biracial maid in the town of Port Charles. At a very early age, Grey and his family moved to New Edinburgh so that his father could work as a tax collector in the city, which in turn led to Grey's first experiences with administration.

In his primary and secondary school days, he excelled as a student academically and was elected as his class's president when he was around fifteen. After graduating from his secondary school, Grey attended Yale University in the United States and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Business. He was later posthumously awarded a Master's degree by Yale in 1983.

Early career
After graduating from Yale in 1935, Grey went directly in the path of his father and served as a tax collector in New Edinburgh for almost two whole decades. After experiencing large amounts of dis-satisfaction with his job, he quit in 1952 and started his own furniture company, establishing multiple patents and being known as one of Martan's most famous businessmen in the early 1960's.

Council of Twelve and Martan's independence
After becoming quite famous in Martan for his success in business, he was invited by one of his friends to the newly-formed Martanian Independence League (later named Council of Twelve) in 1964, a group of wealthy Martanian businessmen and women who expressed Liberal, rightist ideals and wanted Martan to at least achieve partial independence from the British. The group was formed in response to Britain giving Jamaica partial independence in 1962. Grey quickly rose up the positions in the group due to his masterful diplomacy and influence, and became the head of the group in 1968.

During his term, the group was renamed the Council of Twelve and began to send petitions to the British government in Westminster, the most influential being the one in 1970, with an astounding 40,000 signatures from multiple Martanians of varying descent. This also inspired a certain songwriter and conductor named Joseph Feraunte to write what would eventually become Martan's anthem, "The Song of All Martanians".

Personal life
In 1950, Grey married American saleswoman Frances Earnest, and had three children with her:

Lewis Christopher Grey (born 1954)

Marcus Aurelius Grey (1957 - 2002)

and Catherine Kelly Grey (later Jacobs, born 1958)