Family and Education
b. 7 July 1719, 3rd s. of Thomas de Grey, M.P., and bro. of Thomas de Grey (d. 1781) . educ. Trinity Hall, Camb. 1737; M. Temple 1738, called 1742. m. 12 Nov. 1743, Mary, da. of William Cowper of The Park, nr. Hertford, clerk of the Parliaments, 1s. Kntd. 28 Jan. 1771; cr. Baron Walsingham 17 Oct. 1780.
Offices Held
Solicitor-gen. to the Queen 1761 – 63; solicitor-gen. Dec. 1763 – 6 Aug. 1766; attorney-gen. 1766 – 71; l.c.j. common pleas 1771 – 80.
Parlimentarian
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
DE GREY, William (1719-81)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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