Thomas de Grey, 5th Baron Walsingham (6 July 1804 – 31 December 1870), of

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, was a British peer. Merton Hall (geograph 2418018)

Life

Grey was born in

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, the eldest son of the Venerable Thomas de Grey, Archdeacon of Surrey, a clergyman who in 1831 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 ...

, as the result of a house fire. He studied law at

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and became a

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in 1827. In 1839 he succeeded his father as Lord Walsingham. He married firstly in 1842 Augusta Louisa Frankland-Russell, the daughter and coheiress of Sir Robert Frankland-Russell, 7th Baronet, of Thirkleby, Yorkshire, with whom he had a son,

Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham (29 July 1843 – 3 December 1919), of Merton Hall, Norfolk, was an English politician and amateur entomologist. Biography Walsingham was the son of Thomas de Grey, 5th Baron Walsingham, and Augusta-Louis ...

(29 July 1843 - 3 Dec 1919). After the death of his wife, Walsingham married secondly the Hon. Emily Elizabeth Julia Thellusson, daughter and coheiress of John Thellusson, 2nd Baron Rendlesham, with whom he had another four sons and four daughters: *John Augustus de Grey, 7th Baron Walsingham (21 Mar 1849 - 21 Mar 1929) *Hon. Emily Augusta Louisa (18 Mar 1852 - 26 Jan 1912) married the Hon. Alfred Chetwynd-Talbot, son of

Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, 18th Earl of Waterford, 3rd Earl Talbot, CB, PC (8 November 1803 – 4 June 1868), styled Viscount of Ingestre between 1826 and 1849 and known as The Earl Talbot between 1849 and 1858, was a ...

. They had three sons, and two daughters. *Hon. Beatrice (16 Nov 1853 - 16 Oct 1927). Like her sister, she too married a son of Lord Shrewsbury, Admiral Walter Cecil Carpenter on 10 February 1887. They had no children. *Hon. Mabel (28 Mar 1855 - 6 Apr 1942). Unmarried. *Rev. Hon. Arnald (11 Sep 1856 - 15 Nov 1889) married Margaret Maria Ponsonby, daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Spencer Cecil Ponsonby-Fane. They had two sons, Michael and

Nigel de Grey Nigel de Grey (27 March 1886 – 25 May 1951) was a British codebreaker. Son of the rector of Copdock, Suffolk, and grandson of the 5th Lord Walsingham, he was educated at Eton College and became fluent in French and German. In 1907 he ...

. *Hon. Robert Baynard (20 Mar 1858 - 7 Jan 1930). Unmarried. *Hon. Elizabeth Odeyne (30 Aug 1860 - 4 Dec 1947) married Rev. Francis Hodgson, son of Sir Arthur Hodgson KCMG. They had one daughter, Avis. In 1870 Walsingham committed suicide at

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Arms

The arms of the Lords Walsingham are

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