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Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey

Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, 3rd Baron Grantham, 6th Baron Lucas, KG, PC, FRS (born Robinson, later Weddell; 8 December 1781 – 14 November 1859), styled as The Hon. Thomas Robinson until 1786 and as Lord Grantham from 1786 to 1833, of Wrest Park in the parish of Silsoe, Bedfordshire, was a British Tory statesman. He changed his surname to Weddell in 1803 and to de Grey in 1833.[1]

The Right Honourable
The Earl de Grey
KG PC FRS

William IV

Sir Robert Peel, Bt

The Lord Auckland

The Lord Auckland

Queen Victoria

Sir Robert Peel, Bt

Viscount Ebrington

The Lord Heytesbury

Thomas Philip Robinson

8 December 1781 (1781-12-08)

14 November 1859 (1859-11-15) (aged 77)

British

Tory

Lady Henrietta Cole

St John's College, Cambridge

Lady Anne Florence de Grey (Countess Cowper), eldest daughter and co-heiress, who married . She was suo jure Baroness Lucas, having inherited that title from her father. She also inherited her father's main seat Wrest Park, near Silsoe, in Bedfordshire as well as his London home at 4 St James's Square.

George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper

Lady Mary Gertrude de Grey, younger daughter and co-heiress. She married Henry Vyner (1805 - 1861) and she inherited one of her father's secondary properties, in Yorkshire. The other family seats, namely Studley Royal Park and its neighbouring Fountains Hall in Yorkshire, together with the Earldom devolved upon Lord de Grey's nephew, George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, at whose death the estate - but not the title - passed to Lady Mary Vyner's descendants at whose hands it remains today.

Newby Hall

In 1805 he married Lady Henrietta Cole, a daughter of William Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen, by whom he had two daughters and co-heiresses:

Death and succession[edit]

Lord de Grey died in November 1859, aged 77, having survived his wife by eleven years. He was succeeded in the Barony of Lucas of Crudwell by his daughter, Ann de Grey (Countess Cowper), who married George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper. His other titles, unable to pass via a female line, passed to his heir male, namely his nephew, George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, 2nd Earl of Ripon.

The Earl de Grey's account of the building of Wrest House, History of Wrest House, introduction by A. F. Cirket, The Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, Volume 59, pp 65–87, Bedford 1980

Earl de Grey, , London 2007 [3]

Charles Read

Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey | National Portrait Gallery

Thomas Philip de Grey | National Trust Art