Baron Walsingham, of Walsingham in the

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, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. This

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was created in 1780 for Sir William de Grey on his retirement as

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, who had previously served as Solicitor-General and as

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. His son, the second Baron, represented Wareham, Tamworth and

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in the

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and served as Joint

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from 1787 to 1794; Lord Walsingham was also Chairman of Committees in the

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for many years. His eldest son, the third Baron, was a Lieutenant-General in the

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, who was succeeded by his younger brother, the Archdeacon of Surrey, as fourth Baron. His grandson, the sixth Baron, was a

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for Norfolk West and served as a Government Whip from 1874 to 1875 in Benjamin Disraeli's second

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. On his death the title passed to his half-brother, the seventh Baron, a barrister. In 1929, his son

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George de Grey succeeded as eighth Baron; he was appointed DSO, OBE and

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. His only son, Captain John de Grey MC, succeeded as the ninth and present Baron in 1965.

Ancestors

William de Grey William de Grey (21 October 1652 - 27 February 1687) of Merton Hall, Norfolk was an East Anglian landowner and Tory Member of Parliament. He was the grandfather of his namesake William de Grey, 1st Baron Walsingham. Life The descendant of Suffolk ...

(d. 1687), Member of Parliament for

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1685 *

Thomas de Grey (1680-1765) Thomas de Grey may refer to: * Thomas de Grey (1680–1765), MP for Norfolk 1715-27 * Thomas de Grey (1717–1781), MP for Norfolk 1764-74 * Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham (1748–1818), MP for Wareham 1774, Tamworth 1774-80 and Lostwithiel ...

, Member of Parliament for

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1715–1727 *

Thomas de Grey (1717-1781) Thomas de Grey may refer to: * Thomas de Grey (1680–1765), MP for Norfolk 1715-27 * Thomas de Grey (1717–1781), MP for Norfolk 1764-74 * Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham (1748–1818), MP for Wareham 1774, Tamworth 1774-80 and Lostwithiel 1 ...

, Member of Parliament for Norfolk 1764-1774;

Barons Walsingham (1780)

* William de Grey, 1st Baron Walsingham (1719–1781) *

Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham PC (14 July 1748 – 16 January 1818), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1781 when he succeeded to the peerage as Baron Walsingham. He served as Joint Postmaster General ...

(1748–1818) * George de Grey, 3rd Baron Walsingham (1776–1831) *

Thomas de Grey, 4th Baron Walsingham Thomas de Grey, 4th Baron Walsingham ( Chelsea 10 April 1778 – Merton, Norfolk, 8 September 1839) was Archdeacon of Winchester from 1807 until 1814; and then of Surrey from 1814 until his death. The 2nd son of Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsin ...

(1778–1839) *

Thomas de Grey, 5th Baron Walsingham Thomas de Grey, 5th Baron Walsingham (6 July 1804 – 31 December 1870), of Merton Hall, Norfolk, was a British peer. Life Grey was born in Chelsea, the eldest son of the Venerable Thomas de Grey, Archdeacon of Surrey, a clergyman who in 1831 ...

(1804–1870) *

Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham (29 July 1843 – 3 December 1919), of Merton Hall, Norfolk, was an English politician and amateur entomologist. Biography Walsingham was the son of Thomas de Grey, 5th Baron Walsingham, and Augusta-Louis ...

(1843–1919) * John Augustus de Grey, 7th Baron Walsingham (1849–1929) *

George de Grey, 8th Baron Walsingham Lieutenant Colonel George de Grey, 8th Baron Walsingham (9 May 1884 – 29 November 1965) was a British soldier and Peerage of Great Britain, peer. Early life Walsingham was born on 9 May 1884 at Westminster, London. He was the son of John de G ...

(1884–1965) *

John de Grey, 9th Baron Walsingham John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

(b. 1925) The

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is the present holder's son Hon. Robert de Grey (b. 1969)www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk
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The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Thomas de Grey (b. 1997)

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Barons Walsingham (1780)

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