Mary Grey, Countess of Kent


The Countess of Kent
The Baroness Lucas
Baroness Lucas of Crudwell
Reign7 May 1663 – 1 November 1702
(39 years, 178 days)
PredecessorFirst baroness
SuccessorHenry Grey
BornMary Lucas
In 17th century
Died1 November 1702
BuriedFlitton
Noble familyLucas
Grey (by marriage)
Spouse(s)Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent
Issue
FatherJohn Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Shenfield
MotherAnne Nevill

Mary Lucas, suo jure 1st Baroness Lucas of Crudwell (died 1 November 1702), also called Mary Grey, Countess of Kent, was an English peeress in her own right.

Origins

Mary Lucas was the only daughter of John Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Shenfield, Essex (1606–1671) and Anne Nevill.[1] She had a brother named John, who was born in 1633, but he died young. As a result, she was the sole heiress of her father.[2]

Marriage and children

Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, son of Mary Lucas, 1st Baroness Lucas of Crudwell and Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent.

On 2 March 1662/1663, Mary Lucas married Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent. By marriage, she became Countess of Kent.[1] Mary and Anthony had two children:[3]

Suo jure peerage

On 7 tháng 5 năm 1663, according to the request of John Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas of Shenfield, father of the Countess of Kent, Mary was created suo jure Baroness Lucas of Crudwell by Charles II of England in the Peerage of England. This new creation was granted a special remainder to Mary's heirs male by her husband Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, and failing which, to her heirs female without division. This was a unique remainder for the English peerage as it can not fall into abeyance between female co-heiresses but is inherited by the senior co-heiress alone.[1]

Death and succession

Mary Lucas, Countess of Kent and Baroness Lucas, passed away on 1 November 1702 and was succeeded in the barony by her eldest son Henry Grey, who in 19 August 1702 also succeeded his father as 12th Earl of Kent and was created Duke of Kent on 28 April 1710. Mary and her husband was buried at Flitton.[1][6][7]

Ancestry

Ancestry of Mary Lucas, 1st Baroness Lucas[8][9][3]
16. John Lucas
8. Thomas Lucas
17. Mary
4. Thomas Lucas
18. John Fermor of Easton Neston
9. Mary Fermor
19. Maud Vaux
2. John Lucas, 1st Baroness Lucas of Shenfield
10. John Leighton
5. Elizabeth Leighton
11.
1. Mary Lucas, 1st Baroness Lucas of Crudwell
12. Edward Nevill, Lord Abergavenny
6. Christopher Nevill
13.
3. Anne Nevill
14. Thomas Darcy of Tolleshunt
7. Mary Darcy
15.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Cokayne 1893, pp. 172.
  2. ^ a b Burke & Burke 1910, pp. 1177.
  3. ^ a b Harvey 1868, pp. 13–15.
  4. ^ Cokayne 1892, pp. 357.
  5. ^ Harvey 1868, pp. 15.
  6. ^ Bryant, Chris (7 September 2017). Entitled: A Critical History of the British Aristocracy. Random House. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-4735-2551-1.
  7. ^ Harrison, William (1892). Ripon Millenary, a Record of the Festival: Also a History of the City, Arranged Under Its Wakemen and Mayors from the Year 1400. W. Harrison. p. 270.
  8. ^ Walter 2004.
  9. ^ Cokayne 1893, pp. 171–172.

References

See also

Peerage of England
New creation Baroness Lucas
1663–1702
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Amabel Benn
Countess of Kent
(by marriage)

1662/1663–1702
Succeeded by