John Grey (Staffordshire MP)

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Hon. John Grey (died 1709), of Enville Hall, Staffordshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1660 and 1698.

Enville Hall, Staffordshire

Grey was the third son of

Member of Parliament for Leicester in the Convention Parliament. He was elected MP for Leicester again in 1677 in a by-election to the Cavalier Parliament and was returned again for the two elections in 1679 and in 1681. He inherited the Enville estate under the will of his cousin Henry Grey who died in 1687. In 1689 he was elected MP for Staffordshire and was re-elected in 1690 and 1695.[1]

Grey married:

  1. Mary daughter of
    Viscount Dudley and Ward
    in 1763.
  2. Catherine, eldest daughter of Edward Ward, 7th Baron Dudley, 2nd Baron Ward (on 21 November 1683). They had:

References

  • Victoria County History, Staffordshire XX, 97.
  • Burkes Peerage (1939 edition).
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Edward Littleton
Sir Walter Bagot
Henry Paget
1695–1698
Succeeded by
Henry Paget