ried, first, at Lisbon, on May 8th, 1780, Diana, daughter of Walker Grosett, Esq. a Merchant of that city; and by her, who died July 24th, 1784, had issue, 1. Robert, late of Trinity College, Cambridge, distinguished for his literary and poetical talents. 2. George, a cadet in the East India Company's service, died in India, August 23d, 1807. He married, secondly, May 10th, 1785, Sophia, eldest daughter of Richard Stert, Esq. also a Merchant of the same place, and by her had eight sons, Richard, Henry, William, Edward, Francis, Arthur, John, and Horatio.

HORATIO, eldest son, SECOND LORD WALPOLE, FIRST EARL OF ORFORD, of the new creation, at the general election, in 1747, was returned one of the burgesses for Lynn-Regis, in Norfolk, to the tenth parliament of Great Britain; as he was likewise to the next, which met on May 31st, 1754.

On the death of Horace, the last Earl of Orford, 1797, he succeeded to the BARONY OF WALPOLE, OF WALPOLE, and on April 1st, 1800, was created EARL OF ORFORD.

He died February 24th, 1809, æt. 86.

On May 12th, 1748, his Lordship married Lady Rachel Cavendish, third and youngest daughter of William, third Duke of Devonshire; and by her Ladyship, who died May 1805, had issue 1. Horatio, present Peer.

2. William, who died on December 15th, 1764, in the ninth year of his age.

3. George, a General in the Army, born June 20th, 1758, M.P. for Derby, 1796, and for Dungarvan, 1806. In 1792, he obtained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel; and 1794, commanded the 13th Dragoons. In 1795, he served in Jamaica, and took an active part in the Maroon war.

4. Robert, who died young.

And also two daughters; Catharine, born June 4th, 1750; and Mary, October 22d, 1754; married, August 4th, 1777, to Captain Thomas Hussey, then of the Foot-guards.

He was succeeded by his eldest son,

HORATIO, SECOND EARL OF ORFORD, of the new creation, whe was born June 24th, 1752. He was elected M. P. for Wigan, 1780; and sat for King's Lynn from 1784, till his accession to the Peerage. In 1783, he was appointed Secretary and Register to the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, which vacated his seat for Wigan; but for which he was re-elected.

His Lordship married, first, July 7th, 1781, Sophia, daughter of Charles Churchill, Esq. by Maria, daughter of Sir Robert Wal

pole, K. G. afterwards Earl of Orford, by whom (who died November 11th, 1797), he had issue,

1. Horatio.

2. William, a Captain in the Royal Navy.

3. Frederick, since deceased.

4. John, an Ensign in the Coldstream regiment of Foot-guards.

5. Sophia, deceased.

6. Charlotte..

7. Maria.

8. Harriet.

9. Anne, deceased.

10. Georgiana. 11. Sophia-Anne. And, 12. Catharine. He married, secondly, in July 1806, the widow of the Rev. Edward Chamberlayne, who died without issue, May 18th, 1807.

Titles. Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, Lord Walpole, of Walpole, and Lord Walpole, of Wolterton.

Creations. Lord Walpole, of Walpole, June 10th, 1723; Lord Walpole, of Wolterton, in the county of Norfolk, June 1st, 1756, 29 George II.; Earl of Orford, April 1st, 1806.

Arms. Or, on a fess, between two chevrons, Sable, three cross-crosslets, of the first.

Crests. On a wreath, the bust of a man side-faced, couped, proper, ducally crowned Or, with a long cap on, turning forwards, Gules, and thereon a Catharine-wheel, Or.

Supporters. On the dexter side, an antelope Argent, attired proper, unguled Or, and gorged with a collar, checked Or and Azure, with a golden chain affixed thereto, passing through his fore-legs, and reflexed over his back; on the sinister, an hart, Argent, attired proper, unguled and gorged with like collar and chain.

Motto. FARI QUE SENTIAT.

Chief Seat. Wolterton, Norfolk,

THAT this family of GREY has been ancient in Northumberland, and famous for divers military exploits, is evident from many authorities; and that they first attained the Peerage in the reign of King Edward IV.a

In King Edward the Second's time, THOMAS DE GREY, being Governor of the castles of Couper and Fife, in Scotland, came into that realm shortly after his coronation. And with xxvi men broked through those forces, which Gualter de Buckerton had laid to entrap him.

Other particulars, no less memorable, were these; viz. that at the siege of Stryvelin, upon the rescue of Henry, Lord Beaumont, of whose retinue he then was, he received a dangerous wound under his eyes. Likewise, that he was afterwards taken prisoner' by Thomas Randolph, Earl of Murray; and Governor of Norham, where he was twice besieged by the Scots; once for near six months, the other for full seven. Likewise, that he

a It is observable, that the Grays of Scotland carry the same armorial bearings with these Greys of the North of England, which may be seen in their churches, tombstones, and other monuments of antiquity; and Douglas, in his Peerage of Seotland, observes, that " as Northumberland formerly Lelonged to Scotland, it is the general opinion, that Lord Grey, of Chillingham, of that county (whose predecessor came over with the Conqueror), gave the lands of Browfield or Broxmouth, in the county of Roxburgh, adjoining to it, to a younger son of his family, of whom all the Grays in Scotland are said to be descended. Sir Hugh de Gray, a man of considerable rank and figure in the reign of King Alexander II. 1214, was then proprietor of the lands of Broxmouth. His descendant, Sir Andrew Gray, was summoned as a lord of parliament, in 1437. Lel. Col. I. 783. e Ibid. 779. f Ibid. 786.

e Ibid. g Ibid. 788.

d Ibid.

Ibid. 790.

i Ibid. 813.

slew one Crymes, a Scotish Admiral, who had been a great rob

ber at sea.

Moreover, that in 19 Edward III. he had a charter of free warren throughout all his lordships of Fenton, Nosbytte, Dodinton, North-Middleton, South-Middleton, Howyke, Eworth, Heddon, and Haakill, in that county; and that he routed the Earls of March and Sutherland, upon their invasion of the North, whilst King Edward III. was at the siege of Tournay.

Another THOMAS there was, who, in 2 Henry V. being in that conspiracy" with Henry, Lord Scrope, on the behalf of the French, suffered death for the same."

Sir JOHN GREY, of Berwick, co. Northumb. Knt. living 1372, was father of

Sir THOMAS Grey, of Berwick and Chillingham. co. Northumb. who dying 1402, left issue by Jane, daughter of John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk,

1. Sir John.

2. Sir Thomas Gray, of Wark, of whom hereafter, as ancestor to the present Peer.

3. William Grey, Dean of York, and Bishop of London, 1426; translated to Lincoln in 1431.

4. Sir Henry Grey, of Ketteringham; co. Norf. married Emma, daughter of William Appleyard, and was father of Sir Henry Grey, Knt. and of Eleanor, wife of Harrington.

3. Matilda, wife of Sir Robert Ogle, Knt.P

Sir JOHN Grey, of Heaton, co. Northumb. Knt. eldest son, styled Earl of Tankerville, in Normandy.

1 Cart. 19 Edward III. n. 16.

* Lel. Coll. I. 789.

in Lel. Coll. I. 803.

Lel. Coll. I. 701.

л Ypod. Neustr. de eod. ann. p. 193. n. 10.
• See Johnes's Monstrelet, II. 70.

P This Sir Robert Ogle died 15 Henry VI. leaving Robert, FIRST LORD OGLE, his heir, who, by Isabel, daughter and heir of Alexander de Kirkby, left Owen, his son, SECOND LORD OGLE; who, by Eleanor, daughter of Sir William Hilton, left Ralph, his son, THIRD LORD OGLE; who, by Margaret, daughter of Sir William Gascoigne, left Ralph, FOURTH LORD OGLE; who, by Anne, daughter of Thomas, son and heir of George, Lord Lumley, left Robert, FIFTH LORD OGLE; who married, first, Dorothy, daughter of Henry Widdrington, by whom he had Robert; and, secondly, Jane, daughter of Sir Cuthbert Radcliffe, of Cartington, by whom he had Cuthbert. Robert succeeded as SIXTH Lord Ogle, and dying 4 Eliz. S. P. was succeeded by his half-brother, Cuthbert, SEVENTH LORD OGLE, who dying 39 Eliz, left by Catherine, daughter and coheir of Sir Reginald Carnaby, Catherine, his coheir, wife of Sir Charles Cavendish, mother by him, of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle.

This Sir John Grey, being a man of great action in his time, was in 2 Henry V. with that King at his siege of Caen, in Normandy; and in 4 Henry V. retained by indenture," to serve him in his wars of France, with forty men at arms, whereof himself and one other Knight to be part of the number; the rest Esquires, and cxx archers; having for himself and the other Knight, 4s. per diem; and for the Esquires, 12d.; being then styled Sir John Grey, of Heton, Knight. And behaved himself so valiantly in that service, that as a reward for the same, he bad the next ensuing year, a grant from the King of the castle and lordship of Tilye, in Normandy, to hold to himself and the heirs male of his body; which castle and lordship did belong to Sir Philip Harcourt, Knt. then an adherent to the King's enemies. Moreover, in 5 Henry V. upon the taking of Sir John Oldcastle, the chief of the Lollards, who was found in Powisland, he was sent with a guard to fetch him up to the parliament.

In 6 Henry V. he was Captain of Maunt; and in further consideration of his services, had a grant, bearing date at Rouen, 31 January, of the Earldom of Tankervile, in Normandy, with all the appurtenances, as well those which William de Melhun, late Earl of Tankerville, as James de Harecourt, had with Margaret his wife, daughter of that Earl, in marriage, excepting the land and barony of Warengebec, in Costentin; to hold to him, the said John, and the heirs male of his body, by homage, and the delivering of a basinet (or helmet), at the castle of Rouen, on the feast day of St. George, yearly.

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In 7 Henry V. he was again in the wars of France; and the same year made Governor of Harfleur. And in 8 Henry V. in further recompense for his many and great services, had a granty of the lands and lordships of Chantelau, Criences, and Dappily, with their appurtenances, lying in the Duchy of Normandy; which were part of the possessions of Sir John Harpeden, Knight, whereof he had been dispossessed by the King's enemies, and recovered by the valour of this John. Which grant was likewise to him, and the heirs male of his body.

In this year he was also made Governor of the castle of

9 Ypod. Neustr. in eod. ann. p. 202.

Ex ipso autog. penes Cler. Pell.

s Rot. Norm. 6 Henry V. p. 2. m. 41. n. 78.

t Rot. Vascon. 7 Henry V. m. z.

Rot. Norm. 7 Henry V. p. 2. m. 20.

* Pat. Nor. 8 Henry V. p. 2. m. 17.

y Ibid.