Lieutenant Colonel George de Grey, 8th Baron Walsingham (9 May 1884 – 29 November 1965) was a British soldier and peer.

Early life

Walsingham was born on 9 May 1884 at Westminster, London. He was the son of John Augustus de Grey, 7th Baron Walsingham and the former Elizabeth Henrietta

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. Among his siblings were Hon. Elizabeth Helen de Grey (wife of Maj. Henry Wynter Blathwayt), Hon. Margaret Henrietta de Grey (wife of Bethel Godefroy Bouwens and Cyril Fabian Ratcliff Johnston), Hon. Alice Mary de Grey (wife of Philip Wade), and Hon. Richard Patrick de Grey (husband of Cynthia Estelle Myring and Dorothy Knight). His paternal grandparents were

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and the former Hon. Emily Elizabeth Julia Thellusson (a daughter and coheiress of John Thellusson, 2nd Baron Rendlesham). His maternal grandfather, Patrick Grant, a Scottish merchant with the

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, was a son of James Grant, 11th of Glenmoriston.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 4065. He was educated at

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before attending the

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Career

Walsingham fought in the

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, where he was wounded three times and was mentioned in dispatches four times. He was awarded the

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in 1915. He gained the rank of

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in the

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. He was appointed Officer of the

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and was appointed Officer of the

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and, later, served in

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. Upon the death of his father on 21 March 1929, he succeeded as the 8th Baron Walsingham, of Walsingham, Norfolk and the following year became a

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for Norfolk in 1930 and was made Deputy Lieutenant of Norfolk in 1959.

Personal life

On 29 April 1919, Grey was married to Hyacinth Lambart Bouwens, a daughter of Lt.-Col. Lambart Henry Bouwens. Together, they were the parents of: * Hon. Lavender Hyacinth de Grey (1923–2010), who married Col. William d'Arcy Garnier, a son of Brigadier Alan Parry Garnier, in 1946. *

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(b. 1925), a Lt.-Col. who married Wendy Elizabeth Hoare, a daughter of Edward Sidney Hoare, in 1963. * Hon. Margaret Isolda de Grey (b. 1926), who married the

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, Maj.

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. * Hon. Katharine Odeyne de Grey (b. 1928), who married

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, son of Rt. Rev.

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, in 1949. He died on 29 November 1965 at age 81.

Descendants

Through his eldest daughter Lavender, he was a grandfather of

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(b. 1952), the former

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who was created a

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as Baron Garnier in 2018.

References

External links

George de Grey, 8th Baron Walsingham
at the

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