Thomas Philip (de Grey), 2nd Earl de Grey of Wrest

1781 - 1859  (77 years)

• Name	Thomas Philip (de Grey)  [1]
  Suffix	2nd Earl de Grey of Wrest
  Born	8 Dec. 1781  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   [1]
  	St. John's College, Cambridge
  Hereditary Title	From 20 July 1786 to 14 Nov. 1859  [1]
  	3rd Baron Grantham, of Grantham, co. Lincoln [G.B., 1761]
  Hereditary Title	From 4 May 1833 to 14 Nov. 1859  [1]
  	2nd Earl de Grey of Wrest, co. Bedford [U.K., 1816]
  Hereditary Title	From 4 May 1833 to 14 Nov. 1859  [1]
  	6th Baron Lucas of Crudwell, co. Wilts [E., 1663]
  Died	14 Nov. 1859	4, St. James's Square, St. James's, Middlesex, England   [2]
  Probate	25 Jan. 1860	Principal Registry, London, Middlesex, England   [2]
  	Granted to the Right Honourable Anne Florence Dowager Countess Cowper of Wrest Park in the County of Bedford Widow the Daughter and Henry Vyner of Newby Hall in the County of York Esquire the Executors (Effects under £100,000)
  Person ID	I2811	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	15 Feb. 2022

  
  

  Father	Thomas (Robinson), 2nd Baron Grantham,   b. 30 Nov. 1738, Vienna, Austria ,   d. 20 July 1786, Grantham House, Putney Heath, Surrey, England  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Lady Mary Jemima Yorke,   b. 9 Feb. 1757,   d. 7 Jan. 1830, Whitehall, Westminster, Middlesex, England  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F1391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Henrietta Frances Cole,   d. 2 July 1845
  Children	1. Anne Florence (Weddell), suo jure 7th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell,   b. 8 June 1806,   d. 23 July 1880, 4, St. James's Square, St. James's, Middlesex, England  (Age 74 years)   2. Hon. Frederick William Weddell,   b. 11 April 1810,   d. 6 Feb. 1831  (Age 20 years) + 3. Lady Mary Gertrude Weddell,   d. 11 July 1892, Newby Hall, Skelton, Yorkshire, England
  Last Modified	12 Feb. 2022
  Family ID	F1396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Arms of Robinson, of Newby, co. York (Baron Grantham, Baron Lucas of Crudwell, Viscount Goderich, Earl de Grey, Earl of Ripon, Marquess of Ripon) Vert a chevron between three bucks [standing] at gaze Or. Crest (1st Earl of Ripon): Out of a coronet composed of fleurs-de-lis a buck at gaze Or. Supporters (1st Earl of Ripon): On either side a wivern Or, gorged with a collar barry of three, the middle Argent the others Azure. Motto (1st Earl of Ripon): Foi est tout. Crest (1st Marquess of Ripon): Out of a coronet composed of fleurs-de-lis Or, a mount vert, thereon a stag at gaze of the first. Supporters (1st Marquess of Ripon): On either side a greyhound reguardant Sable. Motto (1st Marquess of Ripon): Qualis ab incepto. Source: Burke's General Armory (London: Harrison, 1884), page 861.

  
  

• Notes

  He assumed the surname de Grey by royal licence dated 23 June 1833. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] BP 2003, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 2, page 2426. [S4] National Probate Calendar, Year 1860, volume D, pages 88–89. "DE GREY Earl The Right Honourable Thomas Philip Weddell. 25 January. The Will of the Right Honourable Thomas Philip Weddell Earl de Grey late of Wrest Park in the County of Bedford K.G. deceased who died 14 November 1859 at 4 St. James'-square in the County of Middlesex was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of the Right Honourable Anne Florence Dowager Countess Cowper of Wrest Park aforesaid Widow the Daughter and Henry Vyner of Newby Hall in the County of York Esquire the Executors. Effects under £100,000."