Anthony Grey, Earl of Harold

Anthony Grey, Earl of Harold
Anthony Grey, 3rd Baron Lucas
Born(1695-02-21)21 February 1695
Died21 July 1723(1723-07-21) (aged 28)
Parents

Anthony Grey, 3rd Baron Lucas, styled Earl of Harold (21 February 1695 – 21 July 1723) was a British peer and courtier.

Biography

Grey was the eldest son of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, and his wife, Jemima Crew.

On 17 February 1718, Anthony married Lady Mary Tufton,[1] a daughter and coheiress of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, by his wife Lady Catharine Cavendish.

He was called to the House of Lords, by writ of acceleration in his father's barony of Lucas, on 8 November 1718.

Lord Harold was a Lord of the Bedchamber to George, Prince of Wales, later King George II, from 1720 until his death in 1723, aged 28, from choking on an ear of barley, the beard of which[2] stuck in his throat.[3] He had no children,[4] so his title reverted to his father and his wife later married John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower.

Peerage of England
Preceded by Baron Lucas
(writ of acceleration)
1718–1723 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 1065.
  2. ^ The Times, Saturday, 29 Dec 1798; p. 3; Issue 4369.
  3. ^ The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 eBook
  4. ^ Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 11.