Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford
| Roger Grey | |
|---|---|
| 11th Lord Grey of Groby, 10th Earl of Stamford | |
| Born | 27 October 1896 |
| Died | 18 August 1976 (aged 79) |
| Noble family | Grey |
| Father | William Grey, 9th Earl of Stamford |
| Mother | Penelope Theobald |
Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (27 October 1896 – 18 August 1976) was an English peer.
He took his seat in the House of Lords on 19 March 1919 but rarely sat in the House.
Born in London on 27 October 1896, he was known from birth by the courtesy title of Lord Grey of Groby. The only son of the 9th Earl of Stamford and his wife, née (Elizabeth Louisa) Penelope Theobald (1865–1959), he was the brother of Lady Jane Grey (1899–1991), who became on marriage Lady Jane Turnbull.
His seat, Dunham Massey Hall, Altrincham, came to the Grey family in 1758 through the marriage in 1736 of Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford to Lady Mary Booth, daughter and sole heiress of George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington.
Having inherited the earldom of Stamford at the age of thirteen, he took over the management of the Dunham Massey estate in 1917, on attaining his majority. In keeping with his father’s outlook, he ran the estate on paternalistic lines, charging his agricultural tenants low rents in the belief that farming was less a business than a way of life.
Educated at Eton College and at New College, Oxford from 1919, he was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Territorial Force Reserve during the First World War. In 1918–1919 he served as honorary attaché at the British legation in Bern. In the 1922 coalition government of David Lloyd George, he was Parliamentary Private Secretary (unpaid) to Viscount Peel, Secretary of State for India.
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