96 GREY. III. 1845. 3. Henry (Grey), Earl Grey 11806], Viscount Howick [1806], and Baron Gukv ok Howick [1801],' also a Baronet [1746], 1st s. and h., b. 28 Dec. 1802, at Howick House ; styled Viscount Howick, 1807-4;') ; ed. .-it Trin. Coll., Cambridge ; M.A., 1S23 ; M.P. for Wiuehelsea, 1826-30 ; for Higham Ferrers, 1830-31 ; for Northumberland. 1S31-2; for North Northumber- land, 1833-41, and for Sunderland, 1841-4'.. Under Colonial-Secretary, 1830-33; Under Home-Sec, Jan. to July 1834; Sec. at War, 1835-39; B.C., 1835 ; sue. to the peerage in 1845. Colonial Sec, 1S46-52 ; Lord Lieut, of Northumberland, 1817-77 ; KG., 10 June 1S63 ; G.C.M.G., 30 June 1S69. Hon. D.C.L. of Durham, &c. He m., 9 Aug. 1S32, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Maria, da. of Sir Joseph COPLEY, 3d Bart., of Sprotborough, co. York, by Cecil, da. of the lion, the Rev. George Hamilton. She, who was b. 4 March 1S03, d. at Howick House 14 Sep. 1S79, aged 70. Family estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 17,599 acres in Northumberland, worth £23,724 a year. Principal Itesidence. Howick House, near Lcsbury, Northum- berland. GREY DE CODNOR. Barony by 1. Henry Grey, nf Codnor, co. Derby, s. and b. of Writ. John G. of the same, by Lucy, da. of Sir Reginald DK Mohun (which John was s. and b. of Richard G., the s. and h. of Henry Grey( a ) of I. 11 JU. Codnor afsd. and of Grevs Thnrrock, co. Essex) sue. his father, 1271-72 (56 Heii. III.), being then aged 17 ; served in the Welsh, French, and Scotch wars ; was one of about 60 persons who were sum. 8 June (1294), 22 Ed. I., to attend the KiDg,(») and was sum. to Barl. as a Baron (LORD GREY DE CODNOR), by writs from 6 Feb. (1298/0), 27 Ed. I., to 6 Aug. (1308), 2 Ed. II. He was one of the Barons whose name was affixed to the celebrated letter to the Pope in 1301 .(=) He is said to have m. Eleanor, da. of Hugh DE COUBTBHAY. He d. (1308-09), 2 Ed. II. II. 1309. 2. Richard (Grey), Lord Grey de Codnor, s. and h., was sum. to Pari, from 4 March (1308,9), 2 Ed. II., to 23 Feb. (1334/5), 9 Ed. IIL( d ) He was one of those who at Stamford, 6 Aug. 1309, drew up ( a ) Henry dn Grey who received from King Richard I. the manor of Thnrrock (hence called " Greys-Thurrock ) in Essex is the ancestor of the wide spread family of Grey who bore (with variations) for their armorial ensigns 11 Barry arg. and azure." This Henry (who nt. lsolda Bardolf. heiress of Codnor, co. Derby, and who was living in 1224) is generally considered to have had six sons, viz. [I] Richard Grey, of Codnor afsd., living 1258, whose grandson, Henry, was in 1299 sum. as Lord Grey de Codnor [II] John Grey, whose s. and h., Reginald, was in 1295 sum. as Lord Grey [de Wilton] and whose younger grandson, Roger G., was sum. in 1324 as Lot d Grey de Buthyn, being ancestor (in the male live) of the Earls, &c., of Kent (1465 to 1740) of the Marquess and the suo jure Marchioness Grey (1740-97) and of the Lord Grey de Rougemont (14 49-61), as also (thro' a younger son) of the Lords Ferrers (often called Grey) de Groby afterwards Marquesses of Dorset (1475 to 1554) Duke of Suffolk (1551-54) ; of the Barons and Viscounts Lisle (1475 to 1512); of the Viscount Graney [I.] (1535-41); and of the Barons Grey of Groby (1603 Earls of Stamford (1628) [III] William Grey said by some to be ancestor of Sir William de Grey, of Merton, co. Norfolk, cr. in 1780 Baron Walsingham [IV] Robert Grey of ]!olher<ield , Oxon, ancestor of John Grey, sum. in 1338 as Lord Grey de Rotherfield [V] Walter Grey, Archbishop of York, 1216-55 ; and [VI] Henry Grey. It is not, however, quite clear whether Robert Grey, of Rotherfield, and the Archbishop (who undoubtedly were brothers) were not the brothers instead of sons to Henry do Grey, of Thnrrock, abovenamed. There is another distinct family of Grey (whose coat armour is entirely different) as to which see p. 99, note " a," sub " Grey de Powis." (*>) See vol. i, p. 259, note " c," sub "Basset de Sapcote," ns to this writ not constituting a regular writ of summons to Pari. ( c ) See "Nicolas," pp. 761—809, for a full account thereof. It is there stated (p. 777) that " llenr.' de Grey, D'n's de C'odenore" was one of those whose seals were so affixed, tho' he was not sum. to the Pari, which met at Lincoln in the Feb. preceding. (i) There is proof in the rolls of Pari, of his sitting.
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