Thomas de Grey, 5th Baron Walsingham

Thomas de Grey, 5th Baron Walsingham (Chelsea 6 July 1804 – Merton, Norfolk, 31 December 1870), of Merton Hall, Norfolk, was a British peer.[2]

Merton Hall – de Grey family seat in Norfolk

Arms of Grey, Barons Walsingham: Barry of six argent and azure, in chief three annulets gules; crest: A wyvern's head or; supporters: Two wyverns regardant argent collard azure chained or and charged on the breast with three annulets gules; motto: Excitari Non Herescere ("to be spirited not inactive") [1]

Life

He was born the eldest son of the Venerable Thomas de Grey, 4th Baron Walsingham, Archdeacon of Surrey, whom he succeeded in 1839. He studied law at Lincoln's Inn and became a barrister in 1827.[3]

He committed suicide in 1870.

He had married twice. He married firstly in 1842 Augusta Louisa Frankland-Russell, the daughter and coheiress of Sir Robert Frankland-Russell, 7th Baronet, of Thirkleby, Yorkshire, with whom he had a son:

Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham (29 July 1843 - 3 Dec 1919)

He was then remarried in 1847 to the Hon. Emily Elizabeth Julia Thellusson, daughter and coheiress of John Thellusson, 2nd Baron Rendlesham, with whom he had another four sons and four daughters:

  • John Augustus de Grey, 7th Baron Walsingham (21 Mar 1849 - 21 Mar 1929)
  • Hon. Emily Augusta Louisa (18 Mar 1852 - 26 Jan 1912) married the Hon. Alfred Chetwynd-Talbot, son of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury. They had three sons, and two daughters.
  • Hon. Beatrice (16 Nov 1853 - 16 Oct 1927). Like her sister, she too married a son of Lord Shrewsbury, Admiral Hon. Walter Cecil Carpenter on 10 February 1887. They had no children.
  • Hon. Mabel (28 Mar 1855 - 6 Apr 1942). Unmarried.
  • Rev. Hon. Arnald (11 Sep 1856 - 15 Nov 1889) married Margaret Maria Ponsonby, daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Spencer Cecil Ponsonby-Fane. They had two sons, Michael and Lt.-Cdr. Nigel.
  • Hon. Robert Baynard (20 Mar 1858 - 7 Jan 1930). Unmarried.
  • Hon. Elizabeth Odeyne (30 Aug 1860 - 4 Dec 1947) married Rev. Francis Hodgson, son of Sir Arthur Hodgson KCMG. They had one daughter, Avis.

References
  1. Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage. 2000.
  2. thePeerage.com
  3. "Walsingham, Baron (GB, 1780)". The Peerage Research Trust. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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