Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey


The Marchioness Grey
Portrait by Allan Ramsay
Marchioness Grey
Tenure5 June 1740 – 10 January 1797
PredecessorHenry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent
Other titles
BornThe Hon. Jemima Campbell
(1723-10-09)9 October 1723
Died10 January 1797(1797-01-10) (aged 73)
Spouse(s)
(m. 1740; died 1790)
Issue
Parents

Jemima Campbell, 2nd Marchioness Grey and Countess of Hardwicke or Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey; 9 October 1723 – 10 January 1797), was a British peeress.[1]

Life and family

She was a daughter of John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, and his first wife, Lady Amabel Grey. Her maternal grandparents were Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, and his first wife, the Hon. Jemima Crew.

On 22 May 1740, she married the Hon. Philip Yorke (later 2nd Earl of Hardwicke), and they had two daughters:

On 5 June that year, she succeeded as Marchioness Grey by a special remainder upon the death of her maternal grandfather, the Duke of Kent, who held the title. As she had no male heirs, the title of Marchioness became extinct upon her own death in 1797 while her eldest daughter, Amabel succeeded to the title of 5th Baroness Lucas. That same daughter was later created Countess de Grey in her own right.

See also

References

  1. ^ Collett-White, James (23 September 2004). "Yorke [née Campbell], Jemima, suo jure Marchioness Grey (1722–1797), letter writer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68351. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ The Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster Vol. IV. 1741-1760. 16 February 1750.

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Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Marchioness Grey
1740–1797
Extinct
Peerage of England
Preceded by Baroness Lucas
1740–1797
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