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 KENT. 357 her father's request, was a few weeks after her marriage cr. 7 May 1663, BARONESS LUCAS OF CRUDWELL, co. Wilts, with rem. of that dignity to her issue male by her said husband failing which with a spec, rem. to such issue female without division. He d. suddenly on the Bowling Green, Tollbridge, 19 Aug. 1702, aged 57. (") Will pr. Sep. 1702. His widow (/. (three months later) 1 Nov. 1702/'') both beinir bur. at Flitton. MX Admon. 12 Dec. 1702. XXIII. 1702. 1 ami 13. Henry (Grey), Earl of Kent, Baron Marquessate LuCAS 0F Crddwell - °»!y a- and h., hap. 2S Sep. 1671, at H ' Flitton, styled Loan Gkby and sometimes (improperly) Lord I. 170G. RuTHTNf) till he sue. to the Earldom of Kent, 19 Aug. 1702. By _. ., the death of his mother, 1 Nov. following, he sue. to the Barony .Dukedom. of Lu ,. as of Cntdwdl ; P.O., 1701 ; Lord Chamberlain of the I. 1710 Household, 1704-10 ; cr. LL.D. of Cambridge, 16 June 1705; l ' Lord Lieut, of Herefordshire, 1705-14. He was cr., 14 Nov. 17 n 1706, VISCOUNT GODERIOH, of eo. Hereford, EARL OF HAROLD, co. Bedford, and MARQUESS OF KENT, being, about three years later, cr. 23 April 1710. DUKE OF KENT. He was Lord Lieut, of Bedfordshire. 1711 ; el K.Gr. 25 Oct 1712, and iust. 4 Aug. 1713 ; was one of the Lord Justices (RSSBNTS) of the Realm (on the demise of Queen Anne) 1 Aug. to 13 Sep. 1714( d ) ; P.C. and Lord of the Bedchamber, 1714 : Lord Steward of the Household, 1716-19; Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, 1719-20; one of the Lord Justices (Regents) of the Realm, May to Nov. 1719 ; Bearer of St. Edward's Staff at the Coronation of George II., 7 Aug. 1739. Having no surviving male issue he was cr. 19 May 1740, MARQUESS GREY, with a spec. rem. of that dignity, failing heirs male of his body, to his graudaughter, Jemima Campbell, spinster, and the heirs male of her body. He m. firstly, 26 March 1695 (Lie. Fac), Jemima, da. and coheir of Thomas (Crew), 2d Baron Crew of Stene, by his second wife, Anne, da. and coheir of Sir William Airmyn, 2d Bart. She (by whom he had 4 sons and 7 daughters) d. 27 July 1728. He »i. secondly, 24 March 172S/9, Sophia, da. of William (Bentinck), 1st Earl ok Portland, by his second wife, Jane, da. of Sir John Temtle. He d. s.p.m.s. (a few weeks after he had obtained the Marquessate for his grandchild) 5 June 1740, aged 68, (°) when the Dukedom of Kent [1710], the Marquessate of Kent [1706], the Earldom of Kent [1465J, the Earldom of Il-.irold [1710], and the Viscountcy of Goderich [1710], became extinct, while the Marquessate of Grey [1740], and the Barony of Lucas of Crwltccll [1663] devolved on his graudaughter and coheir abovenamed, according to the spec. rem. in their respective creations. See "Grey" Marquessate, cr. 1710; ex. 1797. His will pr. 1740. His widow d. at her mother's house, June 1743. Will pr. 1748. [Anthony Grey, styled Earl of Harold [1706-23] first s. and h. ap. by first wife ; 6. 21 Feb., and bap. 2 March 1695/6, at Flitton, aforesaid. He was by writ, 8 Nov. 1718, sum. v.p. to the House of Lords in his father's Barony as LORD LUCAS OF CRUDWELL ; Lord of the Bedchamber, 1720-23. He jh. 17 Feb. 1718, Mary, 4th da. and coheir of Thomas (Tdftdn), 6th Earl of Thajset. He rf. s.p. and v.p. 21 July 1723( f ). Admon. 27 Aug. 1723. His widow, who was 6. ( a ) Little Beems known of him during the more than half a century in which he enjoyed the peerage but according to Jacob's peerage (1776, vol. i, p. 443), "this nobleman was an ornament to the Court and an honour to his country, remarkable for displaying throughout life an uniformity of virtuous conduct." 00 She is frequently said to have died in 1700 before her husband but see Luttrell's diary for Nov. 1702, her mon. inscr., as also her admon. describing her as " widow," &c. ( c ) See p. 356, note "b." (•') See vol. iii, p. 116, note ''b," sub. "Devonshire " for a list of these. (°) Macky in his " Characters " [1707] says of him, "was much esteemed when Lord Ruthen ; was always very moderate ; has good sense and a good estate which, with his quality, must make him always bear a considerable figure in the nation ; he is a haudsome man, not above 40 years old." To which Dean Swift adds, "he seems a good natured man but of very little consequence." (0 He is said to have been choked with a car of bailey, which he had inadvertently put into his mouth.