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GREY, Ralph (1661-1706)

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b. 28 Nov. 1661, 2nd s. Ralph Grey, 2nd Bar. Grey of Warke, and Catherine, da. and h. of Sir Edward Ford of Harting, Suss., wid. of Hon. Alexander Colepeper of Wigsell, Kent; bro. Ford Grey, 3rd Bar. Grey of Warke. educ. St Paul’s 1677. Registers of St Paul’s School, 254. unm. d. 20 June 1706; will 13 Mar. 1705, pr. 2 July 1706. TNA, PROB 11/489.
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Auditor of exch. (crown revenues, Wales) 1692–1702; CTB, 1689–92, pp. 1523, 1583, 1630; 1702, p. 239. gent. pens. 1692 – 1702; commr. union with Scotland, 1706. CSP Dom. 1705–6, p. 110; Lockhart Mems. 119.

Gov. Barbados and Windward Islands, 1697–1702; TNA, C 231/8, 382; Vernon-Shrewsbury Letters, i. 287. commr. adjudging piracies in W.I. 1700. TNA, C 231/9, 16; CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 111.

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GREY, Hon. Ralph (1661-1706), of Gosfield, Essex.
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Littleton, Charles
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Lords 1660-1715
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GREY, Ford (1655-1701)

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bap. 6 Dec. 1655, Regs of St Paul’s, Covent Garden (Harl. Soc. Regs. xxxiii), 5. 1st s. Ralph Grey, 2nd Bar. Grey of Warke, and Catherine, da. and h. of Sir Edward Ford of Harting, Suss.; bro. Ralph Grey, 4th Bar. Grey of Warke. educ. ?St Paul’s School. m. c. July 1674 Mary (d. 19 May 1719), da. George Berkeley, 9th Bar. Berkeley, 1da. d. 24 June 1701. will 31 May 1696 – 17 Apr. 1701, pr. 2 Dec. 1701, codicil 16 Dec. 1702. TNA, PROB 11/462; PROB 11/467.
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PC 5 May 1695 – d.; commr. appeals in prizes of war 1695, 1697; CSP Dom. 1695, p. 112; CSP Dom. 1697, p. 511. trade and plantations 1696 – 99; to treat with French over Hudson Bay 1699; CSP Dom. 1699–1700, pp. 64, 67. treasury 1 June – 15 Nov. 1699, first ld. treasury 15 Nov. 1699 – 9 Dec. 1700; ld. justice June-Sept. 1700; CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 77. ld. privy seal, 5 Nov. 1700–d. TNA, PC 2/78, p. 95; CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 142.

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GREY, Ford (1655-1701)
Associated with: Up Park [Uppark], Harting, Suss.;VCH Suss. iv. 10-11, 16.; Epping Place, Epping, Essex;J. Holmes, 'Epping Place', Essex Arch. Trans. n.s. xxv. 329-33.; Charterhouse Yard, Mdx. (sold ) by 1694;Survey of London, xlvi. 250, 254; CSP Dom. 1683 (Jan.-June), 242, 245.; King’ (i.e. Soho) Square, Westminster (1683–5);Survey of London, xxxiii. 44, 121n.; Pall Mall, Westminster . (by 1698).Survey of London, xxx. 548.;
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mezzotint, aft. Sir Peter Lely, c. 1684, NPG D29417; line engraving, Cornelius Nicolas Schurtz, aft. Sir Peter Lely, 1689, NPG D18611.

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Littleton, Charles
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GREY, Ralph (1630-75)

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bap. 27 Oct. 1630, 3rd but o. surv. s. William Grey, Bar. Grey of Warke J. Hodgson, History of Northumberland, xiv. 328-9. and Cecilia, da. of Sir John Wentworth of Gosfield, Essex; bro. of Hon. Thomas Grey‡. educ. St Paul’s 1647. St Paul’s School Regs, 182. m. bet. 1649 and 1654, Catherine (d.1682), da. and h. of Sir Edward Ford of Harting, Suss., wid. of Hon. Alexander Colepeper, 3s. 1da. d. 15 June 1675; will 7 Jan. 1675, pr. 18 June 1675. TNA, PROB 11/348.
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Asst., Royal African Co. 1674–5. Davies, Royal African Company, 382.

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GREY, Ralph (1630-75)
Associated with: Epping Place, Epping, Essex;Essex Arch. Trans. n.s. xxv. 330-1.; Up Park [Uppark], Harting, Suss.VCH Suss. iv. 10-11.;
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oil on canvas by Sir Peter Lely, c.1675, English Heritage, Audley End, Essex.

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Littleton, Charles
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GREY, William (c. 1593-1674)

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b. c. Aug. 1593, 1st s. of Sir Ralph Grey‡ of Chillingham, Northumb., and 1st w. Jane, da. of William Ardington of Ardington, Berks; half-bro. of Edward Grey‡. educ. Univ. Coll., Oxf., B.A. 11 Nov. 1611; G. Inn 1613; travelled abroad 1614-17?. m. 16 June 1619, Cecilia (bur. 1 Feb. 1668), da. of Sir John Wentworth, of Gosfield, Essex, 9s. (8 d.v.p.), 8da. (7 d.v.p.). Bodl. North c.4, ff. 283-4, Grey of Warke's own reckoning; but see Northumb. Co. Hist. Cttee, Hist. of Northumb. xiv (1935), 328-9; both agree on number of surviving children. cr. bt 15 June 1619. suc. fa. 7 Sept. 1623. d. 29 July 1674; will 4 Jan. 1669 – 23 May 1674, pr. 11 Aug. 1674. TNA, PROB 11/345.
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Jt. kpr. seal of duchy of Lancaster 1644 – 48; commr., excise 1645, excommunication 1646, sale of bishops’ lands 1646, cttee. for compounding 1647, appeals, Oxford Univ. visitation 1647, indemnity 1647, Navy and Customs 1647, Great Seal 1648, scandalous offences 1648, removing obstructions in sales of bishops’ lands 1648. A. and O. i. 691, 853, 905, 914, 927, 937, 1047, 1106–7, 1208, 1227.

Speaker, House of Lords, 13 Sept. – 24 Nov. 1642, 24 Aug. 1643 – 26 Jan. 1646.

J.p., Northumb. 1628 – at least40, by 1650 – at least66, Essex by 1644 – 53, by 1656-at least 1670, HMC 10th Rep. IV, 506–10; Essex RO, T/A 418/143/33, T/A 418/159/41, T/A 418/171/111; Essex Quarter Sess. Order Book 1652–61 (Essex Edited Texts I), xxvi. Mdx. by 1650 – 53, 1660 – at least66, ld.-lt. Cumb. 1642 – ?46; commr., court martial, London and Westminster 1644, Northern Assoc. 1645, militia, northern counties 1648, Essex Mar. 1660, assessment, Essex 1657; A and O. i. 1141; ii. 1068, 1431. elder of classis, Epping, Essex 1648. Division of Co. of Essex into Several Classes (1648), 11.

Maj.-gen., Eastern Association, 20 Dec. 1642–10 Aug. 1643. A. and O. i. 52, 242–4.

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GREY (GRAY), Sir William, 1st Bt. (1593-1674), of Chillingham, Northumb.; later of Epping Place, Essex
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Littleton, Charles
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YELVERTON, Henry (1664-1704)

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b. on or aft. 10 June 1664, 2nd s. of Sir Henry Yelverton‡, 2nd bt. (1633–70) and Susannah (Susan), suo jure Baroness Grey of Ruthin, da. of Charles Longueville†, 12th Bar. Grey of Ruthin; bro. Charles Yelverton, later 14th Bar. Grey of Ruthin. educ. Eton; Christ Church, Oxf.; travelled abroad (France and Italy) 1683–4. Add. 29560, ff. 31–32, 174, 176; CSP Dom. 1682, p. 626. m. 11 July 1689, Barbara (d.1763), da. of Sir John Talbot of Lacock‡, 2s. 5da. d. 24 Mar. 1704; will 24 Feb. 1704, pr. 1 June 1704. TNA, PROB 11/477.
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Commr. for raising poll money 1690; Add. 29564, f. 361. gent. of the bedchamber to Prince George, of Denmark 1702–d. Luttrell, Brief Relation, v. 185; Add. 70073–4, newsletter, 6 June 1702.

Capt. earl of Plymouth’s Regt. of Horse 1686. CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 118.

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YELVERTON, Henry (1664-1704)
Associated with: Easton Maudit, Northants.; Soho Sq., Westminster.
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oil on canvas by unknown artist, c.1685–9, National Trust, Lacock Abbey.

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Eagles, Robin
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Lords 1660-1715
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YELVERTON, Charles (1657-79)

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b. 21 Aug. 1657, 1st s. of Sir Henry Yelverton‡, 2nd bt. and Susannah (Susan) suo jure Baroness Grey of Ruthin (d.1676), da. of Charles Longueville†, 12th Bar. Grey of Ruthin; bro. Henry Yelverton, later 15th Bar. Grey of Ruthin. educ. Eton; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 1 July 1673; travelled abroad (France) 1676–7. CSP Dom. 1676–7, p. 420; Add. 29554, f. 492. unm. suc. fa. 3 Oct. 1670 as 3rd bt. d. 17 May 1679; admon. 7 July 1679.
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YELVERTON, Charles (1657-79)
Associated with: Easton Maudit, Northants.
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Eagles, Robin
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Lords 1660-1715
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NORTH, Charles (1635-91)

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b. 1 Oct. 1635 1st s. and h. of Dudley North, later 4th Bar. North, and Anne, da. and coh. of Sir Charles Montagu, of Cranbrook, Essex; bro. Francis North, later Bar. Guilford, Dudley‡ and Roger North‡. educ. Amersham, Bucks. (Mr Crooke, tutor); Sidney Sussex, Camb. matric. 21 Apr. 1651. m. 6 Apr. 1667, Katherine (d.1694), da. William Grey, Bar. Grey of Warke, wid. of Sir Edward Mosley‡, 2nd bt, of Rolleston, Staffs, 2s., 2 da. North, Lives, iii. 286-7; Bodl. North c.4, f. 260. ?; ?Kntd. betw. 1662 and 1667. d. c. 10 Jan. 1691; bur. Kirtling, Cambs.; Luttrell, Brief Relation ii. 158. will 13 Mar. – 12 Oct. 1683, pr. 23 Jan.1691. TNA, PROB 11/405.
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Commr. for poll money 1690. Add. 29564, f. 361.

Commr. of assessment, Cambs., 1672. HMC Lords i. 174.

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NORTH, Charles (1635-91)
Associated with: Charterhouse, London 1667–73;Bodl. North c.4, ff. 146, 149, 164-5, 207, 243, 260; adds.c.11, ff. 30-31. ; Westminster 1673–d.;Survey of London, St Anne Soho, 500. ; Tooting, Surr.;Add. 18730, f. 29.; Kirtling Hall, Kirtling, Cambs. 1677–d.;VCH Cambs. x. 62. ; Tostock Hall, Tostock, Suff. 1681–90
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watercolour (miniature) by Edmund Ashfield, 1670-80, Victoria and Albert Museum.

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Littleton, Charles
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Lords 1660-1715
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CAMPBELL, John (1680-1743)

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b. 10 Oct. 1680, 1st s. of Archibald Campbell, styled. Ld Lorne, later duke of Argyll [S], and Elizabeth da. of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Bt., of Helmingham, Suff., sis of Lionel Tollemache‡, 3rd earl of Dysart[S]; bro. Archibald Campbell, earl of Ilay [S]. educ. privately (Walter Campbell, John Anderson, Alexander Cunningham); travelled abroad (France, Italy) 1699–1700. m. (1) contract 30 Dec. 1701, Mary (d. 15 Jan. 1717) da. of Thomas Browne of St Margaret’s, Westminster, sis of Thomas Duncombe (formerly Browne)‡, of Duncombe Park, Yorks., s.p.; (2) 6 June 1717, Jane (d.1767) da. of Thomas Warburton of Winnington, Chesh., 5 da. (1 d.v.p.). KT 4 Feb. 1704–22 Mar. 1710; KG 22 Mar. 1710. d. 4 Oct. 1743; will 3 Dec. 1741, pr. 31 Oct. 1743. TNA, C 11/1219/24; PROB 11/729.
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Col. Argylls. Highlanders 1694 – 98, regt. of ft. (Dutch service) 1702 – Sept. 1706, 4th tp. Horse Gds. 1703 – 14, regt. of ft. Sept. 1706 – Feb. 1707, 4 Ft. (the Buffs) Feb. 1707–1711, R. Horse Gds. (the Blues) 1715 – 16, 1733 – 40, Feb. – Mar. 1742, 3 Horse 1726 – 33; brig.-gen. 1704, maj.-gen. 1706, lt.-gen. 1709, gen. 1711, field marshal 1736; c.-in-c. British forces in Spain 1711 – 12, forces in Scot. 1712 – 14, Sept. 1714, c.-in.c. forces Feb. – Mar. 1742; gov., constable and capt. coy. of ft. Edinburgh castle 1712 – 14; gov. Minorca 1712 – Apr. 1714, Oct. 1714–1716, Portsmouth 1730–42. CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 92; 1698, p. 31; CSP Dom. 1703–4, p. 431; CSP Dom. 1705–6, p. 148; Luttrell, Brief Relation, vi. 87–88, 91, 148, 280, 633; CTB 1711, p. 466; 1713, p. 121; 1714, p. 99.

Hered. grand master Household [S] (life), 1703; PC [S] 1703 – 08; extraordinary ld. of session 1703–8 [S]; ld. high commr. to parl. [S] 1705; PC [GB] 1709 – d.; amb. extraordinary and plenip. to King of Spain, 1711 – 12,; ld. justice Aug- Sept. 1714; groom of stole and commr. for household to prince of Wales 1714 – 16; ld. steward of Household 1719 – 25; master-gen. ordnance 1725 – 30, Feb.-Mar. 1742. CSP Dom. 1703–4, p. 436.

Hered. sheriff, Argylls. 1703; hered. justiciar, Argyll and the Isles, 1703; burgess, Edinburgh, 1704, Glasgow 1716; Scot. Rec. Soc. lxi. 8; lvi. 316. ld. lt. Surr. 1715 – 16, Argylls. and Dunbartons. 1715 – 43.

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CAMPBELL, John (1680-1743)
Associated with: Inverary, Argylls.; Sudbrook House, Petersham, Surr.; Kenwood, Mdx.; Ham House, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surr.; Adderbury House, East Adderbury, Oxon.; Caroline Park, Granton, Midlothian; King Street, Westminster; Marlborough Street, Westminster.J. Macky, Journey through Eng. (1714), 42-43; Wentworth Pprs. 298; HMC Portland, v. 460; x. 309; London Jnl. xviii. 28.;
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oil on canvas by W. Aikman, c. 1709, R. Coll., Holyroodhouse; oil on canvas by W. Aikman, c.1720, National Galleries of Scotland, PG692; oil on canvas by W. Aikman, c.1720–25, NPG 737; oil on canvas by T. Bardwell, 1740, NPG 3110; monument by L. Roubiliac, 1748, Westminster Abbey.

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Townend, Graham
Hayton, David
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GRANVILLE, John (1665-1707)

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b. 12 Apr. 1665, 2nd s. John Granville, earl of Bath, and Jane Wyche; bro. Charles Granville, styled. Ld. Lansdown (later 2nd earl of Bath); nephew of Bernard Granville‡ (d.1701); cos. of Bevill‡ and Bernard Granville‡; stepfather Henry Somerset, 2nd duke of Beaufort; uncle of Leveson Gower, later Bar. Gower, and John Carteret, 2nd Bar. (later Earl Granville). educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1680; DCL 1706. m. 15 Apr. 1703, Rebecca, da. of Sir Josiah Child, bt. and 2nd w. Mary Atwood, wid. of Charles Somerset‡, styled. mq. of Worcester; sis. of Sir Josiah Child, 2nd bt.‡ and Sir Richard Child, 3rd bt.‡, s.p. ?; ?suc. fa. at Potheridge 1701. d. 3 Dec. 1707; will 20 Aug. 1703, pr. Mar. 1708.
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Commr. of public accts. 1696 – 97; PC 18 June 1702 – 22 May 1707; lt. gen. of the Ordnance June 1702 – May 1705; ranger of St James’s Park Mar. 1703 – d.; gov. Q. Anne’s Bounty 1704.

Capt. earl of Bath’s regt. (later 10th Ft.) by 1687 – Dec. 1688; capt. and brevet col. 1 Ft. Gds. ?1689 – 90; capt. RN 1689 – Dec. 1690.

Commr. assessment, Devon 1690; freeman, Plympton Erle 1685; gov. Deal by Apr. – Dec. 1690; recorder, Launceston 1701 – d.; ld. warden of the stannaries and steward of the duchy of Cornw. (jt.) 1701 – 02, (sole) 1702 – 05; ld. lt. and custos rot. Cornw. 1702 – 05.

ld. proprietor of Carolina 1701 – d.

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GRANVILLE (GRENVILLE), Hon. John (1665-1707), of Stowe, Cornw.
GRENVILLE
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Paley, Ruth
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GRANVILLE, Charles (1661-1701)

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b. 21 Aug. 1661, 1st s. and h. of John Granville* [1763], earl of Bath, and Jane, da. of Sir Peter Wyche; bro. John Granville, later Bar. Granville of Potheridge; nephew of Bernard Granville‡; cos. of Bernard‡, Bevil‡, George Granville, later Bar. Lansdown. educ. travelled abroad (France; tutor Nicholas Durell) 1676–81. m. (1) 22 May 1678, Martha (d. 11 Sept. 1689), da. of Thomas Osborne, earl of Danby (later duke of Leeds), s.p. (2) 10 Mar. 1691, Isabella (d. 30 Jan. 1693), with £16,000, da. of Henry de Nassau, Ld. Auverquerque, Count of Nassau (master of the horse to William III), sis. of de Nassau, earl of Grantham, 1s. d. 4 Sept. 1701; admon. 10 Sept. 1701 to bro. John Granville‡, guardian of Henry Granville, 3rd earl of Bath, 16 Mar. 1708 to Sir John Stanley, guardian of 3rd earl of Bath TNA, PROB 6/77, f. 86, PROB 6/84, f. 40V..
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Gent. of the bedchamber 1683 – 85; envoy extraordinary to Spain 1685 – 89.

Ld. lt. (jt.) Cornwall and Devon 6 May 1691 – 25 May 1693; commr. assessment Cornwall 1689; HP Commons, 1660–90, ii. 433; Cornw. RO, DD/CY7236. burgess, Plymouth and Saltash 1684; freeman, Bodmin, Liskeard, Plympton Erle, and Tintagel 1685.

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GRANVILLE (GRENVILLE), Charles, Lord Lansdown (1661-1701).
GRENVILLE
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Creighton, Anne
Paley, Ruth
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