Legacy
Just two days after his death, Ottoman authorities agreed to overturn the elections sanctioned by Vogoride. When the Moldo-Wallachian union was effected by the 1859 double election of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, who reigned as Domnitor, Ghica's law on censorship served as a model for new legislation, and was generalized throughout Romania. In recognition of his role in creating the Gendarmerie, the School for Subordinate Officers in Drăgăşani (originally located in Bumbeşti-Jiu) was named after him.
A section Ion Creangă's book Amintiri din copilărie, which details the Prince's visit to the school in Târgu Neamţ at a time when Creangă was a student there, contains an admiring portrait of Ghica ("handsome in features and gentle"), as well as a section of his speech on the occasion.
Grigore Alexandru Ghica was the grandfather of Roman Catholic Archbishop Vladimir Ghika, who was a victim of the Romanian Communist regime.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
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