Page:The Complete Peerage Ed 1 Vol 4.djvu/107

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page needs to be proofread.

GREY. 109 XXII. 1885. 22. Lady JJertha-Lelgarde Clifton, wife of Augustus Wykeham Clifton, of Warton Hall, co. Lancaster, 2d sister and coheir of the last Lord. She was b. 30 April bap. 6 June 1835, at St. Marylebouc, and was to. 1 1 Dec. 1855, at All Saints', Knightsbridge. Having been declared one of the coheirs of this Barony by the Committee for Privileges, tho abeyance thereof was terminated in her favour by patent 29 Dec. 1S85, and she thereupon became sua jure BARONESS GREY DE RUTHYN. She d. 15 Dec. 18S7, aged 52, at Warton Hall afsd. Her husband/* 1 ) who was b. at Pari.? 2 March 1829, was living 1890. XXIII. 1887. 23. Rawdon George Grey (Clifton), Lord Grey de Ruthyn, 1st s. and h., b. 14 Nov. 1S58, and bap. at Turriff (Episc. Church) in Scotland. Family Estates.— These appear to be under 2,000 acres. 1'rincipnl Residence. Warton Hall, near Lytham, Lancashire. GREY DE SB1RLAND. Henry de Grey, s. ami h. of Reginald, Lord de Grey [Grey do Wilton], sue. his father in 1370 and was sum. to Pari, as a Paron (LORD GLIEY DE SUIRLAND) 1 Dec. (1370), 50 Ed. HI., by writ directed " Hem: Qrty de Shirland:'^) Ha was, however, ever afterwards sum. as LOUD GREY DE WILTON. See that dignity sub the 5th holder thereof. GREY OF WERKE. Barony. 1. William Grey,(") uf Chillingliam and "Werke, co. I 1G24 Northumberland, s. and h. of Ralph G. of the same, by Isabel, da. and ""^ ' h. of Sir Thomas Grey, of Horton, in that county, was a; a Baronet as "of Chillingham" 15 June 1019, and was 11 Feb. 1623/4, cr. BARON GREY OF WERKE,( d ) eo. Northumberland. He was a supporter of the Pari, against the King and was chosen by them as Speaker of the Hou&e of Lords at Wcstm. in 1643 as also in 1615 as one of the Commissioners of the Great Seal, being 13 Feb. 1049, elected a member of the Council of State, but refusing to subscribe the engagement to qualify himself for that office. He m. in or before 1627, Cecilia/ 0 ) [or Priscilla], da. and coheir of Sir John Wentwoutii, of Gosfield, co. Essex, by Catharine, da. of Bir Mbyte Finch, Part. She was bar. at Epping, co. Esses, 1 Feb. 1667/3. He was bur. there 7 Aug. 1674. Will dat. 4 Jan. 16GS/9, to 23 May 1674, pr. 11 Aug. 1671. favour the abeyance of the Baronies of Botreux, Hungerford, de Moleyns, and Hastings de Hastings was, in 1871, terminated (2) Bertha Lelgarde, in whose favour the Barony of (Jvey de Ruthyn was, in 1885, tenuinated (3) Victoria Mary Louisa, b. 18 July 1837, m. SI Oct. 1859, John-Forbes-Stratford Kirwan.nnd d, 30 March 1888, leaving issue (4) Frances Augusta Constance, b. 16 March 1S44 (posthumous) and m. 30 July 1863, Charles (Marsham), Earl of Romney (5) Barbara (only child of Sir H. R. Yelverton), b. 12 Jan. 1849, m. 23 Sep. 1872, John (Yarde-Buller), 2d Baron Churston. ( a ) He was yst. br. of the 1st Paron Douington who was husband of the suo jure Couutess of Loudoun [S.] the eldest sister of the Baroness Bertha, one being the 3d and the other the 5th son of Thomas Clifton, of Clifton and Lytham, co. Lancaster, by Hetty, da. of Peregrine Treves, Postmaster Gen. of Calcutta. ( b ) Shirland, co. Derby, was part of the property of this family. (°) See p. 99, note " a," sub " Grey de Powis," for some notice of this branch of the house of Grey. ( d ) " Gn.Y of VVarke " is the spelling as given in " Creations, 1483 — 1646 " in ap. 47th Rep. D.K.P. Records. («) In the baptisms of her children at Isleworth from 29 Oct. 1629, to 7 Feb. 1633, Bhe is called " Priscilla." In the Wentworth pedigrees she appears as " Cecilia."