Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey
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The Right Honourable The Earl de Grey KG PC FRS |
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The Earl de Grey. Sketch by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1816.
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| First Lord of the Admiralty | |
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In office 22 December 1834 – 8 April 1835 |
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| Monarch | William IV |
| Prime Minister | Sir Robert Peel, Bt |
| Preceded by | The Lord Auckland |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Auckland |
| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
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In office 11 September 1841 – 17 July 1844 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Sir Robert Peel, Bt |
| Preceded by | Viscount Ebrington |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Heytesbury |
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| Born | 8 December 1781 |
| Died | 14 November 1859 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Tory |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Henrietta Cole (d. 1848) |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, 3rd Baron Grantham and 6th Baron Lucas KG PC FRS (8 December 1781 – 14 November 1859), known as The Lord Grantham from 1786 to 1833, was a British Tory politician and statesman of the 19th century. Born Thomas Philip Robinson, his surname was Weddell from 1803 and de Grey from 1833.
De Grey was the eldest son of Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham and his wife, Mary, a daughter of the Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey and younger sister of the Amabel Hume-Campbell, 1st Countess de Grey. Prime Minister Lord Goderich was his younger brother. He succeeded his father as third baron in 1786, and became the sixth baronet Robinson of Newby in 1792. In 1833 he succeeded his aunt as second Earl de Grey according to a special remainder and also inherited the Wrest Park estate in Silsoe, Bedfordshire. In 1798 he was admitted to St John's College, Cambridge, graduating MA in 1801. He became second Earl de Grey and Baron Lucas of Crudwell in 1833.
He was made Privy Counsellor in December 1834 while holding office as First Lord of the Admiralty till April 1835, and a Knight of the Garter in 1844. He was colonel-commandant of the Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of Cavalry for over forty years and was appointed yeomanry aide-de-camp to William IV and held similar position under Queen Victoria. Lord Grantham was nominated as Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire in 1818, an office which he held until his death. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from September 1841 to July 1844. During his time in Ireland he disagreed with Peel's religious conciliation of Ireland, claiming that economic conciliation was a greater priority. He called for more legislation focused on Ireland whilst Peel pursued economic legislation aimed at benefitting the UK as a whole.
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