Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey and Countess of Hardwicke (; 9 October 1723 – 10 January 1797), was a
British peeress.
Life and family
She was a daughter of
John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland
John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland Order of the Bath, KB (10 March 1696 – 26 January 1782), styled Lord Glenorchy from 1716 until 1752, was a British politician and diplomat who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from ...
, and his first wife, Lady Amabel Grey. Her maternal grandparents were
Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, and his first wife, the Hon.
Jemima Crew.
On 22 May 1740, she married the Hon.
Philip Yorke (later 2nd
Earl of Hardwicke), and they had two daughters:
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Lady Amabel Yorke, 1st Countess de Grey, 5th Baroness Lucas (22 January 1751 –1833),
[''The Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster Vol. IV. 1741-1760''. 16 February 1750.] married Alexander Hume-Campbell,
Lord Polwarth; no issue.
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Lady Mary Jemima Yorke (1757–1830), married
Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham, and had issue.
On 5 June that year, she succeeded as
Marchioness Grey by a special
remainder upon the death of her maternal grandfather, the
Duke of Kent, who held the title. As she had no male heirs, the title of Marchioness became extinct upon her own death in 1797 while her eldest daughter,
Amabel succeeded to the title of 5th
Baroness Lucas. That same daughter was later created
Countess de Grey in her own right.
File:Marchioness Grey coa.png, Coat of arms of the 2nd Marchioness Grey
See also
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Wrest Park
References
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1723 births
1797 deaths
18th-century Scottish nobility
18th-century Scottish women
Hereditary women peers
British marchionesses
British baronesses
Daughters of Scottish earls
Jemima
Jemima
Hardwicke
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Burials at the de Grey Mausoleum (Flitton)
Barons Lucas
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