Baron Walsingham
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Peerage of Great Britain
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. It was created in 1780 for Sir William de Grey
William de Grey, 1st Baron Walsingham
William de Grey, 1st Baron Walsingham KC was a British lawyer, judge and politician. He served as Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas between 1771 and 1780....
on his retirement as Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. He had also previously served as Solicitor General
Solicitor General for England and Wales
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and as Attorney General
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. His son, the second Baron, represented Wareham
Wareham (UK Parliament constituency)
Wareham was a parliamentary borough in Dorset, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1302 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.-History:...
, Tamworth
Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)
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and Lostwithiel
Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency)
Lostwithiel was a rotten borough in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1304 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...
in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
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and served as Joint Postmaster General
United Kingdom Postmaster General
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from 1787 to 1794. Lord Walsingham was also Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords
House of Lords
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for many years. His eldest son, the third Baron, was a Lieutenant-General in the Army. The latter was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baron. He was Archdeacon of Surrey. His grandson, the sixth Baron, was a Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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Member of Parliament
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for Norfolk West
West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)
West Norfolk or Norfolk Western was a county constituency in the county of Norfolk, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general...
and served as a government whip from 1874 to 1875 in Benjamin Disraeli's second administration
Conservative Government 1874-1880
Benjamin Disraeli became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the second time after Mr Gladstone's government was defeated in the General Election of 1874. Disraeli's foreign policy was seen as immoral by Gladstone, and following the latter's Midlothian Campaign, the government was heavily...
. On his death the title passed to his half-brother, the seventh Baron. the title is held by the latter's grandson, the ninth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1965.
Ancestors
- William de Grey (d. 1687), Member of Parliament for ThetfordThetford (UK Parliament constituency)Thetford was a constituency of the British House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election until it was disenfranchised in 1868...
1685 - Thomas de Grey (1680-1765), Member of Parliament for NorfolkNorfolk (UK Parliament constituency)Norfolk was a County constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament...
1715–1727 - Thomas de Grey (1717-1781), Member of Parliament for Norfolk 1764-1774
Barons Walsingham (1780)
- William de Grey, 1st Baron WalsinghamWilliam de Grey, 1st Baron WalsinghamWilliam de Grey, 1st Baron Walsingham KC was a British lawyer, judge and politician. He served as Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas between 1771 and 1780....
(1719–1781) - Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron WalsinghamThomas de Grey, 2nd Baron WalsinghamThomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham PC , was a British peer and politician. He served as Joint Postmaster General between 1787 and 1794 and was for many years Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords.-Background:...
(1748–1818) - George de Grey, 3rd Baron Walsingham (1776–1831)
- Thomas de Grey, 4th Baron Walsingham (1788–1839)
- Thomas de Grey, 5th Baron Walsingham (1804–1870)
- Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron WalsinghamThomas de Grey, 6th Baron WalsinghamThomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham was an English politician and amateur entomologist.-Biography:...
(1843–1919) - John Augustus de Grey, 7th Baron Walsingham (1849–1929)
- George de Grey, 8th Baron Walsingham (1884–1965)
- John de Grey, 9th Baron Walsingham (b. 1925)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
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is the present holder's son the Hon. Robert de Grey (b. 1969)