George Harry Grey, 8th Baron Grey of Groby (5 April 1802 – 24 October 1835), was a British peer.

Biography

Grey was the son of

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, by the Honourable Henrietta Charlotte Elizabeth Charteris, daughter of

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through a

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in his father's junior title of

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. Lord Grey married his first cousin Lady Katherine Charteris Wemyss, daughter of

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, in 1824. He died in October 1835, aged 33, predeceasing his father. As he died before his father he is held to have become the 8th Baron Grey. His son

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succeeded in the earldom in 1845. Lady Grey died in January 1844, aged 42.

References

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