Biography of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent 1671-1740

Between 2nd March 1662 and 1671 [his father] Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent (age 16) and [his mother] Mary Lucas Countess Kent (age 18) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Grey 10th Earl Kent and [his grandmother] Amabel Benn Countess Kent (age 54).

In 1671 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent was born to [his father] Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent (age 25) and [his mother] Mary Lucas Countess Kent (age 27).

On 21st February 1695 [his son] Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 24) and [his future wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 19). He married 17th February 1718 his sixth cousin Mary Tufton Countess Gower, daughter of Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet.

On 20th April 1695 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 24) and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 19) were married. They had five sons and seven daughters of whom only three surviving her. He the son of Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent (age 49) and Mary Lucas Countess Kent (age 51).

Around 1696 [his son] Henry Grey was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 25) and [his wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 20).

On 9th June 1698 [his daughter] Amabel Grey was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 27) and [his wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 23). She married 20th February 1718 John Campbell 3rd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland, son of John Campbell 2nd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland and Henrietta Villiers Countess Breadalbaine and Holland, and had issue.

Around 1699 [his daughter] Jemima Grey Countess Ashburham was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 28) and [his wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 23). She married before 30th October 1724 John Ashburnham 1st Earl Ashburnham, son of John Ashburnham 1st Baron Ashburnham and Bridget Vaughan Baroness Ashburnham, and had issue.

On 19th August 1702 [his father] Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent (age 57) died. His son Henry (age 31) succeeded 12th Earl Kent. [his wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 27) by marriage Countess Kent.

On 1st November 1702 [his mother] Mary Lucas Countess Kent (age 58) died. Her son Henry (age 31) succeeded 2nd Baron Lucas of Crudwell.

On 20th October 1703 [his daughter] Henrietta de Grey was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 32) and [his wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 28).

In 1704 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 33) was appointed Lord Chamberlain.

In 1704 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 33) was appointed Privy Council.

On 3rd June 1705 or 18th September 1721 Charles Butler 3rd Duke Ormond (age 33) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Crew Countess Arran (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. He the son of Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory and Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory.

On 20th January 1706 [his daughter] Anne Grey was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 35) and [his wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 30). She married 9th January 1729 Charles Cavendish, son of William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire and Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire, and had issue.

In 1710 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 39) was created 1st Duke Kent, 1st Marquess Kent, 1st Viscount Gooderich. [his wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 34) by marriage Marchioness Kent.

On 4th January 1717 [his daughter] Henrietta de Grey (age 13) died. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].

Henrietta de Grey: On 20th October 1703 she was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent.

On 4th December 1717 [his son] Henry Grey (age 21) died. He was buried at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].

Henry Grey: Around 1696 he was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent.

On 17th February 1718 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas (age 22) and Mary Tufton Countess Gower were married. She the daughter of Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet (age 73) and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet. He the son of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 47) and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 42). They were sixth cousins.

On 20th February 1718 [his son-in-law] John Campbell 3rd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland (age 21) and Amabel Grey (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 47) and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 42). He the son of John Campbell 2nd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland (age 55) and Henrietta Villiers Countess Breadalbaine and Holland.

In May 1719 [his daughter] Mary Grey was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 48) and [his wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 44). She married before 7th January 1762 David Gregory.

On 21st July 1723 [his son] Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas (age 28) died by choking on an ear of barley the beard of which stuck in his throat. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map]. His niece [his granddaughter] Jemima succeeded 4th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell.

Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas: On 21st February 1695 he was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. On 17th February 1718 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas and Mary Tufton Countess Gower were married. She the daughter of Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet. He the son of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. They were sixth cousins. On 8th November 1718 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas by writ of acceleration 3rd Baron Lucas of Crudwell.

Before 30th October 1724 [his son-in-law] John Ashburnham 1st Earl Ashburnham (age 37) and Jemima Grey Countess Ashburham (age 25) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ashburnham of Ashburnham in Sussex. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 53) and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 49).

On 2nd August 1726 [his daughter] Amabel Grey (age 28) died. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].

On 27th July 1728 [his wife] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent (age 53) died. Memorial on her husband's monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].

On 9th January 1729 [his son-in-law] Charles Cavendish (age 24) and Anne Grey (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 58) and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. He the son of William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire (age 57) and Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire.

On 24th March 1729 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 58) and Sophia Bentinck Duchess Kent (age 27) were married. She by marriage Duchess Kent. The difference in their ages was 30 years. She the daughter of William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland and Jane Martha Temple Countess Portland (age 57). He the son of Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent and Mary Lucas Countess Kent.

In or after 1730 [his daughter] Anne Sophia Grey was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 59) and [his wife] Sophia Bentinck Duchess Kent (age 28). She married 21st November 1748 her first cousin Bishop John Egerton, son of Bishop Henry Egerton and Elizabeth Adriana Bentinck, and had issue.

On 7th July 1731 [his daughter] Jemima Grey Countess Ashburham (age 32) died.

Around 1732 [his son] George Grey was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 61) and [his wife] Sophia Bentinck Duchess Kent (age 30). He died aged one in 1733.

In 1733 [his son] George Grey (age 1) died.

On 20th September 1733 [his daughter] Anne Grey (age 27) died. She was buried at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].

Anne Grey: On 20th January 1706 she was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. On 9th January 1729 Charles Cavendish and she were married. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. He the son of William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire and Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire.

In 1740 [his grandson-in-law] Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke (age 19) and [his granddaughter] Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey (age 16) were married. She being the heiress of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 69). She the daughter of [his former son-in-law] John Campbell 3rd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland (age 43) and Amabel Grey. He the son of Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke (age 49) and Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke.

In 1740 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 69) was created 1st Marquess Grey. [his wife] Sophia Bentinck Duchess Kent (age 38) by marriage Marchioness Grey.

On 5th June 1740 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 69) died without surviving male issue. Duke Kent, Marquess Kent, Earl Kent and Viscount Gooderich extinct. His granddaughter Jemima (age 16) succeeded 2nd Marchioness Grey.

Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map] sculpted by Edward Shepherd.

On 14th June 1741 [his former wife] Sophia Bentinck Duchess Kent (age 40) died. Memorial panel on the monument to her husband Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].

Sophia Bentinck Duchess Kent: On 4th April 1701 she was born to William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland and Jane Martha Temple Countess Portland. On 24th March 1729 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Kent. The difference in their ages was 30 years. She the daughter of William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland and Jane Martha Temple Countess Portland. He the son of Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent and Mary Lucas Countess Kent. In 1740 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent was created 1st Marquess Grey. She by marriage Marchioness Grey.