Thomas de Grey, 4th Baron Walsingham (

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10 April 1778 –

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, 8 September 1839) was

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from 1807 until 1814; and then of

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from 1814 until his death. The 2nd son of

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 ...

, he was educated at

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and

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. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900,

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, Merton,

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, Fawley,

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and

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He succeeded his brother

George de Grey, 3rd Baron Walsingham Lieutenant General George de Grey, 3rd Baron Walsingham (11 June 1776 – 26 April 1831) was a British peer and Army officer. Early life George de Grey was born on 11 June 1776, the eldest son of Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham, and his wife ...

, in 1831 when the latter was killed with his wife as the result of a house fire at his London Home, inheriting the barony and the family seat of

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. He died in 1839 and was buried at

. He had married in 1802 Elizabeth North, the daughter of Rt Rev Hon

Brownlow North Brownlow North (17 July 1741 – 12 July 1820) was a bishop of the Church of England. Early life, family and education Brownlow was born on 17 July 1741 in Chelsea, Middlesex, Great Britain, the only son of Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford ...

DD, Bishop of Winchester. They had six sons and three daughters. He was succeeded by his eldest son

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 ...

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1778 births 1839 deaths Clergy from Chelsea, London People educated at Eton College Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Archdeacons of Winchester (ancient) Archdeacons of Surrey Thomas 4 People from Breckland District Burials in Norfolk {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub