Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford (18 June 1715 – 30 May 1768) was an English peer

Peerage

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, styled Lord Grey from 1720 to 1739.

Harry Grey was born in Enville Hall, the eldest son of Henry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford. He was educated at Rugby

Rugby School

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 and Westminster

Westminster School

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. In 1736, he married Lady Mary Booth, the only daughter and heiress of George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington

George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington

George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington was the son of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington by his wife Mary, the daughter and sole heiress of Sir James Langham, Bart. As the eldest surviving son, he inherited the title of Earl of Warrington on his father's death in 1693...

. They had 3 children:

• George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford (1737–1819)
• Hon. Booth Grey (1740–1802), married and had issue
• Hon. John Grey (1743 – 12 July 1802), married and had issue

In 1738, he represented Leicestershire

Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the British House of Commons

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, but entered the House of Lords

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 in 1739 upon inheriting the earldom. On 3 March 1744, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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 of Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

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, and on 8 March, of Staffordshire

Staffordshire

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He had inherited the Grey estates at Bradgate Park

Bradgate Park

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 in Leicestershire and Enville

Enville

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 in Staffordshire but decided to make Enville

Enville

Enville may refer to:* Enville, Staffordshire, England, a small rural village with a population of about 489* Enville, alternate name for Endville, Mississippi, a community in Pontotoc county...

 Hall the family seat. The Bradgate house was therefore bricked up and the park there kept for hunting and game. The Enville grounds (750 acres) were significantly re-landscaped during the mid-18th century. His wife also inherited estates at Dunham Massey

Dunham Massey

Dunham Massey is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The parish includes the villages of Sinderland Green, Dunham Woodhouse and Dunham Town, along with Dunham Massey Park, formerly the home of the last Earl of Stamford and owned by the National Trust...

 in Cheshire and Stalybridge near Manchester on the death of her father in 1758.

He died at Enville and was succeeded in the earldom by his son George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford

George Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford

George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford , styled Lord Grey from 1739 to 1768, was an English nobleman....

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