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  Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1533, with the permission of King Henry VIII he married Lady Frances Brandon (1517–1559), the daughter of Henry VIII’s sister Princess Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk.
A knight of the Bath, he was the king's sword bearer at Anne Boleyn's coronation in 1533, at Anne of Cleves' arrival in 1540, and at the capture of Boulogne in 1545.
Henry Grey was best known for his zeal for the Protestant faith.
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Henry VII was the founder of the Tudor dynasty, unifying the warring factions in the Wars of the Roses.
Mary was opposed to the annulment of the marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine in 1533.
Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk and his wife Lady Frances Brandon, painted by Hans Eworth.Henry Grey, 1st duke of Suffolk, 3rd marquess of Dorset and baron Ferrers of Groby, Harrington, Bonville and Astley (c.1515 — February 23, 1554) was an English nobleman of the Tudor period and the father of Lady Jane Grey.
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 Henry Grey, 3rd earl Grey - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
HENRY GREY GREY, 3RD Earl (1802-1894), English statesman, was born on the 28th of December 1802, the son of the 2nd Earl Grey, prime minister at the time of the Reform Bill of 1832.
When, on Sir Robert Peel's resignation in December 1845, Lord John Russell was called upon to form a ministry, Howick, who had become Earl Grey by the death of his father in the preceding July, refused to enter the new cabinet if Lord Palmerston were foreign secretary (see J. Thursfield in vol.
The least successful part of his administration was his treatment of the convict question at the Cape of Good Hope, which seemed an exception to his rule that the colonies were to be governed for their own benefit and in accordance with their own wishes, and subjected him to a humiliating defeat.
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 Lady Jane Grey: Biography, Portraits, Primary Sources
Lady Jane Grey was the eldest child of Lord Henry and Lady Frances Grey, the duke and duchess of Suffolk.
Henry Grey was the marquess of Dorset; he became the duke of Suffolk in 1551.
She informed the Greys that Edward VI was dying and Jane had been made heir to his throne; she must hold herself in readiness (in other words, come to the Dudley home.) Jane later said this was the first she knew of the king's impending death.
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Henry Grey, third Marquess of Dorset, was the grandson of Thomas Grey, himself the son by a previous marriage of Elizabeth Grey Woodville, Queen Consort to King Edward IV.
Henry Grey acceded to the marquisate in 1530 and shortly thereafter married Frances Brandon, eldest niece of King Henry VIII and one of the highest ranking females in the kingdom at that time.
Henry’s sister Margaret Tudor had married into Scotland, so that her many children, including her child-king son, James V of Scotland, were excluded under an Act of Parliament of 1351 debarring persons of foreign birth from inheriting the English crown.
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 Henry Grey, duke of Suffolk - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Upon the accession (1547) of Edward VI, Grey at first supported the protectorship of the duke of Somerset but soon shifted his allegiance to John Dudley, earl of Warwick (later duke of Northumberland).
Lady Jane Grey was his daughter, and, upon the death (1553) of Edward, Suffolk joined Northumberland's plot to place her on the throne.
The Duke and the Beggar in Shakespeare's 2 Henry VI.
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 Lady Jane Grey
Jane was born in October 1537, the eldest daughter of Henry Grey, Marquess of Dorset[?].
Her claim to the throne was through her mother, Frances Brandon who was the daughter of Mary Tudor, a daughter of King Henry VII of England, and her second husband, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk.
When Henry's heir, Edward VI, died at an early age, the next in line to the throne was his sister, Mary.
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 Henry Grey (pre-FF character, Journey into Mystery)
Hating Williams, Grey wished he was "tiny, the size of an ant, but strong as a powerful man!" Once again, Grey's essence left his body and tipped over the water cooler so that it fell on Williams, breaking his leg.
Henry Grey's physical body keeled over, and when a doctor examined the unconscious man, he found many of Grey's bones broken...almost as if he'd been involved in a crash.
I would say that the injuries that Henry Grey sustained in the end were the result of some kind of psychic backlash on his physical body.
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 Edward Grey
Edward Grey, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel George Henry Grey, and grand-nephew of Earl Grey, was born in 1862.
Grey made the defence of France against Germany aggression the central feature of British foreign policy through a number of private pledges but reduced their deterrent value by not making them public at the time.
Grey's secret diplomacy was strongly criticised by the Labour Party and some members of his own party, including Charles Trevelyan, Secretary of the Board of Education, for these private promises made to the French government.
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 Henry GREY (1° D. Suffolk)
Frances was the daughter of Mary Tudor, youngest sister of Henry VIII, and this alliance brought Henry Grey into the royal household; they were married in the chapel of his London house in Southwark.
This lady's ancestry combined royal and middle-class blood and, from her husband's point of view, her kinship with the King was of incalculable value; its results were to prove fatal to every member of the family but herself.
The third party, which was beginning to form when Jane Grey was born and was not described as Protestant till her tenth year, became effective as she grew up.
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 Lady Jane's Story
Lady Jane Grey, a member of the Royal House of Tudor, is known for her brief reign as Queen of England during the mid-16th century.
Henry VIII was Jane's great-uncle, and Henry 's children Edward, Mary and Elizabeth were her cousins.
Henry VIII was initially angry with his sister for marrying without his permission, but he soon forgave the couple, and restored them to favor.
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This was accomplished by Henry Grey, already trying to plan Lady Janes future for her, paid 2000 pounds to Thomas Seymour, on a promise by Seymour, that he would arrange for Jane to be married to Edward, the future King.
Henry VIII made this will out, naming Mary as one of the three women in line for the Throne, was to make sure he had a successor to the throne, which he had, after Edward VI was born.
But Henry VIII's Will, as it was written gave Mary the excuse and the protection to take the crown from Jane, and for fear of her loosing the Throne, declared that John Dudley, Guilford Dudley and Lady Jane had committed treason and then having them beheaded, without trial or even a public hearing.
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 Portrayals
In 1461, at the age of 26, Lord Grey and his retinue fought with the Lancastrian forces, headed by Queen Margaret and her eight year old son, Edward, Prince of Wales.
It is known that Lord Grey was at least at the battle of Tewkesbury, as many of the Yorkist forces came from the midlands, where Codnor was located.
Lord Grey was a known royalist and afterwards, he was awarded 100 pounds for 'bringing unto us (Edward IV) a great number of men defensibly arranged at his cost and charge.' Lord Grey and his retinue was a part of the 3,000 men force that Lord Hastings brought with him to Tewkesbury.
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 Luminarium Encyclopedia: Lady Jane Grey
LADY JANE GREY (1537-1554), a lady remarkable no less for her accomplishments than for her misfortunes, was the great-granddaughter of Henry VII of England.
Of this marriage came two daughters, the elder of whom, Lady Frances Brandon, was married to Henry Grey, marquess of Dorset; and their issue, again, consisted of daughters only.
But Margaret had married James IV of Scotland; and, though her descendant, James VI, was ultimately called to the English throne, Henry VIII had placed her family after that of his second sister in the succession; so that, failing the lawful issue of Henry himself, Lady Jane would, according to this arrangement, have succeeded.
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 Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry succeeded his paternal grandfather, Henry Grey, as Baron Grey of Groby in July 1614.
His great-grandfather John Grey of Pirgo was son of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset and younger brother of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk.
She married George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer and was the mother of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington.
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 Lady Jane Grey: Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Henry broke off his betrothal to Katherine Fitzalan, sister of the Earl of Arundel when the opportunity to marry Frances Brandon presented itself.
Frances was the daughter of Mary Tudor, youngest sister of Henry VIII, and this alliance brought Henry Grey into the royal household.
Henry was a close associate of John Dudley and took a place in his daughter's Council during her 'reign.' Henry proclaimed Mary as Queen when it became clear that the Council had turned against them.
www.britannia.com /history/ladyjane/henrygrey.html   (119 words)

  
 Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Grey was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied history and law.
In 1846, his uncle, the 3rd Earl Grey, as Colonial Secretary, was the first to suggest that colonies should be self-sustaining and governed for the benefit of their inhabitants, instead of for the benefit of the United Kingdom.
Grey served as a Member of Parliament from 1880 to 1886 and succeeded his uncle as 4th Earl Grey in 1894.
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 Catherine GREY
She had been married on 21 or 25 May 1553 to Henry Herbert, the Earl of Pembroke's heir; it had been a double ceremony - her sister Jane was also wed to the Duke of Northumberland's son Guildford.
Henry Grey did not try to restore his daughter to the throne (despite the assertion of many history books.) But that didn't matter - Jane had been proclaimed Queen once before and Mary recognized the danger.
Henry's wife was Frances Brandon, the eldest daughter of Mary's aunt, Princess Mary Tudor.
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 Tudor Relatives - Lady Catherine Grey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
The Greys had long been the noblest family in the realm of England, united by ties of friendship and blood to the Tudor monarchs.
Upon her accession, Jane Grey and her husband Guildford Dudley were imprisoned in the Tower; but they were not executed.
Catherine was the beauty of the Grey family; small like Jane, she had the Tudor red-gold hair and a fair complexion.
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 Mary (Black) and Henry Grey
Henry GREY born in Bordertown, South Australia in 1854.
Henry died on the 10th November 1941 in Hamilton, Victoria, at 33 years of age.
Frederick Henry MURRELL was born in 1907 in Sandford, Victoria.
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 CARTER, HENRY GREY CAPTAIN
Henry Gray Carter, b October 11, 1836 in Weston, Vermont, d June 2, 1896 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas - a son of Dr. Seneca and Mary (Gray) Carter of Vermont.
On July 19, 1864 in Milam County, Texas, Henry Gray Carter married Cleopatra Williams, b September 26, 1839 in Owensburg, Kentucky, d June 1, 1893 in Marlin - a daughter of Robert and Sarah (“Sally” Johnson) Williams.
Henry Gray Carter owned 750 acres of land in Milam County, and a stock ranch in Western Falls County.
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 The Grey Family
The Grey family were descended from Walter De Bowyer, a Norman Knight who was granted the land from William the Conqueror.
Henry Grey of Eye who married Anne daughter of Robert Browne, Baron of the Exchequer.
John Grey (1584-1661) married Mary (----1651) the daughter of Ed and Ursula Horning.
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 ::Lady Jane Grey::
Lady Jane Grey was born in October 1537 and died in February 1554.
Jane’s father was Henry Grey, who was to become the Duke of Suffolk, and her mother was Lady Frances Brandon, who was the daughter of Henry VIII’s sister Mary and the great grand-daughter of Henry VII.
Lady Jane Grey and her husband were beheaded on February 12th,1554, after being found guilty of treason.
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 Amazon.com: "Henry Grey": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
of Henry Grey, marquis of Dorset and duke of Suffolk, and Frances da.
In a parallel case, the scaffold address by Lady Jane Grey's father, Henry Grey, is just as committed and uncompromising as that of his sixteen-year-old daughter.
Henry Grey was the shamateur to end all shamateurs.
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 Royalty.nu - Lady Jane Grey - Queen for Nine Days
Lady Jane Grey was born in 1537, just two days before King Edward VI, and may have been his friend in childhood.
Her father was Henry Grey, the marquis of Dorset (later the duke of Suffolk).
Novel about Lady Jane Grey, a young girl of royal blood who was used by greedy and unscrupulous men to satisfy their own ambitions.
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 Genealogy 8- Grey of Ruthyn & Wilton
Grey of Wilton and Ruthyn: Pedigree of William Guise
Henry, Marquis of Dorset, Duke of Suffolk GREY b: 1517
Queen of England for nine days, born in Bradgate Park, near Leicester, a great-grandaughter of King Henry VII and daughter of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk and 3rd Marquess of Dorset.
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 Lady Jane Grey — FactMonster.com
She was the daughter of Henry Grey, marquess of Dorset (later duke of
Arundel, Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl of - Arundel, Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl of, 1511?–1580, English statesman.
Elizabeth I, queen of England: Early Life - Early Life The daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, she was declared illegitimate just before...
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 Lady Jane Grey: Lady Katherine Grey
Born in 1540, Katherine was considered to be the beauty of the family.
She was married at thirteen to Lord Herbert, son of the Earl of Pembroke, on 25 May (or 21 May)1553 in a double wedding ceremony with her sister, Jane.
A formality only, the marriage was eventually dissolved by Pembroke when it was no longer advantageous to be associated with the Grey's.
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 The Official Henry Gray Website - Southern Blues at its best.
Henry Gray and the Treme' Brass Band are included.
Here is a video clip From Henry Gray's live performance at the Louisiana Music Factory on 10/30/99.
Henry Gray's latest release Watch Yourself.This new recording by Henry Gray offers us a view into the past and at the same time it brings a fresh breath of air to the more-often stale contemporary American music scene.
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