Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Mulleneux Grayson, 1st Baronet, (26 June 1865 – 27 October 1951) was an English

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Early life

Grayson was born on 26 June 1865 in

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and was the son of Henry Holdrege Grayson and Elizabeth ( née Mulleneux) Grayson. He was educated at

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and later played

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for Liverpool and District against

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in 1889 and

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in 1890, scoring 66 runs at an

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of 16.50, with a high score of 42. His brother

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was also a first-class cricketer.

Career

He entered the family shipbuilding and ship-repairing firm, H. & C. Grayson Ltd, which had been founded on the

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in 1760 and of which his father was

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. He succeeded his father on the latter's death in 1904 and was also managing director of the Garston

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& Shipbuilding Co Ltd. In 1914 he became a member of the Shipbuilders' Advisory Committee to the

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, and in 1916 was appointed Director of Ship Repairs (Home), a post he held until 1919, with a commission in the Royal Marines. For this work he was appointed

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(CBE) in 1920, and promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) later that year, and created a

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in the

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. In 1918 he was elected to

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member for Birkenhead West and served until 1922 when he was succeeded by

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. He lived on

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, of which he was High Sheriff for 1917. From 1939 to 1945 he was chairman of the Anglesey Joint War Organisation and the North Wales Regional Council and commissioner of the

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for Anglesey.

Personal life

He was twice married. His first marriage was to Dora Beatrice Harrington, daughter of Frederick Harrington, on 16 April 1891. Before their divorce in 1927, they were the parents of twelve children, including:Mosley, Charles, editor
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, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003 * Monica Sheila Harrington Grayson (d. 1958), who married

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and was the mother of

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. * Alisa Margaret Harrington Grayson, who married Lt.-Col.

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and was the mother of

Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell Peter Anthony Grayson Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, (26 June 1919 – 28 June 2006) was an English barrister, Conservative politician and author. He served as Member of Parliament for Epsom for 23 years, from 1955 to 1978, and held the o ...

. * Nancy Doreen Harrington Grayson (1899–1962), who married Louis Clapier Norris Drexel, son of Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr. * Auriol Dora Harrington Grayson, who married Walter Bruce Harvie, son of J. W. Harvie. * Meryl Loraine Harrington Grayson * Angela Decima Harrington Grayson, who married Vincent Luis Dominguez. They divorced in 1946 and she remarried to C. Mathews Dick. * Sir Denys Henry Harrington Grayson, 2nd Baronet (1892–1955), who married Elsie May Jones, daughter of Richard Davies Jones. They divorced in 1927 and he married Sylvia Ironside Keown-Boyd, daughter of Richard Keown-Boyd, in 1927. They divorced in 1937 and he married, thirdly, to Jeannette Glen, daughter of John Evan Glen. He was the father of Sir Ronald Grayson, 3rd Baronet. * Sir Rupert Stanley Harrington Grayson, 4th Baronet (1897–1991), a writer and composer who married Victoria Florence Banks, daughter of Walter Henry Banks, in 1919. He married, secondly, to Vari Colette O'Shea, daughter of Major Henry O'Shea. * Brian Harrington Grayson (1900–1989), who married, firstly, Sofia Buchanan, daughter of George Buchanan. After their 1946 divorce, he remarried to Ruth Anders, daughter of Oscar Louis Anders in 1949. He was the father of Sir Jeremy Grayson, 5th Baronet. * Tristram Hugh Harrington Grayson (1902–1984), who married Barbara Finucane, daughter of Morgan Ignatius Finucane. * Ambrose Desmond Harrington Grayson (b. 1913), a twin who married Lilian Potter, daughter of Gerald Westwood Potter. * Godfrey Ramsay Harrington Grayson (b. 1913), a twin who married Ida Nannestad Hassing, daughter of Sextus Hassing. His second marriage was to Louise Mary Delany, daughter of Richard John Delaney, on 20 December 1927. Grayson died on 27 October 1951.Obituary, ''

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'', 30 November 1940

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grayson, Henry 1865 births 1951 deaths Military personnel from Cheshire People from Birkenhead People educated at Winchester College British shipbuilders Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1918–1922 Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Royal Marines officers Royal Marines personnel of World War I High Sheriffs of Anglesey English cricketers Liverpool and District cricketers