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 DE GREY 117 II. 1833. 2. Thomas Philip (Weddell, formerly Rorinson, afterwards de Grey), Earl de Grey of Wrest, Baron Lucas of Crudwell, and Baron Grantham, nephew and h., being s. and h. of Thomas (Robinson), 2nd Baron Grantham, by Mary Jemima (who d. 7 Jan. 1830), 2nd da. and coh. of Jemima, suo jure Marchioness CJrey abovenamed, and thus succeeding to the Earldom o De Grey under the spec, rem. in its creation. He was b. 8 Dec. 1781, at Whitehall; sue. his father, as Baron Grantham, and to the estate of Topcliffe, co. York, 20 July 1786; sue. his cousin. Sir Norton Robinson, 5th Bart., 3 i Jan. 1 792, in the Baronetcy of Robinson of Newby, cr. 1690; ed. at St. John's Coll. Cambridge, M.A., I 801; took the name of JVeddell in lieu of his patronymic, Robinson., by royal lie. 7 May 1803, and subsequently, 23 June 1833 (soon after his becoming Earl de Grey), the name of de Grey in lieu of that of Weddell F.S.A. 13 Nov. 1806; Lord Lieut, of Bedfordshire, 1818-59. Yeomanry A.D.C. to King William IV 1831-37, and to Queen Victoria 1837-59. ^^) being a Conservative,^') was First Lord of the Admiralty in the Peel ministry, Dec. 1 834 to Apr. 1835; Pres. of the Soc. of Architects 1834-59; P.C. 29 Dec. 1834; Lord Lieut, of Ireland, 1841-44; F.R.S. 29 Apr. I 841; K.G., 12 Dec. 1844. He ;;/., 20 July 1805, at the Earl ot Carhampton's, Cobham, Surrey, Henrietta Frances, C") 5th and yst. da. of William Willoughby (Cole), ist Earl of Ennisk.illen [I.], by Anne, da. of Galbraith Lowrv-Corry. She, who was b.1^ June 1 784, d. at 4 St. James's Sq.,Midx.,2 July 1848, aged 64. He (/.there 14 Nov. 18 59, in his 78th year, s.p.m.s.,(^) when the Barony of Lucas of Crudwell devolved on his ist da. and coh., the Dowager Countess Cowper, but the rest of his honours devolved as under. ('^) III. 1859. 3. George Frederick. Samuel (Robinson), Earl de Grey of Wrest [18 16], Earl of Ripon [1833], Viscount Goderich of Nocton [1827] and Baron Grantham [1761], nephew and h. male, being s. and h. of Frederick John, ist Earl of Ripon and Viscount Goderich of Nocton, yst. and only br. of Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey of Wrest, &c., abovenamed. On 23 June 1871, he was cr. MARQUESS OF RIPON; see that dignity. (") In early life he steadily supported Catholic emancipation, and voted with the Whigs in 1820 against the (Queen Caroline) Pains and Penalties Bill. He voted for the Repeal of the Corn Laws in i 846, but his name is not found in any important party divisions thereafter. In his later years he is described as a Liberal-Conservative. V.G. C') "Very affectionate, and . . . cultivates with care and waters with tears every sorrow that blows . . . The men treat her with the sort of homage one hears was shown to Lady Coventry in former times. The admiration she excites is quite curious." (Letter of Harriett, Countess Granville). V.G. C^) On 6 Feb. 1831, his then only surv. s., Frederick William, d. at Hastings, aged 20. {^) " A nobleman of great wealth and fine temper, with some perceptions ot heart, but perhaps a little too much of the beau sahreur." (Lord Houghton, letter, 7 Sep. 1841). V.G.