Family and Education
b. 29 July 1843, eld. s. of Thomas de Grey, 5th Bar. Walsingham, of Merton Hall, Norf., and 1st w. Augusta Louisa, eld. da. and coh. of Sir Robert Frankland Russell MP, of Thirkleby Park, Thirsk, Yorks. educ. priv. sch., Southborough, nr. Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Eton 1856-60; Trinity Coll., Camb. matric. 1861, BA 1865, MA 1870. m. (1) 19 Mar. 1877, Augusta Selina Elizabeth (d. 4 Nov. 1906), o. surv. da. of Capt. William Locke, of Norbury Park, Surr., wid. of Ernest Fitzroy Neville Fane, Lord Burghersh, and; div. w. of Luigi Caracciolo, duca di Sant’ Arpino and San Teodoro; (2) 1908, Marion Gwytherne-Williams (d. 31 Oct. 1913), da. of Thomas Rhys Withers; (3) 12 Nov. 1914, Agnes Baird, da. of Frederick Shand Hemming, of Merrywood Hall, Som. and wid. of Richard Dawson. suc. fa. as 6th Bar. Walsingham 31 Dec. 1870. d. s.p. 3 Dec. 1919.
Offices Held
Lord in waiting to Queen 1874 – 75.
Dep. Lieut. Norf. 1863; JP Norf. 1865.
FRS 1887; Fell. Linnean Society 1882; Fell. Zoological Society of London 1867; memb. Royal Agricultural Society; American Entomological Society; British Ornithological Union; trustee, British Museum 1876; trustee Royal College of Surgeons’ Hunterian Museum; president Entomological Society 1889 – 90; high steward University of Cambridge 1891 – d.; high steward King’s Lynn 1894 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Merton Hall, Norf.; 23 Arlington Street, London.
Volume
Commons 1832-1868
Clubs
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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