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3S DE GREY. rem. of that dignity, failing the heirs wale of her body, to her only Bister, Mary Jemima, Dowager Baroxbss Grantham (the 2d and yst. da. of Jemima, >uo jure, Marchionrss Orky abore named), and the heirs male of her body. She d. s.p., 4 May 1S33. Will pr. May 1S33. II, 1S33. ~. Thomas Philip ("Wedkell. afterwards De Grey), Earl De Gret or Wrest, Bason Lccas or Crcdwell, and Baron Grantham, nephew and h., being s. and h. of Thomas (Robinson), 1st Baron Grant- ham, by Mary jemima, Dow. Baroness of Grantham above named, (who had d. 7 Jany. 1S30) and thus sucxeding to the Earldom of De Grey under the spec. rem. in its creation. He was 6. S Dee. 17S1, at Whitehall ; sue. hu father, as Baron Grantham, •JO July 17S6 ; sue. his cousin Sir Xorton Robinson, 5th Rrt„ 31 Jany. 1792, in the Baronetcy of Robinson of Kewby, rr. 1690 5 ed. at St Johns Coll., Cambridge ; M.A., 1801 ; took the name of WcddeU in lieu of his patronymic, Bobinson, by royal Be. 7 May 1S03, and subsequently, 24 June 1833 (soon after bis becoming Earl De Grey), the name of De Grey in lien of that of Wcddell ; Lord Lieut, of Bedfordshire, 1S1S-59. CoL of the Yorkshire Hussar Yeomanry, 1S19 ; Yeomanry Aide-de-Caiup to King William IV, 1S31 and to the Queen, 1S37." In the Peel ministry he was First Lord of the Admirnkv, Dec. 1834 to April 1S35 ; P.C., 1834 ; Lord Likct. op Ire- land, 1841-44. KG.. 12 Dec. 1S41 : F.R.S.. F.S.A., &c He m. 20 July 1S05, Henrietta Frances, yst da. of William Willoughby (Cole;, 1st EaBL of Enniskjllen [L], by Anne. da. of Galbraith Lowrt-Corri. She, who was b. 22 June 1784, d. at 4 St- James" Square, Midi, 2 July 1848, aged 64. He d. there 14 Nov. 1859, in his 78th year, s.p.m. when the .Sai-ony of Lucas of Crudteell devolved on his 1st da. and coheir, the Dow. Countess Cowper, but the rest of his honours devolved as under. III. 1859. 3. George Frederick Samuel (Robinson), Earl De Grey of Wrest (ISIS), Earl of Rrpos (1833), Yiscotjttt Godebich of Xociox (1827) and Baron Grantham (1761), nephew and h. male, being s. and h. of Frederick John. 1st Earl of Rifon and Yiscoo"T Godebich of Xoctos, yst and only "or. of Thomas Philip, Earl De Gret of Wrest, &c, above named. On 23 June 1871, he was er. MARQUESS OF RIPOX ; see that dignity. was sufficiently unmeaning" ;"> in 182S the Barony Stuart de Rothesay of the isle of Bute ; in 1831 the Barony De Saumarez in the island of Guernsey ; in 1S35 the Barony De L isle and Dudley of Penshurst: in 1833 the Barony De Mauley of Can- ford : in 1S39 the Barony Stuart De Decies of Dromana, kMU the Decies (■ we demur to the tautology dt Deeies of Dronana") ; in 1839 the Barony De Freyne of CooUvin ; in 1852 the Yiseountcy Stratford de Redcliffe, co. Somerset ; in 1S56 the Barony Tulbot de MaUhide ; in 1S75 the Barony Grey dt Radcliffe, co. Lancaster ; and, finally, in 1SS7 the Barony De Ramsey of Ramsey Abbey. Out of all these it is only some*4 or 5 which are not more or less objectionable. It may be noticed that in Shirley's " Gentlemen of England " ((.«. those whose antiquity dates before 1500), there is but one, out of 327 families, beginning with " De." Hear this, oh ancient race of Heighten and TreSord, now De Hoghton and De Trafford ; oh race of LOT, now De Burgh ; of Supple, now De Capell Brook ; of Kilderbee, now De Hiwsey ; of Tennyson, now CEyneourt ; of Wilkins, now De Win ton ; of Gossip, now De Rodes ; of Green, now De Freville ; of March, now De Lisle ; of MuUins, now De Moleyns ; of Hunt, now Dt Yere ; and of Morres, now De Montmorency. The one family with the prefix ■ De," thus mentioned in Shirley's list, is indeed that of De Grey, but is mt that of the illustrious house of Grey, ennobled in so many branches, bat a respect- able, tho' somewhat undistinguished, race, settled in Suffolk and Norfolk as early as the 14th century, which was first brought into prominence by a successful lawyer, ennobled, as Baron Walsingham, by King George HI, in 1780. One would have thought the existence of this somewhat obscure east-county family was, of itself, a reason against the possessor of Wrest Park and other estates inherited from the great house of Grey, thus De-grmding their name. The name of " Lady Jane Greg " is full of historic associations, while that of * Lady Jane De Grey," merely suggests soma lady of quality of the 19th century. The euphonious name of Dt Grey (not Grey) was, however, adopted as a surname ty the house of Robinson when, in 1833, the iwwry created Earldom of De Greg of Wrest and the estates of the ancient faunfly of