Baron Grey de Ruthyn
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The title of Baron Grey de Ruthyn (sometimes spelt Ruthin) was created in the Peerage of England
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....

 by writ of summons in 1324 for Roger Grey, a son of John Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton
Baron Grey de Wilton
Baron Grey de Wilton was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 23 June 1295 when Reginald de Grey was summoned to the Model Parliament as Lord Grey de Wilton. This branch of the Grey family of aristocrats was based at the Wilton Castle on the Welsh border in Herefordshire...

. It has been abeyant since 1963. The Ruthyn branch of the Grey family based itself at Ruthin Castle
Ruthin Castle
Ruthin Castle is a medieval castle fortification in Wales, near the town of Ruthin in the Vale of Clwyd. It was constructed during the late 13th century by Dafydd, the brother of Prince Llywelyn II, on a red sandstone ridge overlooking the valley....

 in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

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The Bearers of the Great Golden Spurs, or Saint George's Spurs, the emblems of knighthood and chivalry, perform their service jure sanguinis, dependent upon descent from William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke, heir to his brother, John Marshall, who bore the Spurs at the Coronation of Richard I. in 1189. The Marshalls failed in the male line and the hereditary right descended in the female line through the family of Hastings to the Lords Grey de Ruthyn. The male line failed again and an equal right in the female line descended in 1911 to the Earl of Loudoun (Abney-Hastings) and Lord Grey de Ruthyn (Clifton).

Barons Grey de Ruthyn (1324)

  • Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn
    Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn
    Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn was summoned to parliament in 1324. He saw much service as a soldier.He was the son of John Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Wilton, by his second marriage, to Maud Bassett, a daughter of Ralph Bassett, 1st Baron Bassett...

     (d. 1353)
  • Reginald Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Ruthyn
    Reginald Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Ruthyn
    Reginald Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Ruthyn was the son of Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn and Elizabeth de Hastings. He was summoned to Parliament from 1354 to 1388.-Marriage and children:...

     (1319–1388)
  • Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn
    Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn
    Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn , a powerful Welsh marcher lord, succeeded to the title on his father Reginald's death in July 1388.- Lineage :...

     (1362–1440)
  • Edmund Grey, 4th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 1st Earl of Kent
    Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent
    Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent , English administrator, nobleman and magnate, was the son of Sir John Grey, KG and Constance Holland...

     (1416–1490)
  • George Grey, 5th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 2nd Earl of Kent
    George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent
    George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent was the son of Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent and Lady Katherine Percy. He was the Second Earl of Kent from 1490 to 1505....

     (d. 1503)
  • Richard Grey, 6th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 3rd Earl of Kent
    Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent
    Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent was an English peer.-Family:He was a son of George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent and his first wife Anne Woodville. His maternal grandparents were Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg....

     (1478–1523)
  • Henry Grey, 7th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 4th Earl of Kent
    Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent
    Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent was Earl of Kent from 1524 to his death.He was a son of George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent and his second wife Catherine Herbert...

     (d. 1562
  • Reginald Grey, 8th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 5th Earl of Kent
    Reginald Grey, 5th Earl of Kent
    Reginald Grey, 5th Earl of Kent was an English peer.-Biography:He was a son of Henry Grey and Margaret St John...

     (d. 1573)
  • Henry Grey, 9th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 6th Earl of Kent
    Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent
    Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent , was an English peer.He was a son of Henry Grey and Margaret St. John and grandson of Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent....

     (1541–1615)
  • Charles Grey, 10th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 7th Earl of Kent
    Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent
    Charles Grey was Earl of Kent from 1615 to his death.He was a son of Henry Grey and Margaret St. John. His paternal grandparents were Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent and Anne Blennerhassett....

     (1545–1623)
  • Henry Grey, 11th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 8th Earl of Kent
    Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent
    Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent was Earl of Kent from 1623 to his death.He was born the only son of Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent and his wife Susan Cotton and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge....

     (1583–1639)
  • Charles Longueville, 12th Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1612–1643)
  • Susan Longueville, 13th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn (1634–1676)
  • Charles Yelverton, 14th Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1657–1679)
  • Henry Yelverton, 15th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 1st Viscount Longueville (1664–1704)
  • Talbot Yelverton, 16th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 1st Earl of Sussex
    Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex
    Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex PC KB FRS was an English peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Hon. Talbot Yelverton until 1704, and known as Talbot Yelverton, 2nd Viscount Longueville from 1704 to 1717, when he was created Earl of Sussex.Sussex was one of the founder Knights...

     (1690–1731)
  • George Augustus Yelverton, 17th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 2nd Earl of Sussex (1727–1758)
  • Henry Yelverton, 18th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1728–1799)
  • Henry Edward Yelverton, 19th Baron Grey de Ruthyn
    Henry Yelverton, 19th Baron Grey de Ruthyn
    Henry Edward Yelverton, 19th Baron Grey de Ruthyn was a British peer. He was a tenant and sometime friend of Lord Byron.-Life:...

     (1780–1810)
  • Barbara Yelverton, 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn (1810–1858)
  • Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings, 21st Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 4th Marquess of Hastings
    Henry Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings
    Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet, 4th Marquess of Hastings , styled Lord Henry Rawdon-Hastings from birth until 1851, was a British peer....

     (1842–1868) (abeyant 1868)
  • Bertha Lelgarde Clifton, 22nd Baroness Grey de Ruthyn (1835–1887) (abeyance terminated 1885)
  • Rawdon George Grey Clifton, 23rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1858–1912)
  • Cecil Talbot Clifton, 24th Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1862–1934) (abeyant 1934)
  • John Lancelot Wykeham Butler-Rowdon, 25th Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1883–1963) (abeyance terminated 1940, abeyant 1963)

Co-heirs

  1. The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Loudoun
    Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun
    Michael Edward Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun is a British Australian, who is most noted due to the documentary Britain's Real Monarch, which alleges him to be the rightful monarch of England instead of Queen Elizabeth II...

     (b. 1942)
  2. Ian de Fresnes, 13th Baron de Fresnes (b. 1942)
  3. Norrie MacLaren
    Norrie MacLaren
    Norman Angus MacLaren is a Scottish Highlands-based television and film producer , fashion photographer, scriptwriter, artist, and environmentalist...

     (b. 1948)
  4. The Rt. Hon. The Viscount St Davids (b. 1966)
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