Grey family

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 69. Chapters: Elizabeth Woodville, Lady Catherine Grey, John de Gray, George Grey, Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington, Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, Lady Jane Grey, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey, William Grey, 13th Baron Grey de Wilton, Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare, Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford, Walter de Gray, Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey, Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, Margaret Wotton, Marchioness of Dorset, Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton, Ida Cockayne, Margaret Grey, Lady Bonville, George Grey, 6th Earl of Stamford, Lady Mary Grey, Anchetil de Greye, Barbara Rawdon-Hastings, Marchioness of Hastings, John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville, Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton, Lord John Grey of Pirgo, Henry Yelverton, 19th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, Susan Bertie, Countess of Kent, Henry de Grey, John Grey of Groby, George Grey, 7th Earl of Stamford, Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton, Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville, Henry Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Groby, Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford, Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent, Edward Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp, Henry Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings, Harry Grey, 8th Earl of Stamford, William Gray, Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford, Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of Tankerville, Nigel de Grey, George Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford, Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville, Arthur Egerton, 3rd Earl of Wilton, Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent, Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent, Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, William Grey, 9th Earl of Stamford, John Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Wilton, Reginald Grey, 5th Earl of Kent, Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane, Richard de Grey, Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford, Anthony Grey, 9th Earl of Kent, Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent, Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey, George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, Reginald de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton, Reginald Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent, John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield, Elizabeth Grey, Viscountess Lisle, Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent, Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, Seymour Egerton, 4th Earl of Wilton, Sir John de Grey, Richard Grey, 6th Earl Grey, Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn, Charles Grey, 5th Earl Grey. Excerpt: Sir George Grey, KCB (14 April 1812 - 19 September 1898) was a soldier, explorer, Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Cape Colony (South Africa), the 11th Premier of New Zealand and a writer. Grey was born in Lisbon, Portugal, the only son of Lieutenant-Colonel Grey, of the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot, who was killed at the Battle of Badajoz in Spain just a few days before. His mother, on the balcony of her hotel in Lisbon, overheard two officers speak of his death and this brought on his premature birth. His mother, Elizabeth Anne, was the daughter of a retired soldier turned Irish clergyman, Major the Rev. John Vignoles. Grey was sent to the Royal Grammar School, Guildford in Surrey, and was admitted to the royal military college in 1826. Early in 1830, he was gazetted ensign in the 83rd Regiment of Foot. In 1830, his regiment having been sent to Ireland, he developed much sympathy ...