GREY, Henry (1671-1740) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

bap. 28 Sept. 1671, o.s. Anthony Grey, 11th earl of Kent and Mary Lucas (suo jure Baroness Lucas of Crudwell). educ. travelled abroad (Holland, Germany, Italy, Geneva) 1690-2; Beds. Archives, L30/2/2; L31/127-128, L30. LLD, Cambs. 1705. m. (1) 20 Apr. 1695 Ibid. L31/82, L31/83. (with £20,000), Ibid. L22/28. Jemima (d.1728), da. Thomas Crew, 2nd Bar. Crew, 5s. d. v.p. 7da. (6 v.p.); Ibid. L31/83. (2) 24 Mar.1729, Sophia (1748), da. of Willem Bentinck, earl of Portland, 1s. (v.p.) 1da. KG 1713. d. 5 June 1740; will 29 June 1736 – 27 May 1740, pr. 13 June 1740. Ibid. L32/11-13; TNA, PROB 11/703.

Offices Held

PC 1704; London Gazette, 27 Apr.-1 May 1704; Add. 61120, f. 88. ld. chamb. 1704 – 10; ld. justice 1 Aug. – 18 Sept. 1714; constable of Windsor Castle 1714 – 16; gent. of the bedchamber 1714 – 16; ld. steward 1716 – 19; ld. kpr. of the privy seal 1719 – 20.

Ld. lt., Herefs. 1704 – 14, Beds. 1711 – 14, Bucks. 1711 – 12; custos. rot. Beds. 1711.

Parlimentarian

GREY, Henry (1671-1740)

Associated with: Cheyne Row, Westminster;Survey of London, iv. pt. ii. 66.; St James’ Square, Westminster;Add. 22267, ff. 164-71; E. Hatton, New View of London, (1708), ii. 623-39.; Wrest (Rest) Park, Beds.HMC Portland, v. 253.;

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, 1705, Wrest Park.

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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