Thomas de Grey, 4th Baron Walsingham
The Ven Thomas de Grey (Baron Walsingham after 1831), MA (b Chelsea 10 April 1778 – d Merton, Norfolk 8 September 1839) was Archdeacon of Winchester from 1807 until 1814; and then of Surrey from 1814 until his death.[1]
The 2nd son of Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham,[2] he was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge.[3] He held livings at Aston Abbotts, Merton, Bishopstoke, Fawley, Weeke and Calbourne.
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He succeeded his brother George de Grey, 3rd Baron Walsingham in 1831 when the latter was killed with his wife as the result of a house fire at his London Home, inheriting the barony and the family seat in Merton, Norfolk.
He died in 1839 and was buried at Merton, Norfolk. He had married in 1802 Elizabeth North, the daughter of Rt Rev Hon Brownlow North DD, Bishop of Winchester. They had six sons and three daughters. He was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas de Grey, 5th Baron Walsingham.
Notes
- ↑ ' Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool, England), Friday, September 20, 1839; Issue 1480
- ↑ thePeerage.com
- ↑ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. ii p271 1944
| Church of England titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Matthew Woodford |
Archdeacon of Winchester 1807–1814 |
Succeeded by Augustus George Legge |
| Preceded by John Carver |
Archdeacon of Surrey 1814–1839 |
Succeeded by Samuel Wilberforce |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by George de Grey, 3rd Baron Walsingham |
Baron Walsingham 1831–1839 |
Succeeded by Thomas de Grey, 5th Baron Walsingham |