Reginald Grey, 5th Earl of Kent (before 154117 March 1573) was an English peer.

Biography

He was a son of Henry Grey (1520–1545) and Margaret St John. His paternal grandparents were

Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent (c. 1495 – 24 September 1562) was Earl of Kent from 1524 to his death. He was a son of George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent and his second wife Catherine Herbert. His maternal grandparents were William Herbert, 1st Earl ...

and Anne Blennerhassett. Reginald Grey was educated at

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. He is mentioned in the ''Annales Rerum Gestarum Angliae et Hiberniae Regnate Elizabetha'' by

William Camden William Camden (2 May 1551 – 9 November 1623) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of ''Britannia'', the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and the ''Annal ...

, in the entry for year 1573: "18. Not long after dyed also Reginald Grey Earle of Kent, whom the Queene a yeare before had raised from a private man to the honour of Earle of Kent, after that this title had lyen asleepe the space of fifty yeares from the death of Richard Grey Earle of Kent, who had set his Patrimony flying, and was elder Brother to this mans Grandfather. In this honour succeeded unto him Henry his Brother." This was a reference to the state of the title at this point. His great-uncle

Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent KG (1481 – 3 May 1524) was an English peer. Family He was a son of George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent and his first wife Anne Woodville. His maternal grandparents were Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacq ...

had wound up heavily in debt, probably through

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, and was forced to alienate most of his property. Henry Grey had inherited the claim to the title but little property and lived mostly as a gentleman, a private citizen. Reginald lived the same way until

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restored to him his title and part of his property in 1572. Gray was married to Susan Bertie, daughter of

Catherine Willoughby, 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby Katherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, ''suo jure'' 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby ( Willoughby; 22 March 1519 – 19 September 1580), was an English noblewoman living at the courts of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI and Queen Elizabeth I. ...

. There were no known children from this marriage. His younger brothers

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and

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successively inherited the Kent title.

References

External links

A Grey family pedigree
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kent, Reginald Grey, 5th Earl of 16th-century births 1573 deaths Earls of Kent (1465 creation) 16th-century English nobility

Reginald Reginald is a masculine given name in the English language. Etymology and history The meaning of Reginald is “King". The name is derived from the Latin ''Reginaldus'', which has been influenced by the Latin word ''regina'', meaning "queen". Th ...

Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Barons Grey of Ruthin