Baron Grey of Ruthin

Arms of Grey de Ruthyn: Barry of six Argent and Azure in chief three Torteaux

Baron Grey of Ruthin (or Ruthyn) was a noble title created in the Peerage of England by writ of summons in 1324 for Sir Roger de Grey, a son of John, 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton, and has been in abeyance since 1963. Historically, this branch of the Grey family was seated at Ruthin Castle in Wales.

The Bearers of the Great Golden Spurs, or Saint George's Spurs, the emblems of knighthood and chivalry, perform their service jure sanguinis, dependent upon descent from William, Earl of Pembroke, heir to his brother, John le Marshal, who carried the Spurs at the Coronation of Richard I in 1189. The Marshals failed in the male line and the hereditary right descended in the female line through the Hastings family to the Lords Grey de Ruthyn, later Marquesses of Hastings. The male line failed again and an equal right in the female line descended in 1911 to the Earl of Loudoun (Abney-Hastings) and Lord Grey de Ruthyn (Clifton).

Henry, Viscount Longueville in 1690

Barons Grey of Ruthin (1324)

• Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Ruthin (d. 1353)
• Reynold Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Ruthin (1319–1388)
• Reynold Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthin (1362–1440)
• Edmund Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Ruthin, 1st Earl of Kent (1416–1490)
• George Grey, 5th Baron Grey of Ruthin, 2nd Earl of Kent (d. 1503)
• Richard Grey, 6th Baron Grey of Ruthin, 3rd Earl of Kent (1478–1523)
• Henry Grey, 7th Baron Grey of Ruthin, 4th Earl of Kent (d. 1562)
• Reginald Grey, 8th Baron Grey of Ruthin, 5th Earl of Kent (d. 1573)
• Henry Grey, 9th Baron Grey of Ruthin, 6th Earl of Kent (1541–1615)
• Charles Grey, 10th Baron Grey of Ruthin, 7th Earl of Kent (1545–1623)
• Henry Grey, 11th Baron Grey of Ruthin, 8th Earl of Kent (1583–1639)
• Charles Longueville, 12th Baron Grey of Ruthin (1612–1643)
• Susan Longueville, 13th Baroness Grey of Ruthin (1634–1676)
• Charles Yelverton, 14th Baron Grey of Ruthin (1657–1679)
• Henry Yelverton, 15th Baron Grey of Ruthin, 1st Viscount Longueville (1664–1704)
• Talbot Yelverton, 16th Baron Grey of Ruthin, 1st Earl of Sussex (1690–1731)
• George Augustus Yelverton, 17th Grey of Ruthin, 2nd Earl of Sussex (1727–1758)
• Henry Yelverton, 18th Baron Grey of Ruthin, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1728–1799)
• Henry Edward Yelverton, 19th Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1780–1810)
• Barbara Yelverton, 20th Baroness Grey of Ruthin (1810–1858)
• Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings, 21st Baron Grey of Ruthin, 4th Marquess of Hastings (1842–1868) (abeyant 1868)
• Bertha Lelgarde Clifton, 22nd Baroness Grey de Ruthyn (1835–1887) (abeyance terminated 1885)
• Rawdon George Grey Clifton, 23rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1858–1912)
• Cecil Talbot Clifton, 24th Baron Grey de Ruthyn (9 January 1862 – 21 May 1934) (abeyant 1934)
• John Lancelot Wykeham Butler-Bowdon, 25th Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1883–1963) (abeyance terminated 1940, abeyant 1963)

Co-heirs

All descend from the 22nd Baroness's three sisters:

• Barbara Rawdon-Hastings, Marchioness of Hastings (1810–1858), 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn
  • Paulyn Reginald Serlo Rawdon-Hastings (1832–1851), 3rd Marquess of Hastings
  • Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings (1833–1874), 10th Countess of Loudoun
    • Paulyn Abney-Hastings (1856–1907)
      • Edith Maud Abney-Hastings (1883–1960), 12th Countess of Loudoun
        • Barbara Huddleston Abney-Hastings (1919–2002), 13th Countess of Loudoun
          • Michael Edward Abney-Hastings (1942–2012), 14th Earl of Loudoun
            • 1. Simon Abney-Hastings, 15th Earl of Loudoun (b. 1974), 15th Earl of Loudoun
        • Jean Huddleston Campbell of Loudoun (b. 1920)
          • 2. Sheena Wakefield (b. 1941)
          • 3. Flora Ann Madeline Hubble (b. 1957)
        • Fiona Huddleston Abney-Hastings (b. 1923)
          • Christopher Ian de Fresnes (1942–2013), 13th Baron de Fresnes
            • 4. Robert Marcel de Fresnes (b. 1970), 14th Baron de Fresnes
        • Edith Huddleston Abney-Hastings (b. 1925)
          • 5. Norman Angus MacLaren (b. 1948)
      • Elizabeth Abney-Hastings (1884–1974), 22nd Baroness Hungerford, 20th Baroness Moleyns, 14th Baroness Strange
        • Jestyn Reginald Austin Plantagenet Philipps (1917–1991), 2nd Viscount St Davids
          • Colwyn Jestyn John Philipps (1939–2009), 3rd Viscount St Davids
            • 6. Rhodri Colwyn Philipps (b. 1966), 4th Viscount St Davids
  • Bertha Lelgarde Clifton (1835–1887), 22nd Baroness Grey de Ruthyn
    • Ella Cicely Mary Clifton (1856–1912)
      • John Lancelot Wykeham Butler-Bowden (1883–1963), 25th Baron Grey de Ruthyn
    • Rawdon George Grey Clifton (1858–1912), 23rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn
    • Cecil Talbot Clifton (1862–1934), 24th Baron Grey de Ruthyn
  • Victoria Maria Louisa Rawdon-Hastings (1837–1888)
    • Mary Evelyn Bertha Emily Kirwan (1861–1902)
      • Count Stanislas Mary Joseph Lubienski Bodenham (b. 1899)
        • Count Charles Henry Lubienski Bodenham (b. 1935)
          • 7. Count Paul Lubienski Bodenham (b. 1965)
  • Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings (1842–1868), 4th Marquess of Hastings, 21st Baron Grey of Ruthyn
  • Frances Augusta Constance Muir Rawdon-Hastings (1844–1910)
    • Sydney Edward Marsham (1879–1952)
      • Peter William Marsham (1913–1970)
      • 8. Julian Charles Marsham (b. 1948), 8th Earl of Romney

Family tree

Grosvenor and Grey family tree: Dukes of Westminster, Marquesses of Westminster Earls: Grosvenor, Sussex (5th creation), and of Wilton Viscounts: Belgrave, Grey de Wilton, and de Longueville and Barons: Grey de Wilton, Grey of Ruthin (Ruthyn), Grey de Radcliffe, Ebury, Grosvenor, and Stalbridge

Baron Grey de Wilton (1st creation), 1285 Reginald Grey d. 1308 1st Baron Grey de Wilton John Grey c. 1268–1323 2nd Baron Grey de Wilton Baron Grey of Ruthin, 1324 Henry Grey 1281–1342 3rd Baron Grey de Wilton Roger Grey d. 1352/1353 1st Baron Grey of Ruthin King Edward III 1312–1377 Reynold Grey 1311–1370 4th Baron Grey de Wilton Reynold Grey c. 1322 – c. 1388 2nd Baron Grey of Ruthin John of Gaunt 1340–1399 Thomas Holland Earl of Kent c. 1314–1360 Henry Grey c. 1340–1396 5th Baron Grey de Wilton Reynold Grey c. 1362 – c. 1440 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthin Elizabeth of Lancaster bef. 1363–1426 John Holland Earl of Huntingdon Duke of Exeter c. 1352–1400 Richard Grey c. 1393–1442 6th Baron Grey de Wilton John Grey c. 1387–1439 Constance Holland 1387–1437 Reynold Grey c. 1421–1493/94 7th Baron Grey de Wilton Edmund Grey c. 1362 – c. 1440 1st Earl of Kent, 4th Baron Grey of Ruthin See Template:Dukes of Kent family tree Edmund Grey d. 1499 8th Baron Grey de Wilton George Grey 2nd Earl of Kent, 5th Baron Grey of Ruthin c. 1460–1503 Edmund Grey c. 1469–1511 9th Baron Grey de Wilton Richard Grey 3rd Earl of Kent, 6th Baron Grey of Ruthin 1481–1524 Henry Grey 4th Earl of Kent, 7th Baron Grey of Ruthin c. 1495–1562 George Grey c. 1493–1514/1515 10th Baron Grey de Wilton Thomas Grey c. 1496–1517 11th Baron Grey de Wilton Richard Grey c. 1505–1523 12th Baron Grey de Wilton William Grey c. 1509–1562 13th Baron Grey de Wilton Henry Grey 1520–1545 Arthur Grey 1536–1593 14th Baron Grey de Wilton Reginald Grey d. 1573 5th Earl of Kent, 8th Baron Grey of Ruthin Henry Grey 1541–1615 6th Earl of Kent, 9th Baron Grey of Ruthin Charles Grey c. 1545–1623 7th Earl of Kent, 10th Baron Grey of Ruthyn Bridget Grey d. 1648 Thomas Grey 1575–1614 15th Baron Grey de Wilton Susan Grey Henry Grey c. 1583–1639 8th Earl of Kent, 11th Baron Grey of Ruthyn Barony Grey de Wilton (1st creation) extinct, 1614 Baronet of Egerton and Oulton, 1617 Roland Egerton d. 1646 1st Baronet Charles Longueville 1612–1643 12th Baron Grey de Ruthyn John Egerton d. 1674 2nd Baronet Susan Longueville d. 1676 13th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn suo jure Viscount Longueville (1st creation), 1690 John Egerton d. 1729 3rd Baronet Charles Yelverton 1657–1679 14th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Henry Yelverton c. 1664–1703/1704 1st Viscount Longueville, 15th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Earl of Sussex (5th creation), 1717 Holland Egerton c. 1689–1730 4th Baronet Talbot Yelverton c. 1664–1703/1704 1st Earl of Sussex, 2nd Viscount Longueville, 16th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Edward Egerton bef. 1721–1743/1744 5th Baronet Thomas Grey Egerton c. 1721–1756 6th Baronet George Augustus Yelverton 1727–1758 2nd Earl of Sussex, 3rd Viscount de Longueville, 17th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Henry Yelverton 1728–1799 3rd Earl of Sussex, 4th Viscount de Longueville, 18th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Earldom of Sussex (5th creation) and Viscountcy de Longueville (1st creation) extinct, 1799 Baron Grosvenor of Eaton in the County of Chester, 1761 Earl Gosvenor and Viscount Belgrave of Belgrave in the County of Chester, 1784 Baron Grey de Wilton (2nd creation), 1784 Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton, 1801 Richard Grosvenor 1731–1802 7th Baronet of Eaton, 1st Earl Grosvenor, etc. Thomas Egerton 1749–1814 7th Baronet of Egerton and Oulton, 1st Earl of Wilton, etc. Barbara Yelverton d. 1781 Barony Grey de Wilton (2nd creation) extinct, 1784 Marquess of Westminster, 1831 Robert Grosvenor 1767–1845 1st Marquess of Westminster, 2nd Earl Grosvenor, etc. Eleanor Egerton 1770–1846 Henry Yelverton 1780–1810 19th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Baron Ebury of Ebury Manor in the County of Middlesex, 1857 Richard Grosvenor 1795–1869 2nd Marquess of Westminster, 3rd Earl Grosvenor, etc. Thomas Grosvenor (Egerton) 1799–1882 2nd Earl of Wilton, etc. Robert Grosvenor 1801–1893 1st Baron Ebury Barbara Rawdon-Hastings 1810–1858 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn suo jure George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1808–1844 Marquess of Hastings Duke of Westminster, 1874 Baron Stalbridge of Stalbridge in the County of Dorset, 1886 Baron Grey de Radcliffe in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 1875 Barony Grey de Ruthin (Ruthyn) abeyance terminated, 1885 Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1825–1899 1st Duke of Westminster, 3rd Marquess of Westminster, 4th Earl Grosvenor, etc. Richard de Aquila Grosvenor 1837–1912 1st Baron Stalbridge Arthur Edward Holland Grey Egerton 1833–1885 3rd Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton, Baron Grey de Radcliffe Seymour John Grey Egerton 1839–1898 4th Earl of Wilton, etc. Robert Wellesley Grosvenor 1834–1918 2nd Baron Ebury Bertha Lelgarde Clifton 1835–1887 22nd Baroness Grey de Ruthyn suo jure Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings 1842–1868 Marquess of Hastings, Earl of Loudoun, 21st Baron Grey de Ruthyn, Baron Botreaux, Baron Hungerford, Baron de Moleyns, Baron Hastings Barony Grey de Radcliffe extinct, 1885 Barony Grey de Ruthyn abeyant, 1868 Victor Alexander Grosvenor 1853–1884 styled Earl Grosvenor Henry George Grosvenor 1861–1914 Hugh Grosvenor 1880–1949 2nd Baron Stalbridge Arthur George Egerton 1863–1915 5th Earl of Wilton, etc. Robert Victor Grosvenor 1868–1921 3rd Baron Ebury Ella Cicely Mary Clifton 1856–1912 Rawdon George Grey Clifton 1858–1912 23rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn Cecil Talbot Clifton 1862–1934 24th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Barony Stalbridge extinct, 1949 Barony Grey de Ruthyn abeyant, 1934 Barony Grey de Ruthyn abeyance terminated, 1940 Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor 1879–1953 2nd Duke of Westminster, 4th Marquess of Westminster, 5th Earl Grosvenor, etc. William Grosvenor 1894–1963 3rd Duke of Westminster, 5th Marquess of Westminster, 6th Earl Grosvenor, etc. Hugh William Grosvenor 1884–1914 Seymour Edward Frederick Egerton 1896–1927 6th Earl of Wilton, etc. Francis Egerton Grosvenor 1883–1932 4th Baron Ebury John Lancelot Wykeham Butler-Bowden 1883–1963 25th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Barony Grey de Ruthyn abeyant, 1963 Gerald Hugh Grosvenor 1907–1967 4th Duke of Westminster, 6th Marquess of Westminster, 7th Earl Grosvenor, etc. Robert George Grosvenor 1910–1979 5th Duke of Westminster, 7th Marquess of Westminster, 8th Earl Grosvenor, etc. Seymour William Arthur John Egerton 1921–1999 7th Earl of Wilton, etc. Robert Grosvenor 1914–1957 5th Baron Ebury Francis Grosvenor b. 1934 8th Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton, 6th Baron Ebury and heir presumptive to the Marquessate of Westminster Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor 1951–2016 6th Duke of Westminster, 8th Marquess of Westminster, 9th Earl Grosvenor, etc. Julian Grosvenor b. 1959 styled Viscount Grey de Wilton Heir apparent to the Earldom of Wilton Hugh Grosvenor b. 1991 7th Duke of Westminster, 9th Marquess of Westminster, 10th Earl Grosvenor, etc.