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Grey Baronets
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The Grey Baronetcy, of Chillingham in the County of Northumberland, was created in the Baronetage of England on 15 June 1619 for William Grey. For more information on this creation, see Baron Grey of Werke
Baron Grey of Werke
Baron Grey of Werke , of Chillingham in the County of Northumberland, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 11 February 1624 for Sir William Grey, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Chillingham in the County of Northumberland, in the Baronetage of England on...
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The Grey Baronetcy, of Howick in the County of Northumberland, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 11 January 1746 for Henry Grey. He was a descendant of an uncle of the first Baronet of the 1619 creation. Henry Grey's third son, the third Baronet, had already been created Earl Grey
Earl Grey
Earl Grey is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1806 for General Charles Grey, 1st Baron Grey. He had already been created Baron Grey, of Howick in the County of Northumberland, in 1801, and was made Viscount Howick, in the County of Northumberland, at the same time as...
when he succeeded his elder brother in 1808. For more information on the baronetcy, see this title.
The Grey Baronetcy, of Fallodon in the County of Northumberland, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 29 July 1814 for the Hon. Sir George Grey, Captain R.N., 1st Baronet, 1767-1828, Commissioner of Portsmouth Dockyard. He was the third son of the first Earl Grey. His son, the second Baronet, and great-grandson, the third Baronet, were both prominent Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politicians. The latter was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
as Viscount Grey of Fallodon, in the County of Northumberland, in 1916. However, this title became extinct on his death in 1933. As a descendant of the first Earl Grey the present Baronet is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles, including the Grey Baronetcy of Howick.
Grey Baronets, of FallodonFallodon Fallodon is a hamlet situated in Northumberland, England. It is the territorial designation of Viscount Grey of Fallodon. It is pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable.- Governance :...
(1814)
- Sir George Grey, 1st BaronetSir George Grey, 1st BaronetSir George Grey, 1st Baronet, KCB was a British Royal Navy officer. He was born at the family home of Fallodon, Northumberland on 10 October 1767, the third son of Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey and Elizabeth Grey , and younger brother of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey and General Sir Henry George Grey...
(1767-1828) - Sir George Grey, 2nd BaronetSir George Grey, 2nd BaronetSir George Grey, 2nd Baronet, PC was a British Whig politician. He held office under four Prime Ministers, Lord Melbourne, Lord John Russell, Lord Aberdeen, and Lord Palmerston, and notably served three times as Home Secretary.-Background and education:Grey was the only son of Sir George Grey, 1st...
(1799-1882)- George Henry Grey (1835-1874)
- Sir Edward Grey, 3rd BaronetEdward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of FallodonEdward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon KG, PC, FZL, DL , better known as Sir Edward Grey, Bt, was a British Liberal statesman. He served as Foreign Secretary from 1905 to 1916, the longest continuous tenure of any person in that office...
(1862-1933) (created Viscount Grey of Fallodon in 1916)
Grey Baronets, of Fallodon (1814; Reverted)
- Sir Charles George Grey, 4th Baronet (1880-1957)
- Sir Harry Martin Grey, 5th Baronet (1882-1960)
- Sir Robin Edward Dysart Grey, 6th Baronet (1886-1974)
- Edward Elton Grey (1920-1962)
- Sir Anthony Dysart Grey, 7th Baronet (b. 1949)
The heir is the present holder's son, Thomas Jasper Grey (b. 1998).