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George Grey
6th Earl of Stamford
In office
1819–1845
Succeeded byGeorge Grey
2nd Earl of Warrington
In office
1819–1845
Succeeded byGeorge Grey
Member of the British Parliament
for Aldeburgh
In office
1790–1796
Member of the British Parliament
for St Germans
In office
1796–1802
Personal details
SpouseHenrietta Charteris
Children5, including George Harry
Parents
Grey arms
Enville Hall, Staffordshire

George Harry Booth-Grey, 6th Earl of Stamford and 2nd Earl of Warrington (31 October 1765 – 26 April 1845), styled Lord Grey from 1768 to 1819, was a British peer and parliamentarian.

Biography

Booth-Grey was the eldest son of George Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford and his wife, Henrietta Cavendish Bentinck.

He was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] From 1790 to 1796, he was the Whig Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh. He contested both Grampound and St Germans, losing the former but representing the latter from 1796 to 1802.

In 1819 he succeeded his father as Earl of Stamford and Warrington, inheriting the family estates at Enville, Staffordshire, Bradgate Park in Leicestershire, Dunham Massey in Cheshire and Stalybridge in Lancashire. He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire in 1819, and in 1827, succeeded George Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley as Vice-Admiral and Chamberlain of the county.

On 23 December 1797, Grey married Henrietta Charlotte Elizabeth Charteris, sister of Francis Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss.

They lived at Enville Hall, the family seat, and had five children:[2]

On Stamford's death at Enville Hall in 1845, his senior titles devolved upon his grandson, George Grey who succeeded as the 7th and 3rd Earl, since his father who was summoned as the 8th Baron Grey of Groby in 1832 had predeceased him in 1835.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Grey, George Harry, Lord Grey of Groby (GRY784GH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ Debrett, John (1840). Debrett's Peerage. p. 287. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

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Parliament of Great Britain Preceded byPhilip CrespignySamuel Salt Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh 1790–1796 With: Thomas Grenville Succeeded byJohn AubreyMichael Angelo Taylor Preceded byGeorge Campbell, Marquess of LorneWilliam Eliot Member of Parliament for St Germans 1796–1801 With: William Eliot Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament of Great Britain Member of Parliament for St Germans 1801–1802 With: William Eliot Succeeded byThomas Hamilton, Lord BinningJames Langham Honorary titles Preceded byGeorge Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire 1819–1845 Succeeded byRichard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster Preceded byGeorge Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley Vice-Admiral and Chamberlain of Cheshire 1827–1845 VacantTitle next held byBertram Talbot, 17th Earl of Shrewsbury Peerage of England Preceded byGeorge Grey Earl of Stamford 1819–1845 Succeeded byGeorge Grey Baron Grey of Groby(writ in acceleration) 1819–1833 Succeeded byGeorge Grey Peerage of Great Britain Preceded byGeorge Grey Earl of Warrington 1819–1845 Succeeded byGeorge Grey
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