GREY, Hon. Ralph (1661-1706), of Gosfield, Essex

Family and Education

b. 28 Nov. 1661, 2nd s. of Ralph, 2nd Baron Grey of Warke, by Catherine, da. and h. of Sir Edward Ford of Harting, Suss., wid. of Hon. Alexander Colepeper of Wigsell, Kent. educ. St. Paul’s 1677. unm. suc. bro. as 4th Baron Grey 24 June 1701. St. Paul’s Covent Garden (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxiii), 16.

Offices Held

Auditor of Exchequer 1692–1702; gent. pens. 1692–1702; gov. Barbados 1697–1702; commr. adjudging piracies in W. Indies 1700, union with Scotland 1706. Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 1523, 1583, 1630; xvii. 239; Beaufort mss at Badminton House, list of gent. pens., Dec. 1700; CSP Dom. 1697, p. 135; 1700–2, p. 111; APC Col. ii. 792; Lockhart Mems. ed. Szechi, 119.

Parlimentarian

GREY, Hon. Ralph (1661-1706), of Gosfield, Essex.

Main residence: Gosfield, Essex.

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

GREY, Hon. Ralph (1661-1706)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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