Earl de Grey

Summary

1816. Amabel Yorke Countess Grey [aged 64] created.

4th May 1833. Nephew Thomas de Grey 2nd Earl de Grey [aged 51] succeeded.

14th November 1859. Nephew George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon [aged 32] succeeded.

9th July 1909. Son Frederick Oliver Robinson 2nd Marquess Ripon [aged 57] succeeded.

23rd September 1923. Frederick Oliver Robinson 2nd Marquess Ripon extinct.

In 1816 Amabel Yorke Countess Grey [aged 64] was created 1st Countess de Grey with a special remainder to her sister Mary Jemima Yorke Baroness Grantham [aged 59] and her sister's male heirs.

On 4th May 1833 Amabel Yorke Countess Grey [aged 82] died. Her nephew Thomas [aged 51] succeeded 2nd Earl de Grey, 6th Baron Lucas of Crudwell. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].

Amabel Yorke Countess Grey: On 22nd February 1751 she was born to Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke and Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey. In 1816 Amabel Yorke Countess Grey was created 1st Countess de Grey with a special remainder to her sister Mary Jemima Yorke Baroness Grantham and her sister's male heirs.