Baron Grey de Wilton

Baron Grey de Wilton is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England (1295) and once in the Peerage of Great Britain (1784). The first creation was forfeit and the second creation is extinct.

Arms of Reginald de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton

History

First creation

The first creation was generally dated to 23 June 1295, when Reginald de Grey was summoned to an assembly prior to the Model Parliament that was summoned that November, as Lord Grey de Wilton. Burke's Peerage^[1] notes that the June "assembly in question is not now recognized as a bona fide Parl[iament]", but that Reginald had earlier been summoned to the "assembly called a full Parl[iament] of 29 May 1290". This branch of the Grey family of aristocrats was based at Wilton Castle on the Welsh border in Herefordshire. The Greys of Wilton, as well as the other old noble families bearing the name of Grey/Gray, are descended from the Norman knight Anchetil de Greye. Wilton Castle itself passed from the family when the 13th baron was forced to sell it to raise his ransom after being captured in France. Sir Thomas Grey, the 15th baron, was attainted in 1603, forfeiting his titles and honours, after being convicted of treason for his alleged involvement in the Bye Plot against King James I. Grey never married. The attainder against him was not reversed prior to his death. His two sisters would have been his co-heiresses but for the attainder; one of them, Bridget, married Sir Roland Egerton, 1st Baronet, and they were ancestors of the recipient of the second creation below.^[2]

Second creation

 

Thomas Egerton, who became Baron Grey de Wilton in 1784, then Viscount Grey de Wilton and Earl of Wilton in 1801

The second creation was in 1784, when Sir Thomas Egerton (1749–1814) was created Baron Grey de Wilton, of Wilton Castle, with remainder to the heirs male of his body. He was a member of the Egerton family and had in 1756 succeeded to his father's Grey Egerton baronetcy. The 1st baronet had married Bridget Grey, the sister of Sir Thomas Grey. In 1801, the 1st Baron Grey de Wilton was also made Viscount Grey de Wilton and Earl of Wilton, of Wilton Castle in the County of Hereford, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The latter titles were created with remainder to the second and younger sons successively of his daughter Eleanor, wife of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster.

On the first earl of Wilton's death in 1804, the Grey de Wilton barony became extinct, as he had no sons, while the Grey Egerton baronetcy passed to a distant relative. The titles of Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton passed, according to the special remainder, to the 1st earl's grandson, Thomas Grosvenor (1799–1882), who adopted the surname of Egerton and became the 2nd earl. These titles are still extant.

Grey family

Ancestors

• Henry de Grey was granted the manor of Grays Thurrock, Essex in 1195 and had six sons.
• Sir John de Grey, father of the 1st baron Grey of Wilton

Barons Grey de Wilton (1295)

• Reginald de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton (d. 1308)
• John Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Wilton (1268–1323)
• Henry Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Wilton (1282–1342)
• Reginald Grey, 4th Baron Grey de Wilton (1312–1370) married Maud Bourtetourt,^[3] said to have been the daughter of Sir John de Bourtetourt.^[3]
• Henry Grey, 5th Baron Grey de Wilton (1342–1396), son of Reginald Grey and Maud,^[3] married Elizabeth Talbot,^[3] daughter of Gilbert Talbot and Petronilla Butler.^[3] They had a daughter, Margaret Grey (d. 1 June 1454),^[3] who married Sir John Darcy, 5th Lord Darcy of Knayth, 4th Lord Meinell^{[4] [3]}
• Richard Grey, 6th Baron Grey de Wilton (1393–1442)
• Reginald Grey, 7th Baron Grey de Wilton (1421–1493)
• John Grey, 8th Baron Grey de Wilton (d. 1498)
• Edmund Grey, 9th Baron Grey de Wilton (d. 1511)
• George Grey, 10th Baron Grey de Wilton (d. 1515) succeeded his father Edmund but died before reaching majority.
• Thomas Grey, 11th Baron Grey de Wilton (1497–1518) succeeded his brother George but died before reaching majority.
• Richard Grey, 12th Baron Grey de Wilton (1507–1520) succeeded his brother Thomas but died before reaching majority.
• William Grey, 13th Baron Grey de Wilton (d. 1562) succeeded his brother Richard
• Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton (1536–1593)
• Thomas Grey, 15th Baron Grey de Wilton (1575–1614) Title attainted 1603; extinct 1614.^[5]

Egerton family

Barons Grey de Wilton (1784)

• Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton (1749–1814) (created Earl of Wilton in 1801)

succeeded as Earl of Wilton according to the special remainder by his grandson, Thomas Grosvenor (1799–1882)

see Earl of Wilton

v t e Grosvenor and Grey family tree: Dukes of Westminster, Marquesses of Westminster Earls: Grosvenor, Sussex (5th creation), and of Wilton Viscounts: Belgrave, Grey de Wilton, and de Longueville and Barons: Grey de Wilton, Grey of Ruthin (Ruthyn), Grey de Radcliffe, Ebury, Grosvenor, and Stalbridge

Baron Grey de Wilton (1st creation), 1285 Reginald Grey d. 1308 1st Baron Grey de Wilton John Grey c. 1268–1323 2nd Baron Grey de Wilton Baron Grey of Ruthin, 1324 Henry Grey 1281–1342 3rd Baron Grey de Wilton Roger Grey d. 1352/1353 1st Baron Grey of Ruthin King Edward III 1312–1377 Reynold Grey 1311–1370 4th Baron Grey de Wilton Reynold Grey c. 1322 – c. 1388 2nd Baron Grey of Ruthin John of Gaunt 1340–1399 Thomas Holland Earl of Kent c. 1314–1360 Henry Grey c. 1340–1396 5th Baron Grey de Wilton Reynold Grey c. 1362 – c. 1440 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthin Elizabeth of Lancaster bef. 1363–1426 John Holland Earl of Huntingdon Duke of Exeter c. 1352–1400 Richard Grey c. 1393–1442 6th Baron Grey de Wilton John Grey c. 1387–1439 Constance Holland 1387–1437 Reynold Grey c. 1421–1493/94 7th Baron Grey de Wilton Edmund Grey c. 1362 – c. 1440 1st Earl of Kent, 4th Baron Grey of Ruthin See Template:Dukes of Kent family tree Edmund Grey d. 1499 8th Baron Grey de Wilton George Grey 2nd Earl of Kent, 5th Baron Grey of Ruthin c. 1460–1503 Edmund Grey c. 1469–1511 9th Baron Grey de Wilton Richard Grey 3rd Earl of Kent, 6th Baron Grey of Ruthin 1481–1524 Henry Grey 4th Earl of Kent, 7th Baron Grey of Ruthin c. 1495–1562 Geroge Grey c. 1493–1514/1515 10th Baron Grey de Wilton Thomas Grey c. 1496–1517 11th Baron Grey de Wilton Richard Grey c. 1505–1523 12th Baron Grey de Wilton William Grey c. 1509–1562 13th Baron Grey de Wilton Henry Grey 1520–1545 Arthur Grey 1536–1593 14th Baron Grey de Wilton Reginald Grey d. 1573 5th Earl of Kent, 8th Baron Grey of Ruthin Henry Grey 1541–1615 6th Earl of Kent, 9th Baron Grey of Ruthin Charles Grey c. 1545–1623 7th Earl of Kent, 10th Baron Grey of Ruthyn Bridget Grey d. 1648 Thomas Grey 1575–1614 15th Baron Grey de Wilton Susan Grey Henry Grey c. 1583–1639 8th Earl of Kent, 11th Baron Grey of Ruthyn Barony Grey de Wilton (1st creation) extinct, 1614 Baronet of Egerton and Oulton, 1617 Roland Egerton d. 1646 1st Baronet Charles Longueville 1612–1643 12th Baron Grey de Ruthyn John Egerton d. 1674 2nd Baronet Susan Longueville d. 1676 13th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn suo jure Viscount de Longueville (1st creation), 1690 John Egerton d. 1729 3rd Baronet Charles Yelverton 1657–1679 14th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Henry Yelverton c. 1664–1703/1704 1st Viscount de Longueville, 15th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Earl of Sussex (5th creation), 1717 Holland Egerton c. 1689–1730 4th Baronet Talbot Yelverton c. 1664–1703/1704 1st Earl of Sussex, 2nd Viscount de Longueville, 16th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Edward Egerton bef. 1721–1743/1744 5th Baronet Thomas Grey Egerton c. 1721–1756 6th Baronet George Augustus Yelverton 1727–1758 2nd Earl of Sussex, 3rd Viscount de Longueville, 17th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Henry Yelverton 1728–1799 3rd Earl of Sussex, 4th Viscount de Longueville, 18th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Earldom of Sussex (5th creation) and Viscountcy de Longueville (1st creation) extinct, 1799 Baron Grosvenor of Eaton in the County of Chester, 1761 Earl Gosvenor and Viscount Belgrave of Belgrave in the County of Chester, 1784 Baron Grey de Wilton (2nd creation), 1784 Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton, 1801 Richard Grosvenor 1731–1802 7th Baronet of Eaton, 1st Earl Grosvenor, 1st Viscount Belgrave, 1st Baron Grosvenor Thomas Egerton 1749–1814 7th Baronet of Egerton and Oulton, 1st Earl of Wilton, 1st Viscount Grey de Wilton, Baron Grey de Wilton Barbara Yelverton d. 1781 Barony Grey de Wilton (2nd creation) extinct, 1784 Marquess of Westminster, 1831 Robert Grosvenor 1767–1845 1st Marquess of Westminster, 2nd Earl Grosvenor, 2nd Viscount Belgrave, 2nd Baron Grosvenor Eleanor Egerton 1770–1846 Henry Yelverton 1780–1810 19th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Baron Ebury of Ebury Manor in the County of Middlesex, 1857 Richard Grosvenor 1795–1869 2nd Marquess of Westminster, 3rd Earl Grosvenor, 3rd Viscount Belgrave, 3rd Baron Grosvenor Thomas Grosvenor (Egerton) 1799–1882 2nd Earl of Wilton, 2nd Viscount Grey de Wilton Robert Grosvenor 1801–1893 1st Baron Ebury Barbara Rawdon-Hastings 1810–1858 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn suo jure George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1808–1844 Marquess of Hastings Duke of Westminster, 1874 Baron Stalbridge of Stalbridge in the County of Dorset, 1886 Baron Grey de Radcliffe in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 1875 Barony Grey de Ruthin (Ruthyn) abeyance terminated, 1885 Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1825–1899 1st Duke of Westminster, 3rd Marquess of Westminster, 4th Earl Grosvenor, 4th Viscount Belgrave, 4th Baron Grosvenor Richard de Aquila Grosvenor 1837–1912 1st Baron Stalbridge Arthur Edward Holland Grey Egerton 1833–1885 3rd Earl of Wilton, 3rd Viscount Grey de Wilton, Baron Grey de Radcliffe Seymour John Grey Egerton 1839–1898 4th Earl of Wilton, 4th Viscount Grey de Wilton Robert Wellesley Grosvenor 1834–1918 2nd Baron Ebury Bertha Lelgarde Clifton 1835–1887 22nd Baroness Grey de Ruthyn suo jure Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings 1842–1868 Marquess of Hastings, Earl of Loudoun, 21st Baron Grey de Ruthyn, Baron Botreaux, Baron Hungerford, Baron de Moleyns, Baron Hastings Barony Grey de Radcliffe extinct, 1885 Barony Grey de Ruthyn abeyant, 1868 Victor Alexander Grosvenor 1853–1884 styled Earl Grosvenor Henry George Grosvenor 1861–1914 Hugh Grosvenor 1880–1949 2nd Baron Stalbridge Arthur George Egerton 1863–1915 5th Earl of Wilton, 5th Viscount Grey de Wilton Robert Victor Grosvenor 1868–1921 3rd Baron Ebury Ella Cicely Mary Clifton 1856–1912 Rawdon George Grey Clifton 1858–1912 23rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn Cecil Talbot Clifton 1862–1934 24th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Barony Stalbridge extinct, 1949 Barony Grey de Ruthyn abeyant, 1934 Barony Grey de Ruthyn abeyance terminated, 1940 Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor 1879–1953 2nd Duke of Westminster, 4th Marquess of Westminster, 5th Earl Grosvenor, 5th Viscount Belgrave, 5th Baron Grosvenor William Grosvenor 1894–1963 3rd Duke of Westminster, 5th Marquess of Westminster, 6th Earl Grosvenor, 6th Viscount Belgrave, 6th Baron Grosvenor Hugh William Grosvenor 1884–1914 Seymour Edward Frederick Egerton 1896–1927 6th Earl of Wilton, 6th Viscount Grey de Wilton Francis Egerton Grosvenor 1883–1932 4th Baron Ebury John Lancelot Wykeham Butler-Bowden 1883–1963 25th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Barony Grey de Ruthyn abeyant, 1963 Gerald Hugh Grosvenor 1907–1967 4th Duke of Westminster, 6th Marquess of Westminster, 7th Earl Grosvenor, 7th Viscount Belgrave, 7th Baron Grosvenor Robert George Grosvenor 1910–1979 5th Duke of Westminster, 7th Marquess of Westminster, 8th Earl Grosvenor, 8th Viscount Belgrave, 8th Baron Grosvenor Seymour William Arthur John Egerton 1921–1999 7th Earl of Wilton, 7th Viscount Grey de Wilton Robert Grosvenor 1914–1957 5th Baron Ebury Francis Grosvenor b. 1934 8th Earl of Wilton, 8th Viscount Grey de Wilton, 6th Baron Ebury Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor 1951–2016 6th Duke of Westminster, 8th Marquess of Westminster, 9th Earl Grosvenor, 9th Viscount Belgrave, 9th Baron Grosvenor Julian Grosvenor b. 1959 styled Viscount Grey de Wilton Heir apparent to the 8th Earldom of Wilton and heir presumptive to the Marquessate of Westminster Hugh Grosvenor b. 1991 7th Duke of Westminster, 9th Marquess of Westminster, 10th Earl Grosvenor, 10th Viscount Belgrave, 10th Baron Grosvenor

References

1. 1999 edition page 1226 (article "Grey, Baron" primarily on the only more senior branch, the Lords Grey (of Codnor), but lists all Barons Grey de Wilton).
2. Burke, John (1 January 1831). A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England. H. Colburn & R. Bentley.
3. Weis, Frederick Lewis (2004). Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-8063-1752-6.
4. Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta ancestry : a study in colonial and medieval families (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City, UT.: Douglas Richardson. pp. 345–346. ISBN 9781460992708.
5. Craik, George Lillie (1 January 1849). The Romance of the Peerage: Or Curiosities of Family History. Chapman & Hall.