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14th, 15th, and 16th centuries

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Sir John de Grey Sir John de Grey (died 1266) was an English soldier and high sheriff. John was the second son of Henry de Grey of Grays Thurrock in Essex. He served as High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire in 1238–39 and of High Sheriff of Herefords ...
(died 1266), English soldier and high sheriff. *Sir
John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield, KG (9 October 1300 – September 1359) was an English soldier and courtier. John was the son and heir of Sir John de Grey of Rotherfield, by Margaret, daughter of William de Odingsells. John de Grey ...
(c.1300–1359), founding member and 14th Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1348 * John de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Rotherfield (1320–1375), 2nd
Baron Grey of Rotherfield The title of Baron Grey de Rotherfield was created once in the Peerage of England. On 25 August 1338 Sir John de Grey was summoned to parliament. He was invested as Knight of the Order of the Garter ten years later. On the death of the fourth baro ...
* John Grey (MP for Bedford), MP for
Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst ...
1406 * John Grey (Devon MP) (died 1413), MP for Totnes, Exeter and Barnstaple *
John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville ''jure uxoris'' 6th Lord of Powys (after 1384 – 22 March 1421), KG, was an English peer who served with distinction in the Hundred Years' War between England and France under King Henry V. Origins John Grey w ...
(1384–1421), 1st Earl of Tankerville *
John Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Wilton John Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton (died 28 October 1323) was an English nobleman and administrator. He was the son of Reginald de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton and his wife Maud de Verdun (or Maud daughter and heir of William Baron FitzHugh). ...
(died 1323), English peer and Parliamentarian *
John Grey, 8th Baron Grey de Wilton 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 ...
(died 1498), 8th Baron Grey de Wilton *
John Grey (knight) Sir John Grey Knight of the Garter, KG (c. 1387 – 27 August 1439), English nobleman and soldier, of Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales, Badmondisfield (in Wickhambrook), Suffolk, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, etc., second but eldest surviving s ...
(c. 1387–1439), English soldier of the Hundred Years' War *
John Grey of Groby Sir John Grey, of Groby, Leicestershire (c. 1432Douglas Richardson. ''Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families,'' 2nd Edition, 2011. pg 161-164. – 17 February 1461) was a Lancastrian knight, the first husband of Elizabet ...
(c. 1432–1461), first husband of Queen Elizabeth Woodville *
John Grey, 2nd Viscount Lisle John Grey, 2nd Viscount Lisle (April 1480 – 9 September 1504) was a British peer of the Tudor period. Upon his death the title Viscount Lisle became extinct, but the Barony of Lisle passed to his unborn daughter Elizabeth, his only child ...
(1480–1504), British peer *
Lord John Grey (Tudor nobleman) Lord John Grey (1523/24 – 19 November 1564) was an Kingdom of England, English nobleman and courtier of the Tudor period, who after 1559 was Family seat, seated at Pyrgo Park, Pirgo Place in Essex. Lord John was at one stage sentenced to death ...
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John Grey (died 1594) There is the homophone name John Gray. John Grey may refer to: People 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries *Sir John de Grey (died 1266), English soldier and high sheriff. *Sir John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield (c.1300–1359), founding me ...
, MP for
Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...


18th, 19th, and 20th centuries

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John Grey (Staffordshire MP) Hon. John Grey (died 1709), of Enville Hall, Staffordshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1660 and 1698. Grey was the third son of Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford and Lady Anne Cecil, young ...
(died 1709), Staffordshire politician *
John Grey (British Army officer, died 1760) Major-General John Grey (died 10 March 1760) was an officer of the British Army. Background Entering the Army on 17 February 1710 as an ensign (rank), ensign Grey served in the King's Regiment of Foot.''British Army List, A List of the Colonels, ...
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John Grey (MP for Bridgnorth) John Grey (''c.'' 1724 – 25 February 1777) was a British politician, the younger son of Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford. He was the Clerk of the Green Cloth from 1754 until his death, and at the 1754 general election he was elected unopposed ' ...
(c. 1724–1777), British politician and Clerk of the Green Cloth * John Grey (British Army officer, died 1856), former Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Army * John Grey (land agent) (1785–1868), English land agent and agriculturist *John Grey (1815–1875), accepted alternate spelling of
John Gray (Irish politician) Sir John Gray JP (13 July 1815 – 9 April 1875), sometimes spelt John Grey, was an Irish physician, surgeon, newspaper proprietor, journalist and politician. Gray was active both in municipal and national government for much of his life, and h ...
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John Grey (screenwriter) John Grey (1885−1964) was an American screenwriter. Selected filmography * '' That's My Meat'' (1931) * ''Chinatown Charlie'' (1928) * ''Speedy'' (1928) * '' The Freshman'' (1925) * ''Crack o' Dawn'' (1925) * '' Super Speed'' (1925) * ''A ...
(1873–1933), American screenwriter *
John Grey (Australian general) Lieutenant General John Cedric Grey AC (born 31 January 1939) was a senior officer in the Australian Army who served as Chief of the General Staff from 1992 to 1995. He was Chancellor of James Cook University from 1999 to 2016. Early life Grey ...
(born 1939), Lieutenant General, Chief of Army (Australia) 1992–1995 *
Johnny Grey Johnny Grey (born 1951) is a British designer, author and educator specializing in kitchens. He has been prominent in kitchen design since the 1980s, aiming to make kitchens the sociable heart of the home. He runs Johnny Grey Studios which has d ...
(born 1951), British designer of kitchens *John Grey, singer on
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Characters

* Mr John Grey, a character in Anthony Trollope's mid-1860s novel ''
Can You Forgive Her ''Can You Forgive Her?'' is a novel by Anthony Trollope, first published in serial form in 1864 and 1865. It is the first of six novels in the Palliser series, also known as the Parliamentary Novels. The novel follows three parallel stories o ...
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Dr. John Grey (comics) Gaea Gaea is one of the Elder Gods of Earth. Gaia Gaia, also known as the Guardian of the Universal Amalgamator, is a fictional superhero, depicted as possibly being a mutant or extraterrestrial. Created by Larry Hama, she first appeared in ' ...
, a character in ''X-Men'', father of superhero Jean Grey * Lord John Grey (character), a character from Diana Gabaldon's ''Outlander'' series


Other

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John Grey & Sons John Grey & Sons (London) Limited, a subsidiary company of Barnett, Samuel & Sons, was established in Westminster in 1832. The company became well known for the manufacture of fine banjos, guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument t ...
, a manufacturer of musical instruments *''John Grey'', a barque wrecked in
Mount's Bay Mount's Bay ( kw, Baya an Garrek) is a large, sweeping bay on the English Channel coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom, stretching from the Lizard Point to Gwennap Head. In the north of the bay, near Marazion, is St Michael's Mount; the origin o ...
in 1867 *"Johnny Grey", a song by Eiffel 65 from their album '' Contact!''


See also

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John Gray (disambiguation) John Gray may refer to: Politics and government * John Gray (North Carolina politician), American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1777 * John C. Gray (1783–1823), United States representative from Virginia *John Gra ...
* Jonathan Gray (disambiguation) * {{hndis, name = Grey, John