GREY, Thomas (c. 1653-1720) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 1653/4, o.s. of Thomas Grey^‡, styled Ld. Grey of Groby (1622-57) and Dorothy (1626-aft. 1660), da. of Edward Bourchier^†, 4th earl of Bath. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 1 July 1667, aged 13, MA 1668. m. (1) c.1672-3 (with £10,000) Elizabeth (d. 7 Sept. 1687), da. of Sir Daniel Harvey^‡, of Combe Nevill, Surr. 2s. d.v.p. 1da. CSP Dom. 1685, p. 306. d.v.p.; (2) 10 Mar. 1691, Morrice, Ent’ring Bk, v. 566. Mary (d. 9 Nov. 1722), da. of Joseph Maynard^‡, of Gunnersbury, Mdx. 2s. d.v.p. Verney ms mic. 636/46, J. to Sir R. Verney, 7 Dec. 1692; CTB, xii. 90. d. 31 Jan. 1720; will 10 Sept. 1719, pr. 11 Feb. 1720 and 16 Jan. 1731. TNA, PROB 11/573.

Offices Held

Custos rot. Leics. 1689 – 1702, Devon 1696 – 1711; ld. lt. Devon 1696 – 1702; high steward, honour of Leicester 1689 – 97; chan. duchy of Lancaster 1697–1702. Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Office-holders, 4, 179.

PC 10 May 1694–1714; commr. appeals in prizes 1694, 1695, 1697; CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 204; CSP Dom. 1695, p. 112; CSP Dom. 1697, p. 511. first commr. trade and plantations June 1699 – June 1702, Apr. 1707 – June 1711.

Commr. Greenwich Hospital 1695; R. Greaves, Secrets of the Kingdom, 353. relief of Vaudois and French refugees in Germany 1699–1701; CSP Dom. 1699–1700, p. 93; CSP Dom. 1700–02, p. 242. Savoy Hospital by 1702; CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 498. trustee poor Palatines 1709. London Gazette, 5–7 July 1709.

Freeman, Leicester 1681; Reg. Leicester Freemen, i. 165. mbr., New England Company 1697–d. W. Kellaway, New England Co. 301.

FRS 1708.

Parlimentarian

GREY, Thomas (c. 1653-1720)

Associated with: Bradgate Park, Leics.; King Square, Westminster 1683–4.Survey of London, xxxiii. 44.;

Likenesses

oil on canvas by J. Richardson (the Elder), c.1700/1705, National Trust, Dunham Massey.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Handley, Stuart

Volume

Lords 1660-1715