Second, John Grey, Esq. who married, in June 1748, Lucy, daughter of Sir Joseph Danvers, of Swithland in com. Leicest. Bart.; and on April 6th, 1754, was appointed one of the clerks comptrollers of the board of green-cloth; he represented the borough of Bridgnorth in two parliaments, and the town of Leicester, in the late and present parliaments, but died in 1777, without issue.

Lady Dorothy, died at Envil, in Staffordshire, August 1781. Lady Catherine Grey, married to Mynheer John William Van Trip, postmaster-general of Amsterdam, (who died in June 1738) and secondly, to Vanden Bempden, Burgo-master of Amsterdam. Lady Diana Grey, married in September 1736, to George Middleton, of Seaton, near Aberdeen, in Scotland, Esq.

Lady Anne Grey, married in October 1744, to Sir Richard Acton, of Aldenham in the county of Salop, Bart. who died November 21st, 1791.

Lady Jane Grey, married in June 1738, to George Drummond, Esq. secretary to the order of the thistle; she died in June 1752.

His Lordship departing this life at Enville-hall in the county of Stafford, in October 1739, was succeeded by his eldest son and heir,

HARRY, FOURTH EARL OF STAMFORD, who at his father's decease, was one of the representatives in parliament for the county of Leicester; and in May 1736, married the Lady Mary, only daughter and heir of George Booth, last Earl of Warrington; by which Lady, who died at Dunham Massey, December 10th, 1772, æt. sixty-nine, he had issue,

First, George Harry, the present Earl of Stamford.

Second, Lady Mary, born April 17th, 1739, one of the six Earls daughters, who assisted the Princess Augusta, in supporting Queen Charlotte's train at her coronation, September 22d, 1761, and married on February 24th, 1764, to the Hon. George West, Esq. second son to the Earl Delawarr, and died March 1st, 1783. s. p.

Third, the Hon. Booth Grey, born August 15th, 1740, who in May 1758, was admitted a nobleman of Queen's college in the university of Cambridge, member for Leicester, 1768, 1774, died March 4th, 1802, having married, May 10th, 1782, Miss Man

He was a singular character, but shewed his eccentricity principally in whimsical buildings. See Shaw's Staffordshire, vol. ii. p 269.

waring, daughter of Charles Manwaring, Esq. of Cheshire, by whom he had a son, born February 12th, 1783.

Lady Anne Grey, who was born January 23d, 1741-2, and died in June 1743.

The Hon. John Grey, born May 22d, 1743, died July 1802; having married, July 22d, 1773, Susannah, daughter of Ralph Leicester, Esq. of Toft in Cheshire, by whom he had two sons and four daughters, of whom Henrietta, the eldest, married in June 1802, the Rev. Charles Mytton.

His Lordship died at Enville Hall, June 24th, 1768, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

GEORGE HARRY, the present and FIFTH EARL OF STAMFORD, who was born October 1st, 1737, elected knight of the shire for the county of Stafford in 1761, and at the coronation of their present Majesties, was one of the six eldest sons of peers, who supported the King's train.

His Lordship, on May 20th, 1763, married Lady Henrietta Cavendish Bentinck, second daughter to William, late Duke of Portland, by whom he has had issue four sons, and four daughters.

First, George Harry, Lord Grey, born August 31st, 1765, married, December 23d, 1797, Henrietta Charlotte Elizabeth Charteris, daughter of the late Lord Elcho, by whom he has issue; first, Henrietta Charlotte, born September 13th, 1798; second, Maria, born December 17th, 1800; third, George Harry, born April 5th, 1802; fourth, a son born January 29th, 1807.

Second, Lady Maria, born November 2d, and died November 21st, 1767.

Third, Lady Maria, born June 30th, 1769, married, May 20, 1794, John Cotes, Esq. of Woodcot, Salop, and has issue.

Fourth, Lady Louisa, born May 8th, 1771.

Fifth, William Booth, born September 10th, 1773, married, April 7th, 1802, Miss Pryce, eldest daughter of Thomas Pryce, Esq. of Duffryn, Glamorganshire.

Sixth, Anchitel, born December 16th, 1774.

Seventh, Henry, born August 23d, 1776, captain of the Weasel, and wrecked on board that vessel in Barnstable Bay, in February 1799.

Eighth, Lady Sophia, born October 7th, 1777.

Ninth, Lady Amelia, born July 7th, 1779, married, October 13th, 1800, John Lister Kaye, Esq. of Grange, Yorkshire.

His Lordship is lord lieutenant and custos rotulorum of the County of Chester.

Titles. George Harry Grey, Earl of Stamford, Baron Grey of Groby, Baron Bonville, and Harrington.a

a

Creations. Baron Grey, of Groby in com. Leicester, by letters patent, July 21st, 1603, 1 Jac. I.; Baron Bonville, and Harrington, a by descent, and Earl of Stamford, in com. Lincoln, March 26th, 1628, 3 Car. I.

Arms. Barry of six, Argent, and Azure.

Crest. On a wreath, an unicorn erect, ermine, armed, crested, and hoofed, Or; having a full sun behind it, proper.

Supporters. Two unicorns, ermine, armed, crested, and hoofed, Or.

Motto. A ma Puissance.

Chief Seats. At Enville-Hall in the county of Stafford, of which see an account in Shaw's Staffordshire, vol. ii.; and at Bradgate in the county of Leicester; now a ruin, for which see Nichols's Leicestershire; and at Dunham Massey, in Cheshire.

a Query?

It is the opinion of Sir William Dugdale, and other antiquaries, who have written of this family, that it had the same ancestor with the Herberts, Earls of Pembroke, viz. Henry Fitz-Herbert, chamberlain to King Henry I. and Leland gives this account : "The Finches that be now, say, that their proper name is Herbert, and that with marriage of the Finch's heir, they took Finch's name. One Vincent Finch, in Henry the fourth's days, recovered of the King, by a suit, the manor of ....., by Winchelsea." And in an old b inscription in Braborne church, the name is written Herbert, alias Finch.

It appears from a record in the genealogical books of this family, which were in the custody of Heneage, late Earl of Winchelsea, that the name of Finch was first taken in the reign of King Edward I. Which record, as it is in those books, I have here transcribed.

Supersedeas de anno Octavo Edwardi II. in Dorso.

Rex Collectoribus suis Scutagii de Exercitibus Scotia de annis Regni Domini Edwardi quondam Regis Angliæ Patris notri 28 & 31, in com' Cantiæ, sal'. Quia constat nobis per Inspectionem Rotulorum Cancellariæ ipsius Patris nostri, quod dilectus & fidelis noster Herebertus Filius Hereberti dicti Finch defuncti, qui de nobis tenuit de capite, fuit infra ætatem, & in custodia

a But see the doubts on this subject under the Pembroke article.

Weever's Fun. Mon. p. 270.

ipsius Patris nostri, temporibus exercituum prædictorum, vobis mandamus, quod Demandæ, quum eidem Hereberto fieri faciatis pro Scutagio ad opus nostrum, pro Exercitibus prædictis, in terris & tenementis suis, quæ tenet de hæreditate prædicti Hereberti, supersederi, & ipsum inde pacem habere permittatis. Proviso, quod Scutagium de feodis militum quæ de hærede prædicto tunc tenebantur, prout juste fuerit, levetur ad opus nostrum. Teste Rege apud Westmon. 16 die April, anno Regni nostri octavo.

Before that time they do not seem to have had any fixed surname in their family; but the sons, for several generations, added the christian name of their fathers to their own (as was anciently the custom of many families of great note) from the time of the conquest: as, "Herebertus filius Hereberti, Petrus filius Hereberti, Reginaldus filius Petri, Mattheus filius Hereberti, Herebertus filius Matthei, &c."

The ancient and best attested memoirs of this family affirm, that Matthew, the son of Herbert, (a very eminent Baron in King John's and King Henry IIId's reigns) was one of their lineal ancestors, and that his lands lay chiefly in Sussex, in the rape of Hastings, some part whereof were given him by King Henry III." and yet continueth," says Mr. John Philpot, rouge dragon, who drew up the pedigree of this family in the year 1620, “in the possession of some of his descendants," viz. the manor of Warblington, with the hamlets of Empsworth, Estney, and Watlington, in the county of Sussex.

The same person assures us, that this Matthew Fitz Herbert was sheriff of Sussex and Surry five several times, in the reign of King John, and oftener under King Henry III.

The following records are proofs of some of the particulars abovementioned.

Mandatum est constabulario de Wallingford, quod haberi faciat Petro filio Hereberti terram quæ fuit Willi' Paynel in Watlington, cum pertinen. quam dominus rex ei concessit apud Odyam 15 die Aprilis. Rot. claus. 17 R. Johan. membr. 3.

Rex Henricus III. dedit manerium de Warblington, cum hamletis de Empsworth, Estney, & Watlington, cuidam Mattheo filio Herberti, & hæredibus suis in feodo, infra libertatem rapæ de. Hastings. Fines 7 Edwardi II. membr. 1.

The said Matthew was sheriff of Sussex in the 12th of King John, for three parts of that year, and so continued till the 17th inclusive. He was one of the Barons that stood firm to that King