PEERAGES
Last updated 16/11/2018 (8 Apr 2024)
Date	Rank	Order	Name	Born	Died	Age
GRANDISON
21 Sep 1299 to     c 1305	B	1	Sir Otho de Grandison Summoned to Parliament as Lord Grandison 21 Sep 1299 Peerage extinct on his death		c 1305
6 Feb 1299	B	1	William de Grandison Summoned to Parliament as Lord Grandison 6 Feb 1299		c 1330
c 1330		2	Peter de Grandison	1295	10 Aug 1358	63
10 Aug 1358		3	John de Grandison	1292	15 Jul 1369	77
15 Jul 1369 to     1375		4	Thomas de Grandison On his death the peerage fell into abeyance	1339	1375	36
3 Jan 1621	V[I]	1	Sir Oliver St. John Created Viscount Grandison 3 Jan 1621 and Baron Tregoz 20 May 1626 Chief Governor of Ireland 1616‑1622	c 1560	29 Dec 1630
29 Dec 1630		2	William Villiers	1614	24 Jul 1643	29
24 Jul 1643		3	John Villiers		c 1661
c 1661		4	George Villiers	c 1617	16 Dec 1699
16 Dec 1699 11 Sep 1721 to     14 May 1766	E[I]	5 1	John Fitzgerald Villiers Created Earl Grandison 11 Sep 1721 MP for Old Sarum 1705; PC [I] 1721 On his death the Earldom became extinct whilst the Viscountcy passed to -	c 1682	14 May 1766
14 May 1766		6	William Villiers He had previously succeeded to the Earldom of Jersey in 1721 with which title this peerage then merged and so remains		28 Aug 1769
10 Apr 1746 19 Feb 1767	V[I] E[I]	1 1	Elizabeth Mason Created Viscountess Grandison 10 Apr 1746 and Viscountess Villiers and Countess Grandison 19 Feb 1767		29 May 1782
29 May 1782 to     14 Jul 1800		2	George Mason-Villiers MP for Ludlow 1774‑1780; PC [I] 1785 Peerages extinct on his death	13 Jul 1751	14 Jul 1800	49
GRANE
2 Jan 1536 to     28 Jun 1541	V[I]	1	Lord Leonard Grey Created Viscount Grane 2 Jan 1536 He was attainted and the peerage forfeited	c 1490	28 Jun 1541
GRANTCHESTER
30 Jun 1953	B	1	Sir Alfred Jesse Suenson‑Taylor Created Baron Grantchester 30 Jun 1953	14 Aug 1893	2 Jul 1976	82
2 Jul 1976		2	Kenneth Bent Suenson‑Taylor	18 Aug 1921	12 Aug 1995	74
12 Aug 1995		3	Christopher John Suenson‑Taylor [Elected hereditary peer 2003-]	8 Apr 1951
GRANTHAM
24 Dec 1698 to     5 Dec 1754	E	1	Henry d'Auverquerque Created Baron of Alford, Viscount Boston and Earl of Grantham 24 Dec 1698 PC 1727 Peerage extinct on his death	c 1675	5 Dec 1754
7 Apr 1761	B	1	Thomas Robinson Created Baron Grantham 7 Apr 1761 MP for Thirsk 1727‑1734 and Christchurch 1748‑1761; Secretary of State 1754‑1755; Postmaster General 1765‑1766; PC 1750	24 Apr 1695	30 Sep 1770	75
30 Sep 1770		2	Thomas Robinson MP for Christchurch 1761‑1770; President of the Board of Trade 1780‑1782; Foreign Secretary 1782‑1783; PC 1770	30 Nov 1738	20 Jul 1786	47
20 Jul 1786		3	Thomas Philip Robinson (later de Grey) He succeeded to the Earldom of de Grey in 1833 with which title this peerage then merged until its extinction in 1923	8 Dec 1781	14 Nov 1859	77
GRANTLEY
9 Apr 1782	B	1	Fletcher Norton Created Baron Grantley 9 Apr 1782 MP for Appleby 1756‑1761, Wigan 1761‑1768 and Guildford 1768‑1782; Solicitor General 1761‑1763; Attorney General 1763‑1765; Speaker of the House of Commons 1770‑1780; PC 1769	23 Jun 1716	1 Jan 1789	72
1 Jan 1789		2	William Norton MP for Richmond 1768‑1774, Wigtoun Burghs 1774‑1775, Guildford 1782‑1784 and Surrey 1784‑1789	19 Feb 1742	12 Nov 1822	80
12 Nov 1822		3	Fletcher Norton	14 Jul 1796	28 Aug 1875	79
28 Aug 1875		4	Thomas Brinsley Norton	14 Nov 1831	24 Jul 1877	45
24 Jul 1877		5	John Richard Brinsley Norton	1 Oct 1855	5 Aug 1943	87
5 Aug 1943		6	Richard Henry Brinsley Norton For further information on this peer, see the note at the foot of this page	2 Apr 1892	17 Jul 1954	62
17 Jul 1954		7	John Richard Brinsley Norton	30 Jul 1923	24 Jun 1995	71
24 Jun 1995		8	Richard William Brinsley Norton	30 Jan 1956
GRANVILLE
20 Apr 1661	V	1	John Granville Created Baron Granville, Viscount Granville and Earl of Bath 20 Apr 1661 See "Bath"	29 Aug 1628	22 Aug 1701	72
16 Jul 1689	B		Charles Granville He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of Acceleration as Baron Granville 16 Jul 1689 He succeeded as Earl of Bath in 1701	31 Aug 1661	4 Sep 1701	40
13 Mar 1703 to     3 Dec 1707	B	1	John Granville Created Baron Granville 13 Mar 1703 MP for Launceston 1685‑1687, Plymouth 1689‑1698, Newport (Cornwall) 1698‑1700, Fowey 1701 and Cornwall 1701‑1703; Lord Lieutenant Cornwall 1702‑1705; PC 1702 Peerage extinct on his death	12 Apr 1665	3 Dec 1707	42
1 Jan 1715	E	1	Grace Carteret Created Viscountess Carteret and Countess Granville 1 Jan 1715	1667	18 Oct 1744	77
18 Oct 1744		2	John Carteret, 2nd Baron Carteret Lord Lieutenant Devonshire 1716‑1721; Secretary of State 1721‑1724; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1724‑1730; Lord President of the Council 1751‑1763; PC 1720; KG 1749	22 Apr 1690	2 Jan 1763	72
2 Jan 1763 to     13 Feb 1776		3	Robert Carteret MP for Yarmouth 1744‑1747 Peerages extinct on his death	21 Sep 1721	13 Feb 1776	54
12 Aug 1815 10 May 1833	V E	1 1	Lord Granville Leveson‑Gower Created Viscount Granville 12 Aug 1815 and Baron Leveson and Earl Granville 10 May 1833 MP for Lichfield 1795‑1799 and Staffordshire 1799‑1815; Secretary at War 1809; PC 1804	12 Oct 1773	8 Jan 1846	72
8 Jan 1846		2	Granville George Leveson‑Gower MP for Morpeth 1837‑1840 and Lichfield 1841‑1846; Vice President of the Board of Trade 1848‑1851; Foreign Secretary 1851‑1852, 1870‑1874 and 1880‑1885; Secretary of State for Colonies 1868‑1870 and 1886; Lord President of the Council 1852‑1854, 1855‑1858 and 1859‑1866; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1854‑1855; Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1865; PC 1846; KG 1857	11 May 1815	31 Mar 1891	75
31 Mar 1891		3	Granville George Leveson‑Gower PC 1928	4 Mar 1872	21 Jul 1939	67
21 Jul 1939		4	William Spencer Leveson‑Gower Governor of Northern Ireland 1945‑1952; KG 1952	11 Jul 1880	25 Jun 1953	72
25 Jun 1953		5	Granville James Leveson‑Gower Lord Lieutenant Western Isles 1983‑1993	6 Dec 1918	31 Oct 1996	77
31 Oct 1996		6	Granville George Fergus Leveson‑Gower	10 Sep 1959
GRANVILLE OF EYE
12 Sep 1967 to     14 Feb 1998	B[L]		Edgar Louis Granville Created Baron Granville of Eye for life 12 Sep 1967 MP for Eye 1929‑1951 Peerage extinct on his death	12 Feb 1898	14 Feb 1998	100
GRANVILLE-WEST
6 Aug 1958 to     23 Sep 1984	B[L]		Daniel Granville West Created Baron Granville-West for life 6 Aug 1958 MP for Pontypool 1946‑1958 Peerage extinct on his death	17 Mar 1904	23 Sep 1984	80
GRAVES
24 Oct 1794	B[I]	1	Thomas Graves Created Baron Graves 24 Oct 1794 MP for East Looe 1775	23 Oct 1725	9 Feb 1802	76
9 Feb 1802		2	Thomas North Graves MP for Okehampton 1812‑1818, Windsor 1819‑1820 and Milborne Port 1820‑1827 For further information on the death of this peer, see the note at the foot of this page	28 May 1775	7 Feb 1830	54
7 Feb 1830		3	Thomas William Graves	18 Apr 1804	20 Mar 1870	65
20 Mar 1870		4	Clarence Edward Graves	8 Jun 1847	29 Jan 1904	56
29 Jan 1904		5	Henry Cyril Percy Graves	10 Sep 1847	13 Jan 1914	66
13 Jan 1914		6	Clarence Percy Rivers Graves	16 Aug 1871	1 Mar 1937	65
1 Mar 1937		7	Henry Algernon Claude Graves	3 Oct 1877	6 Nov 1963	86
6 Nov 1963		8	Peter George Wellesley Graves	21 Oct 1911	6 Jun 1994	82
6 Jun 1994		9	Evelyn Paget Graves	17 May 1926	6 Dec 2002	76
6 Dec 2002		10	Timothy Evelyn Graves	27 Mar 1960
GRAY
1445	B[S]	1	Sir Andrew Gray Created Lord Gray 1445	c 1390	1469
1469		2	Andrew Gray		Feb 1514
Feb 1514		3	Patrick Gray		Apr 1541
Apr 1541		4	Patrick Gray		1582
1582		5	Patrick Gray		1609
1609		6	Patrick Gray		1612
1612		7	Andrew Gray		1663
1663		8	Patrick Grey He resigned the peerage in favour of -		Jan 1711
1707		9	John Gray		10 Jan 1724
10 Jan 1724		10	John Gray	15 Jan 1683	15 Dec 1738	55
15 Dec 1738		11	John Gray	11 Apr 1716	28 Aug 1782	66
28 Aug 1782		12	Charles Gray	1752	18 Dec 1786	34
18 Dec 1786		13	William John Gray	Mar 1754	12 Dec 1807	53
12 Dec 1807		14	Francis Gray	1 Sep 1765	20 Aug 1842	76
20 Aug 1842		15	John Gray	12 May 1798	31 Jan 1867	68
31 Jan 1867		16	Madelina Gray	11 Nov 1799	20 Feb 1869	69
20 Feb 1869		17	Margaret Murray	14 Apr 1821	27 May 1878	57
27 May 1878		18	George Stuart, 14th Earl of Moray	14 Aug 1816	16 Mar 1895	78
16 Mar 1895		19	Eveleen Smith-Gray For further information on this peeress, see the note at the foot of this page	3 May 1841	24 Dec 1918	77
24 Dec 1918		20	James Maclaren Stuart Gray	4 Jun 1864	2 May 1919	54
2 May 1919		21	Ethel Eveleen Gray‑Campbell	16 Jan 1866	2 Oct 1946	80
2 Oct 1946		22	Angus Diarmid Ian Campbell‑Gray	3 Jul 1931	29 Apr 2003	71
29 Apr 2003		23	Andrew Godfrey Diarmid Stuart Campbell‑Gray	3 Sep 1964
GRAY OF CONTIN
4 Jul 1983 to     14 Mar 2006	B[L]		James Hector Northey Gray Created Baron Gray of Contin for life 4 Jul 1983 MP for Ross & Cromarty 1970‑1983; Minister of State, Energy 1979‑1983; Minister of State, Scotland 1983‑1986; Lord Lieutenant Inverness 1996‑2002; PC 1982 Peerage extinct on his death	28 Jun 1927	14 Mar 2006	78
GREAVES
4 May 2000 to     23 Mar 2021	B[L]		Anthony Robert Greaves Created Baron Greaves for life 4 May 2000 Peerage extinct on his death	27 Jul 1942	23 Mar 2021	78
GREEN OF DEDDINGTON
28 Nov 2014	B[L]		Sir Andrew Green Created Baron Green of Deddington for life 28 Nov 2014	6 Aug 1941
GREEN OF HURSTPIERPONT
16 Nov 2010	B[L]		Stephen Keith Green Created Baron Green of Hurstpierpont for life 16 Nov 2010	7 Nov 1948
GREENE
16 Jul 1941 to     16 Apr 1952	B	1	Sir Wilfrid Arthur Greene Created Baron Greene 16 Jul 1941 Lord Justice of Appeal 1935-1937, Master of the Rolls 1937‑1949; Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1949‑1950; PC 1935 Peerage extinct on his death	30 Dec 1883	16 Apr 1952	68
GREENE OF HARROW WEALD
21 Jan 1975 to     26 Jul 2004	B[L]		Sir Sidney Francis Greene Created Baron Greene of Harrow Weald for life 21 Jan 1975 Peerage extinct on his death	12 Feb 1910	26 Jul 2004	94
GREENFIELD
18 Jun 2001	B[L]		Susan Adele Greenfield Created Baroness Greenfield for life 18 Jun 2001	1 Oct 1950
GREENGROSS
10 Feb 2000 to     23 Jun 2022	B[L]		Sally Ralea Greengross Created Baroness Greengross for life 10 Feb 2000 Peerage extinct on her death	29 Jun 1935	23 Jun 2022	87
GREENHALGH
16 Apr 2020	B[L]		Stephen John Greenhalgh Created Baron Greenhalgh for life 16 Apr 2020	4 Sep 1967
GREENHILL
8 Jul 1950	B	1	Ernest Greenhill Created Baron Greenhill 8 Jul 1950	23 Apr 1887	18 Feb 1967	79
18 Feb 1967		2	Stanley Ernest Greenhill	17 Jul 1917	28 Sep 1989	72
28 Sep 1989 to     13 Jan 2020		3	Malcolm Greenhill Peerage extinct on his death	5 May 1924	13 Jan 2020	95
GREENHILL OF HARROW
31 Jan 1974 to     8 Nov 2000	B[L]		Sir Denis Arthur Greenhill Created Baron Greenhill of Harrow for life 31 Jan 1974 Peerage extinct on his death	7 Nov 1913	8 Nov 2000	87
GREENOCK
9 Nov 1807	B	1	William Schaw Cathcart Created Baron Greenock and Viscount Cathcart 9 Nov 1807 and Earl Cathcart 16 Jul 1814 See "Cathcart"	17 Sep 1755	16 Jun 1843	87
GREENWAY
18 Jan 1927	B	1	Sir Charles Greenway, 1st baronet Created Baron Greenway 18 Jan 1927	13 Jun 1857	17 Dec 1934	77
17 Dec 1934		2	Charles Kelvynge Greenway	24 Mar 1888	30 Apr 1963	75
30 Apr 1963		3	Charles Paul Greenway	31 Jan 1917	14 Sep 1975	58
14 Sep 1975		4	Ambrose Charles Drexel Greenway [Elected hereditary peer 1999-]	21 May 1941
GREENWICH
26 Nov 1705 27 Apr 1719 to     4 Oct 1743	E D	1 1	John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll Created Baron of Chatham and Earl of Greenwich 26 Nov 1705 and Duke of Greenwich 27 Apr 1719 These creations extinct on his death	10 Oct 1680	4 Oct 1743	62
19 Aug 1767 to     11 Jan 1794	B	1	Caroline Townshend Created Baroness of Greenwich 19 Aug 1767 Peerage extinct on her death	7 Nov 1717	11 Jan 1794	76
20 Nov 1947	B	1	Philip Mountbatten Created Baron Greenwich, Earl of Merioneth and Duke of Edinburgh 20 Nov 1947 See "Edinburgh"	10 Jun 1921	9 Apr 2021	99
GREENWOOD
31 Aug 1929 16 Feb 1937	B V	1 1	Sir Hamar Greenwood, 1st baronet Created Baron Greenwood 31 Aug 1929 and Viscount Greenwood 16 Feb 1937 MP for York 1906‑1910, Sunderland 1910‑1922, and Walthamstow East 1924‑1929; Chief Secretary for Ireland 1920‑1922; PC 1920; PC [I] 1920	7 Feb 1870	10 Sep 1948	78
10 Sep 1948		2	David Henry Hamar Greenwood	30 Oct 1914	30 Jul 1998	83
30 Jul 1998 to     7 Jul 2003		3	Michael George Hamar Greenwood Peerages extinct on his death	5 May 1923	7 Jul 2003	80
GREENWOOD OF ROSSENDALE
22 Sep 1970 to     12 Apr 1982	B[L]		Arthur William James Anthony Greenwood Created Baron Greenwood of Rossendale for life 22 Sep 1970 MP for Heywood and Radcliffe 1946‑1950 and Rossendale 1950‑1970; Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs 1964‑1965; Minister of Overseas Development 1965‑1966; Minister of Housing & Local Government 1966‑1970; PC 1964 Peerage extinct on his death	14 Sep 1911	12 Apr 1982	70
GREGSON
11 Jul 1975 to     12 Aug 2009	B[L]		John Gregson Created Baron Gregson for life 11 Jul 1975 Peerage extinct on his death	29 Jan 1924	12 Aug 2009	85
GRENDER
4 Sep 2013	B[L]		Rosalind Mary ["Olly"] Grender Created Baroness Grender for life 4 Sep 2013	19 Aug 1962
GRENDON
29 Dec 1299	B	1	Sir Ralph Grendon Summoned to Parliament as Lord Grendon 29 Dec 1299		c 1331
c 1331 to     1348		2	Robert Grendon Peerage extinct on his death		1348
22 Jan 1305 to     after 1305	B	1	Robert de Grendon Summoned to Parliament as Lord Grendon 22 Jan 1305 Nothing further is known of this peerage
GRENFELL
19 Jul 1902	B	1	Sir Francis Wallace Grenfell Created Baron Grenfell 19 Jul 1902 Governor of Malta 1899‑1903; Field Marshal 1908; PC [I] 1904	29 Apr 1841	27 Jan 1925	83
27 Jan 1925		2	Pascoe Christian Victor Francis Grenfell	12 Dec 1905	24 Sep 1976	70
24 Sep 1976		3	Julian Pascoe Francis St. Leger Grenfell Created Baron Grenfell of Kilvey 2000	23 May 1935
GRENFELL OF KILVEY
17 Apr 2000	B[L]		Julian Pascoe Francis St. Leger Grenfell, 3rd Baron Grenfell Created Baron Grenfell of Kilvey for life 17 Apr 2000	23 May 1935
GRENVILLE
25 Nov 1790 to     12 Jan 1834	B	1	William Wyndham Grenville Created Baron Grenville 25 Nov 1790 MP for Buckingham 1782‑1784 and Buckinghamshire 1784‑1790; Vice President of the Board of Trade 1786‑1789; Speaker of the House of Commons 1789; Home Secretary 1789; President of the Board of Control 1790‑1793; Foreign Secretary 1791‑1801; Prime Minister 1806‑1807; PC [I] 1782; PC 1783 Peerage extinct on his death	25 Oct 1759	12 Jan 1834	74
GRESLEY
10 Mar 1308 to     c 1347	B	1	Thomas de Gresley Summoned to Parliament as Lord Gresley 10 Mar 1308 Peerage extinct on his death	1279	c 1347
GRETTON
27 Jan 1944	B	1	John Gretton Created Baron Gretton 27 Jan 1944 MP for Derbyshire South 1895‑1906, Rutland 1907‑1918 and Burton 1918‑1943; PC 1926 For further information on this peer, see the note at the foot of the page containing details of members for Derbyshire South	1 Sep 1867	2 Jun 1947	79
2 Jun 1947		2	John Frederic Gretton MP for Burton 1943‑1945	15 Aug 1902	26 Mar 1982	79
26 Mar 1982		3	John Henrik Gretton	9 Feb 1941	4 Apr 1989	48
4 Apr 1989		4	John Lysander Gretton	17 Apr 1975
GREVILLE
15 Dec 1869	B	1	Fulke Southwell Greville-Nugent Created Baron Greville 15 Dec 1869 MP for co. Longford 1852‑1869; Lord Lieutenant Westmeath 1871‑1883	17 Feb 1821	26 Jan 1883	61
26 Jan 1883		2	Algernon William Fulke Greville MP for Westmeath 1865‑1874	11 Feb 1841	2 Dec 1909	68
2 Dec 1909		3	Charles Beresford Fulke Greville	3 Mar 1871	14 May 1952	81
14 May 1952 to     9 Dec 1987		4	Ronald Charles Fulke Greville Peerage extinct on his death	11 Apr 1912	9 Dec 1987	75
GREY
19 May 1740	M	1	Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent Created Marquess Grey 19 May 1740 For details of the special remainder included in this creation, see the note at the foot of this page	28 Sep 1671	5 Jun 1740	68
5 Jun 1740 to     10 Jan 1797		2	Jemima Yorke, Baroness Lucas of Crudwell in her own right Peerage extinct on her death	9 Oct 1722	10 Jan 1797	74
11 Apr 1806	E	1	Charles Grey Created Baron Grey of Howick 23 Jun 1801 and Viscount Howick and Earl Grey 11 Apr 1806 PC 1797	23 Oct 1729	14 Nov 1807	78
14 Nov 1807		2	Charles Grey MP for Northumberland 1786‑1807, Appleby 1807 and Tavistock 1807; First Lord of the Admiralty 1806; Foreign Secretary 1806‑1807; Prime Minister 1830‑1834; PC 1806; KG 1831	13 Mar 1764	17 Jul 1845	81
17 Jul 1845		3	Henry George Grey MP for Winchelsea 1826‑1830, Higham Ferrers 1830‑1831, Northumberland 1831‑1832, Northumberland North 1832‑1841 and Sunderland 1841‑1845; Secretary at War 1835‑1839; Colonial Secretary 1846‑1852; Lord Lieutenant Northumberland 1847‑1877; PC 1835; KG 1863	28 Dec 1802	9 Oct 1894	91
9 Oct 1894		4	Alfred Henry George Grey MP for Northumberland South 1880‑1885 and Tyneside 1885‑1886; Lord Lieutenant Northumberland 1899‑1904; Governor General of Canada 1904‑1911; PC 1908	28 Nov 1851	28 Aug 1917	65
28 Aug 1917		5	Charles Robert Grey	15 Dec 1879	2 Apr 1963	83
2 Apr 1963		6	Richard Fleming George Charles Grey	4 Mar 1939	10 Sep 2013	74
10 Sep 2013		7	Philip Kent Grey	11 May 1940
GREY DE CODNOR
6 Feb 1299	B	1	Henry Grey Summoned to Parliament as Lord Grey de Codnor 6 Feb 1299		Sep 1309
Sep 1309		2	Richard Grey	c 1282	Mar 1335
Mar 1335		3	John Grey	1305	c 1393
c 1393		4	Richard Grey KG 1403		1 Aug 1418
1 Aug 1418		5	John Grey	1396	14 Sep 1431	35
14 Sep 1431		6	Henry Grey	1406	17 Jul 1444	38
17 Jul 1444 to     8 Apr 1496		7	Henry Grey On his death the peerage fell into abeyance	1435	8 Apr 1496	60
1989		8	Charles Legh Shuldham Cornwall‑Legh Abeyance terminated in his favour	10 Feb 1903	23 Dec 1996	93
23 Dec 1996		9	Richard Henry Cornwall‑Legh	14 May 1936
GREY OF FALLODON
27 Jul 1916 to     7 Sep 1933	V	1	Sir Edward Grey, 3rd baronet Created Viscount Grey of Fallodon 27 Jul 1916 MP for Berwick upon Tweed 1885‑1916; Foreign Secretary 1905‑1916; PC 1902; KG 1912 Peerage extinct on his death	25 Apr 1862	7 Sep 1933	71
GREY OF GROBY
21 Jul 1603	B	1	Sir Henry Grey Created Baron Grey of Groby 21 Jul 1603		26 Jul 1614
26 Jul 1614		2	Henry Grey He was created Earl of Stamford in 1628 with which title this peerage then merged	c 1600	21 Aug 1673
15 Jan 1833	B		George Harry Grey He was summoned to Parliament by a Writ of Acceleration as Baron Grey of Groby 15 Jan 1833 He was the son and heir apparent of the 6th Earl of Stamford, but died before he could succeed to that title	5 Apr 1802	24 Oct 1835	33
GREY OF NAUNTON
17 Sep 1968 to     17 Oct 1999	B[L]		Sir Ralph Francis Alnwick Grey Created Baron Grey of Naunton for life 17 Sep 1968 Governor of British Guiana 1959‑1964, Bahamas 1964‑1968 and Northern Ireland 1968‑1973 Peerage extinct on his death	15 Apr 1910	17 Oct 1999	89
GREY DE POWIS
15 Nov 1482	B	1	John Grey Summoned to Parliament as Lord Grey de Powis 15 Nov 1482	1460	1497	37
1497		2	John Grey	1485	15 Apr 1504	18
15 Apr 1504 to     2 Jul 1551		3	Edward Grey Peerage extinct on his death		2 Jul 1551
GREY DE RADCLIFFE
14 Jun 1875 to     18 Jan 1885	B	1	Arthur Edward Holland Grey Egerton, 3rd Earl of Wilton Created Baron Grey de Radcliffe 14 Jun 1875 Peerage extinct on his death	25 Nov 1833	18 Jan 1885	51
GREY DE ROLLESTON
24 Oct 1673	B	1	Charles North Summoned to Parliament as Lord Grey de Rolleston 24 Oct 1673	1634	Jan 1690	55
Jan 1690 to     31 Oct 1734		2	William North Peerage extinct on his death		31 Oct 1734
GREY DE ROTHERFIELD
25 Aug 1338	B	1	Sir John de Grey Summoned to Parliament as Lord Grey de Rotherfield 25 Aug 1338 KG 1348	c 1300	1 Sep 1359
1 Sep 1359		2	John Grey	1320	4 Jun 1375	54
4 Jun 1375		3	Bartholomew Grey	1351	12 Nov 1376	25
12 Nov 1376 to     14 Jan 1388		4	Robert Grey On his death the peerage became dormant		14 Jan 1388
GREY DE RUTHYN
30 Dec 1324	B	1	Roger de Grey Summoned to Parliament as Lord Grey de Ruthyn 30 Dec 1324	c 1298	6 Mar 1353
6 Mar 1353		2	Reginald Grey	1323	28 Jul 1388	65
28 Jul 1388		3	Reginald Grey	1362	18 Oct 1440	78
18 Oct 1440		4	Edmund Grey, later [1465] 1st Earl of Kent	c 1420	22 May 1489
22 May 1489		5	George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent	c 1455	21 Dec 1503
21 Dec 1503		6	Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent	1481	3 May 1524	42
3 May 1524		7	Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent	c 1502	24 Sep 1562
24 Sep 1562		8	Reginald Grey, 5th Earl of Kent	c 1540	17 Mar 1573
17 Mar 1573		9	Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent	1541	31 Jan 1615	73
31 Jan 1615		10	Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent	c 1545	26 Sep 1623
26 Sep 1623		11	Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent	c 1580	21 Nov 1639
21 Nov 1639		12	Charles Longueville	21 Apr 1612	17 Jun 1643	31
17 Jun 1643		13	Susan Yelverton	1634	28 Jan 1676	41
28 Jan 1676		14	Sir Charles Yelverton, 3rd baronet	21 Aug 1657	17 May 1679	21
17 May 1679		15	Henry Yelverton Created Viscount de Longueville 21 Apr 1690	c 1664	24 Mar 1704
24 Mar 1704		16	Talbot Yelverton, later [1717] 1st Earl of Sussex	2 May 1690	27 Oct 1731	41
27 Oct 1731		17	George Augustus Yelverton, 2nd Earl of Sussex	27 Jul 1727	8 Jan 1758	30
8 Jan 1758		18	Henry Yelverton, 3rd Earl of Sussex	7 Jul 1728	22 Apr 1799	70
22 Apr 1799		19	Henry Edward Yelverton	8 Sep 1780	29 Oct 1810	30
29 Oct 1810		20	Barbara Rawdon-Hastings	20 May 1810	19 Nov 1858	48
19 Nov 1858 to     10 Nov 1868		21	Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon‑Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings On his death the peerage fell into abeyance	22 Jul 1842	10 Nov 1868	26
29 Dec 1885		22	Bertha Lelgarde Clifton Abeyance terminated in her favour For information on the termination of the abeyance see the note at the foot of this page	30 Apr 1835	15 Dec 1887	52
15 Dec 1887		23	Rawdon George Grey Clifton	14 Nov 1858	31 Aug 1912	53
31 Aug 1912 to     21 May 1934		24	Cecil Talbot Clifton On his death the peerage again fell into abeyance For further information on this peer, see the note at the foot of this page	9 Jan 1862	21 May 1934	72
1940 to     25 Oct 1963		25	John Lancelot Wykeham Butler‑Bowden Abeyance terminated in his favour. On his death the peerage again fell into abeyance	25 Oct 1883	25 Oct 1963	80
GREY OF WERKE
11 Feb 1624	B	1	Sir William Grey, 1st baronet Created Baron Grey of Werke 11 Feb 1624		7 Aug 1674
Aug 1674		2	Ralph Grey	27 Oct 1630	24 Jun 1675	44
Jun 1675		3	Ford Grey Created Viscount Glendale and Earl of Tankerville 11 Jun 1695	20 Jul 1655	24 Jun 1701	45
24 Jun 1701 to     20 Jun 1706		4	Ralph Grey MP for Berwick upon Tweed 1679-1681, 1695-1698 and 1701 Peerage extinct on his death	28 Nov 1661	20 Jun 1706	54
GREY DE WILTON
23 Jun 1295	B	1	Reginald de Grey Summoned to Parliament as Lord Grey de Wilton 23 Jun 1295		5 Apr 1308
5 Apr 1308		2	John Grey	1268	28 Oct 1323	55
28 Oct 1323		3	Henry Grey	28 Oct 1282	16 Dec 1342	60
16 Dec 1342		4	Reginald Grey	1 Nov 1312	4 Jun 1370	57
4 Jun 1370		5	Henry Grey	1342	22 Apr 1396	53
22 Apr 1396		6	Richard Grey	1393	13 Aug 1442	49
13 Aug 1442		7	Reginald Grey	1421	c 1493
c 1493		8	John Grey		2 Mar 1498
2 Mar 1498		9	Edmund Grey		May 1511
May 1511		10	George Grey		c 1515
c 1515		11	Thomas Grey	c 1497	c 1518
c 1518		12	Richard Grey	1507	c 1520
c 1520		13	William Grey KG 1557		14 Dec 1562
14 Dec 1562		14	Arthur Grey KG 1572	1536	14 Oct 1593	57
14 Oct 1593 to     1603		15	Thomas Grey He was attainted and the peerage forfeited	c 1575	9 Jul 1614
15 May 1784 26 Jun 1801	B V	1 1	Sir Thomas Egerton, 7th baronet Created Baron Grey de Wilton 15 May 1784 and Viscount Grey de Wilton and Earl of Wilton 26 Jun 1801 See "Wilton"	14 May 1749	23 Sep 1814	65
GREYSTOCK
24 Jun 1295 to     2 Sep 1306	B	1	John de Greystock Summoned to Parliament as Lord Greystock 24 Jun 1295 Peerage extinct on his death	1264	2 Sep 1306	42
15 May 1321		3	Ralph de Greystock, 3rd Lord Fitzwilliam Summoned to Parliament as Lord Greystock 15 May 1321	c 1299	13 Jul 1323
13 Jul 1323		4	William de Greystock	1320	20 Jul 1358	38
20 Jul 1358		5	Ralph de Greystock	1352	6 Apr 1417	64
6 Apr 1417		6	John de Greystock	c 1389	8 Aug 1436
8 Aug 1436		7	Ralph de Greystock	1414	1 Jun 1487	72
1 Jun 1487		8	Elizabeth Dacre		13 Aug 1516
13 Aug 1516		9	William Dacre He succeeded as 3rd Lord Dacre 1526	29 Apr 1500	12 Nov 1563	63
12 Nov 1563		10	Thomas Dacre, 4th Lord Dacre	c 1526	1 Jul 1566
1 Jul 1566 to     17 May 1569		11	George Dacre, 5th Lord Dacre On his death the peerage fell into abeyance	1561	17 May 1569	7
GREY-THOMPSON
23 Mar 2010	B[L]		Dame Tanni Carys Davina Grey‑Thompson Created Baroness Grey-Thompson for life 23 Mar 2010	26 Jul 1969
GRIDLEY
10 Jan 1955	B	1	Sir Arnold Babb Gridley Created Baron Gridley 10 Jan 1955 MP for Stockport 1935‑1950 and Stockport South 1950‑1955	16 Jul 1878	27 Jul 1965	87
27 Jul 1965		2	Arnold Hudson Gridley	26 May 1906	15 Jun 1996	90
15 Jun 1996		3	Richard David Arnold Gridley	22 Aug 1956
GRIFFIN OF BRAYBROOKE
3 Dec 1688	B	1	Edward Griffin Created Baron Griffin of Braybrooke 3 Dec 1688	c 1630	10 Nov 1710
10 Nov 1710		2	James Griffin MP for Brackley 1685	15 Dec 1667	31 Oct 1715	47
Oct 1715 to     22 Jun 1742		3	Edward Griffin Peerage extinct on his death	17 Oct 1693	22 Jun 1742	48
GRIFFITHS
23 May 1985 to     30 May 2015	B[L]		Sir William Hugh Griffiths Created Baron Griffiths for life 23 May 1985 Lord Justice of Appeal 1980‑1985; Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1985‑1993; PC 1980 Peerage extinct on his death	26 Sep 1923	30 May 2015	91
GRIFFITHS OF BURRY PORT
30 Jun 2004	B[L]		Leslie John Griffiths Created Baron Griffiths of Burry Port for life 30 Jun 2004	15 Feb 1942
GRIFFITHS OF FFORESTFFACH
5 Feb 1991	B[L]		Brian Griffiths Created Baron Griffiths of Fforestffach for life 5 Feb 1991	27 Dec 1941
GRIMOND
12 Oct 1983 to     24 Oct 1993	B[L]		Joseph Grimond Created Baron Grimond for life 12 Oct 1983 MP for Orkney and Shetland 1950‑1983; PC 1961 Peerage extinct on his death	29 Jul 1913	24 Oct 1993	80
GRIMSTON
29 Nov 1719	V[I]	1	William Grimston Created Baron Dunboyne and Viscount Grimston 29 Nov 1719 MP for St. Albans 1710‑1722 and 1727‑1734	31 Dec 1684	15 Oct 1756	71
15 Oct 1756		2	James Grimston MP for St. Albans 1754‑1761	9 Oct 1711	15 Dec 1773	62
15 Dec 1773		3	James Bucknall Grimston Created Baron Verulam 8 Jul 1790 MP for St. Albans 1783‑1784 and Hertfordshire 1784‑1790	9 May 1747	30 Dec 1808	61
30 Dec 1808 24 Nov 1815	V	4 1	James Walter Grimston Created Viscount Grimston and Earl of Verulam 24 Nov 1815 See "Verulam"	26 Sep 1775	17 Nov 1845	70
GRIMSTON OF WESTBURY
11 Dec 1964	B	1	Sir Robert Villiers Grimston, 1st baronet Created Baron Grimston of Westbury 11 Dec 1964 MP for Westbury 1931‑1964	8 Jun 1897	8 Dec 1979	82
8 Dec 1979		2	Robert Walter Sigismund Grimston	14 Jun 1925	16 Jun 2003	78
16 Jun 2003		3	Robert John Sylvester Grimston	30 Apr 1951
GRIMTHORPE
17 Feb 1886	B	1	Sir Edmund Beckett, 5th baronet Created Baron Grimthorpe 17 Feb 1886 For details of the special remainder included in the creation of this peerage, see the note at the foot of this page	12 May 1816	29 Apr 1905	88
29 Apr 1905		2	Ernest William Beckett MP for Whitby 1885‑1905	25 Nov 1856	11 May 1917	60
11 May 1917		3	Ralph William Ernest Beckett	3 May 1891	22 Feb 1963	71
22 Feb 1963		4	Christopher John Beckett	16 Sep 1915	6 Jul 2003	87
6 Jul 2003		5	Edward John Beckett	20 Nov 1954
GRINSTEAD
11 Aug 1815	B	1	John Willoughby Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen Created Baron Grinstead 11 Aug 1815 See "Enniskillen"	23 Mar 1768	31 Mar 1840	72
GROCOTT
2 Jul 2001	B[L]		Bruce Joseph Grocott Created Baron Grocott for life 2 Jul 2001 MP for Lichfield & Tamworth 1974‑1979, The Wrekin 1987‑1997 and Telford 1997‑2001; PC 2002	1 Nov 1940
GROSVENOR
8 Apr 1761 5 Jul 1784	B E	1 1	Sir Richard Grosvenor, 7th baronet Created Baron Grosvenor 8 Apr 1761 and Viscount Belgrave and Earl Grosvenor 5 Jul 1784 MP for Chester 1754‑1761	18 Jun 1731	5 Aug 1802	71
5 Aug 1802		2	Robert Grosvenor He was created Marquess of Westminster in 1831 with which title this peerage then merged	22 Mar 1767	17 Feb 1845	77
GUERNSEY
15 Mar 1703	B	1	Heneage Finch Created Baron of Guernsey 15 Mar 1703 and Earl of Aylesford 19 Oct 1714 See "Aylesford"		22 Jul 1719
GUEST
20 Jan 1961 to     25 Sep 1984	B[L]		Christopher William Graham Guest Created Baron Guest for life 20 Jan 1961 Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1961‑1971; PC 1961 Peerage extinct on his death	7 Nov 1901	25 Sep 1984	82
GUETERBOCK
18 Apr 2000	B[L]		Anthony Fitzhardinge Gueterbock, 18th Baron Berkeley Created Baron Gueterbock for life 18 Apr 2000	20 Sep 1939
GUILFORD
14 Jul 1660 to     3 Sep 1667	E[L]		Elizabeth Boyle Created Countess of Guilford for life 14 Jul 1660 Peerage extinct on her death		3 Sep 1667
25 Jun 1674 to     24 Aug 1682	E	1	John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale Created Baron Petersham and Earl of Guilford 25 Jun 1674 Peerages extinct on his death	24 May 1616	24 Aug 1682	66
27 Sep 1683	B	1	Francis North Created Baron of Guilford 27 Sep 1683 MP for Kings Lynn 1673‑1675; Attorney General 1673; Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1675‑1682; Lord Keeper 1682‑1685; PC 1679	22 Oct 1637	5 Sep 1685	47
5 Sep 1685		2	Francis North President of the Board of Trade 1714; Lord Lieutenant Essex 1703‑1705; PC 1712	14 Dec 1673	17 Oct 1729	55
17 Oct 1729 8 Apr 1752	E	3 1	Francis North Created Earl of Guilford 8 Apr 1752 MP for Banbury 1727‑1729 Succeeded as 7th Lord North 1734	13 Apr 1704	4 Aug 1790	86
4 Aug 1790		2	Frederick North MP for Banbury 1754‑1790; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1767; Prime Minister 1770‑1782; Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1778; Home Secretary 1783; Lord Lieutenant Somerset 1774‑1792; PC 1766; KG 1772	13 Apr 1732	5 Aug 1792	60
5 Aug 1792		3	George Augustus North MP for Harwich 1778‑1784, Wootton Bassett 1784‑1790, Petersfield 1790 and Banbury 1790‑1792	11 Sep 1757	20 Apr 1802	44
20 Apr 1802		4	Francis North	25 Dec 1761	11 Jan 1817	55
11 Jan 1817		5	Frederick North MP for Banbury 1792‑1794; Governor of Ceylon 1798‑1805 For further information on this peer's tenure as Governor of Ceylon, see the note at the foot of this page	7 Feb 1766	14 Oct 1827	61
14 Oct 1827		6	Francis North For further information on this peer, see the note at the foot of this page	17 Dec 1772	29 Jan 1861	88
29 Jan 1861		7	Dudley Francis North For information on the death of this peer, see the note at the foot of this page	14 Jul 1851	19 Dec 1885	34
19 Dec 1885		8	Frederick George North For information on the death of this peer's son, who was styled Lord North, see the note at the foot of this page	19 Nov 1876	9 Nov 1949	72
9 Nov 1949		9	Edward Francis North	22 Sep 1933	26 Mar 1999	65
26 Mar 1999		10	Piers Edward Brownlow North	9 Mar 1971
GUILLAMORE
28 Jan 1831	V[I]	1	Standish O'Grady Created Baron O'Grady and Viscount Guillamore 28 Jan 1831 Attorney General [I] 1803‑1805; Chief Baron of the Exchequer [I] 1805‑1831; PC [I] 1803	1766	21 Apr 1840	73
21 Apr 1840		2	Standish Darby O'Grady MP for co. Limerick 1820‑1826 and 1830‑1835	26 Dec 1792	22 Jul 1848	55
22 Jul 1848		3	Standish O'Grady	8 Jul 1832	10 Apr 1860	37
10 Apr 1860		4	Paget Standish O'Grady	29 Nov 1835	29 Jul 1877	41
29 Jul 1877		5	Hardress Standish O'Grady	20 Oct 1841	6 Feb 1918	76
6 Feb 1918		6	Frederick Standish O'Grady	20 Apr 1847	11 Oct 1927	80
11 Oct 1927		7	Hugh Hamon Massy O'Grady	5 Jul 1860	13 Jun 1930	69
13 Jun 1930		8	Richard O'Grady	9 Aug 1867	28 Nov 1943	76
28 Nov 1943 to     15 Oct 1955		9	Standish Bruce O'Grady Peerage extinct on his death	17 Mar 1869	15 Oct 1955	86
GUTHRIE OF CRAIGIEBANK
27 Jun 2001	B[L]		Sir Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie Created Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank for life 27 Jun 2001 Chief of the Defence Staff 1997‑2001	17 Nov 1938
GWYDYR
16 Jun 1796	B	1	Sir Peter Burrell, 2nd baronet Created Baron Gwydyr 16 Jun 1796 MP for Haslemere 1776‑1780 and Boston 1782‑1796; PC 1820	16 Jun 1754	29 Jun 1820	66
29 Jun 1820		2	Peter Robert Drummond-Burrell, later [1828] 20th Lord Willoughby de Eresby	19 Mar 1782	22 Feb 1865	82
22 Feb 1865		3	Alberic Drummond-Willoughby, 21st Lord Willoughby de Eresby	25 Dec 1821	26 Aug 1870	48
26 Aug 1870		4	Peter Robert Burrell	27 Apr 1810	3 Apr 1909	98
3 Apr 1909 to     13 Feb 1915		5	Willoughby Merrik Campbell Burrell Peerage extinct on his death	26 Oct 1841	13 Feb 1915	73
GWYNEDD
12 Feb 1945	V	1	David Lloyd George Created Viscount Gwynedd and Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor 12 Feb 1945 See "Lloyd George of Dwyfor"	17 Jan 1863	26 Mar 1945	82

	Richard Henry Brinsley Norton, 6th Baron Grantley
	The following biography of the 6th Baron Grantley is taken from the August 1961 issue of the Australian monthly magazine Parade:-
	On a summer afternoon in 1913, the time-honoured Changing of the Guard was taking place in the courtyard before Buckingham Palace. In resplendent scarlet uniform, a young second lieutenant, acutely aware of the admiring interest of the watching crowd, marched his men smartly up and down. Each time they approached a railing that barred their path, they received his shouted command: "About turn!" Then his attention wandered to a couple of pretty girls among the onlookers and next time he forgot to give the command. Indescribable confusion reigned as the guardsmen marched straight into the fence.
	Recollection of that disaster still makes Colonel Blimps blanch. Gradually, however, the man responsible, the sixth Lord Grantley, lived down the disgrace to become the gay, witty, monocled darling of smart English society. Pale-faced, languid and bent through war injuries to look like the hunchback Richard III, Lord Grantley was a record-breaking racing motorist, an international financier and a pioneer of the English film industry.
	Society was shocked when his butler stole the Prince of Wales' wine. He taught a bunch of Americans at a party how to play chemin-de-fer and then lost $25,000 to them, which he couldn't pay. Once Lord Grantley invited his fiancée and her aristocratic mother to tea - and had proceedings interrupted by the arrival of a writ citing him as co-respondent in a divorce case.
	The sixth Lord Grantley was born in 1892. With his four older sisters he was reared at the ancestral home in Yorkshire. It contained 100 bedrooms and required 50 servants to run it, but had only one bathroom. His title dated to George III, who transformed his faithful Attorney‑General into the first Lord Grantley. In the interim, a family fortune of more than a £1,000,000 was accumulated to go with the rank. Lord Grantley's father, the fifth lord, had a divorce record probably unmatched in the British peerage. A student, a linguist and a coin-collector, he made headlines three times in his life - all in sensational divorce cases.
	Once Lord Grantley became perturbed at the entry in Burke's Peerage regarding the date of his eldest sister's birthday, a mere three weeks after his parents' marriage. He tried to persuade his father to have this bald evidence of a race against time deleted from future editions of the famous reference on the English aristocracy. "Fiddlesticks!" snorted his rakish parent. "It doesn't matter in the least. Only domestic servants read Burke's Peerage, and I don't give a damn what they think."
	Lord Grantley's boyhood idol was the family butler - whose name was also Butler. He initiated the future peer into the secrets of horse­racing and put shilling bets on for him with the local bookie. At exclusive Wellington College - Grantly was sent there at six - he was bullied into spending hours every night perched on top of a hot water cistern that nearly fried him alive. He went to Oxford, but was "sent down" in his second year. His offence was to float 100 enamel chamber pots filled with flaming kerosene down the river. At 20, Lord Grantley landed in London. As heir to a million-pound fortune, he had no trouble borrowing money on his future inheritance through financier Clarence Hatry [1888‑1965, crooked company promoter who served nine years for fraud and forgery].
	He joined the Guards as a second lieutenant, bought himself a white Rolls-Royce and was linked romantically with half the chorus girls in London. With the outbreak of World War I, Lord Grantley was packed off to France. Rushed to the front line to stiffen the British resistance, the crack Guards Brigade suffered appalling casualties. Just before Christmas, 1914, Grantley crawled out in front of his trench to reconnoitre and was shockingly injured by a German shell. He woke up in a London hospital a bent and broken wreck of the gay young blade of a few months earlier. Doctors predicted he would never walk again. His own will and determination put him on his feet in a few months, but his back was bent grotesquely.
	Despite the disability, Lord Grantley plunged back into the London social swim. He took a desk job at the War Office under Lord Kitchener and organised the famous Boys' Brigade, in which 250,000 school cadets got their initial military training. Then his debts caught up with him. Accommodating moneylenders, who had advanced him £45,000, demanded payment. Grantley had to get help from his stern, irascible father. The debts were settled and a trust fund set up for any children he might have. In return he signed away his own inheritance claims for an income of £750 a year which was hardly enough to pay his tailor.
	Then he got a job as London representative of the American private bankers, Spreyer & Co., and was soon clearing £5,000 a year. He wooed the most dazzling society beauty of the day, Jean Kinloch, daughter of a Scottish baronet. When he proposed a week after they met, the girl arrived at his flat for tea with her mother. Lady Kinloch seemed impressed that he was a suitable son-in-law until a bowler-hatted little man burst in with a summons citing Lord Grantley as co-respondent. That difficulty was met with a £2,000 payment to the complaining husband. The suit was withdrawn.
	After marriage, the couple settled in a West End mansion, which they lent to the Prince of Wales when he wanted to give a private party. The arrangement continued till the Prince found that wine he had stored in the cellar was missing. Guilt was eventually pinned on the Grantley butler. "Yes, I snitched it Your Royal Highness", he confessed under the Prince's relentless interrogation.
	Off to America to consult with his employers, Lord Grantley was feted by high society. Invited to a weekend at a Palm Beach mansion, he offered to teach other guests how to play chemin-de-fer. They caught on so well that he lost $25,000 before the evening was out and had to raise a loan from his host to pay.
	Lord Grantley had a flair for high finance. He left Spreyer & Co. and became a junior partner in the great American financial house of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. For them he negotiated loans to half the governments of Europe during the booming 1920's. A single loan of $15 million to Hungary meant a profit of $450,000 for the firm. Lord Grantley's income rocketed to £30,000 a year, more than his millionaire father ever received. As a sideline he built a backyard factory into a a big neon-lighting concern. With the depression of the 1930s he sold this business for £200,000. Then he saw his former assets jump to £3,000,000 before World War II.
	About this time, Grantley, despite his physical infirmities, won fame as a speedcar driver. For years he held the world's 24-hour record with an average speed of 159 kilometres an hour.
	But the depression upset the international money market. Grantley found himself out of a job when Kuhn, Loeb & Co. suspended operations in Europe. He turned to the infant British film industry. As an independent producer he marketed hits like Elizabeth Bergner's 'Escape Me Never', 'The Lambeth Walk' and 'This Man is News'. When J. Arthur Rank, then a millionaire miller, invaded the film industry in the mid-1930s, he made Grantley his managing director. British films were being banned in America, so Grantley set off post-haste to New York, where he faced the censorship czar, Will Hays. The main trouble was low-cut dresses in several historical films. Lord Grantley pushed under Hays' nose the front page of a sensational New York paper, which was crammed with lurid crimes and semi-nude pictures of local chorus girls. "This is what people here get every day," he snapped. "Yet you want to ban our pictures simply because we show the cleavage of a woman's bosom." The censor gave in and the films were were passed. Lord Grantley's term, cleavage, and what it denoted, became accepted as almost a trademark of future period films.
	In June, 1939, speeding to a Cornish film location in his supercharged Bentley, Lord Grantley crashed into a lorry at 80 m.p.h. He crawled out of the wreck with a broken leg and arm, smashed hands, punctured lung and his crushed jaw hanging down on his chest. Still in hospital when war broke out in September, he dashed off an offer of his services to his old regiment.
	The unofficial reply he received from the adjutant read "There are four reasons why we are unable to avail ourselves of your offer. First, you are 47. Second, you were pensioned off in the middle of the last show. Third, you are still recovering from a car accident. Fourth, you were no ----- good anyway."
	The war and his health caused Lord Grantley's retirement. In 1954, the sixth Lord Grantley died. His only regret, he said, was his inability in the post-war world to satisfy his taste for plover's eggs and caviar.
	Thomas North Graves, 2nd Baron Graves
	Lord Graves died by his own hand on 7 February 1830. The first report below is from the Caledonian Mercury of 13 February 1830:-
	At eleven o'clock on Monday morning, an inquisition was taken before J.H.Gell, Esq., and a highly respectable Jury, at the Mason's Arms, Maddox Street, Hanover Square, on view of the body of the Right Hon. Thomas North, Lord Graves, aged 54. The following was the substance of the evidence:-
	John Spry stated, that he had been travelling servant to his Lordship for nearly four years; he was not aware that he had been afflicted with any bodily complaint for the last six months; about a year ago he was laid up with rheumatic fever. Last Saturday his Lordship, who was one of the Commissioners of Excise, went to the office on business, and returned about four o'clock; after this, he dined in Belgrave Square, at Sir George Murray's, and returned home at eleven o'clock, and soon after went to bed; he was in very low spirits when he went out. Witness sat by his bedside until about two o'clock in the morning; he had usually done so for some time past, on account of his Lordship being quite a cripple from the rheumatism, although he has of late been fast recovering. It was his Lordship's wish that he sat up with him until he fell asleep, as he did not like to be left alone. He could not tell the reason why. Yesterday morning he went into his Lordship's room about eight o'clock, and found him asleep. He went in again soon after ten o'clock, and found him dressing. He breakfasted about twelve o'clock, and soon afterwards Sir James Anderson came in, who attended his Lordship. Witness went out to get some medicine ordered, and returned between three and four, and asked his Lordship for a parcel which he had told him to send to Lady Graves, at Hampton Court. The parcel was given to him; it contained a letter from his Lordship to her, and he took it to the coach office in Piccadilly. Witness returned, and put out his Lordship's things to dress, as he was going to dine at the Marquis of Anglesey's. His Lordship told him to order a coach at a quarter before seven o'clock. He went out for that purpose, and on his return, after cleaning his Lordship's shoes, took them into his room; the door was not locked; he did not see his Lordship, but observed the looking glass standing on the table covered with blood, and two candles burning in front of the glass. Witness called for assistance, and his Lordship was found on the floor of the room, close under the dressing case, with his throat cut from ear to ear, and two razors lying beside him. Medical assistance soon arrived, but his Lordship was quite dead.
	By the Jury - I have latterly observed his Lordship to labour under a depression of spirits. I have no doubt but that he cut his throat while labouring under a depression of spirits. I cannot upon my oath take upon myself to state what was the cause that produced the depression of spirits.
	Sir James Anderson stated, that he had attended his Lordship professionally. It was his opinion that his Lordship's state of mind was greatly depressed, arising both from bodily disease and mental excitement, and, in one of those paroxysms of excitement, he had no doubt committed the dreadful act.
	By the Jury - It is no uncommon thing for a person to be excited to the extent Lord Graves was to be sufficiently sound in mind one minute and the next to be entirely lost, so as to commit suicide, particularly when the instrument was in the room.
	The Coroner briefly addressed the Jury, who returned a verdict that the deceased cut his throat in a fit of delirium.
	The above report is fine, as far as it goes. However, it makes no attempt to address the reason for Lord Graves' depression. This is not to say that no attempt was made - the jury did try to ascertain the background to Lord Graves' depression, but was somewhat frustrated in its attempt by the Coroner, as is illustrated in the following extract from the Sun, which was reprinted in the Caledonian Mercury on the same day as the report given above:-
	In addition to the slovenly and hasty manner in which the late Inquest on the unfortunate Lord Graves was conducted - a haste the motives for which we can more readily comprehend than excuse - we cannot but express our astonishment at the conduct of the Coroner, who at the very moment when the evidence began to assume an intelligible shape, and to throw light on the cause that induced the deplorable catastrophe, was so far from farthering, that he actually attempted to prevent the elucidation of the necessary facts.
	Coroner - You have no doubt, I presume, that his Lordship committed suicide, while labouring under depression of spirits?
	Witness - I have no doubt that his Lordship cut his throat in a fit of great depression of spirits, not knowing what he was about.
	Juror - But can you inform us what has caused that depression of spirits under which his Lordship laboured?
	The question seemed to excite the greatest interest among the Jury. All eyes were turned towards the witness; but before he could make the reply, the Coroner interposed, and said, he did not consider it necessary to put such a question to the witness. They had assembled to inquire whether Lord Graves died from violence inflicted by himself or by any other person, and in what state of mind he was at the time - whether insane or otherwise. It was in evidence that his Lordship had laboured under great depression of spirits, and it was therefore probable that he committed the rash act while labouring under temporary insanity.
	Juror - But, Sir, I consider that we shall not discharge our duty unless we inquire into the cause of that depression of spirits under which his Lordship is said to have laboured. According to the oath that you administer to us, are we not bound to investigate all the circumstances?
	Coroner - No, Gentleman; I do not consider it a part of your duty to make inquiry upon that point to which allusion has been made. The oath that I administer to you, and which is the same that is administered to Jurors upon all similar occasions, is, that "you shall diligently inquire, and true presentment make, on behalf of our Sovereign Lord the King, how and in what manner Lord Graves came by his death - and true verdict, according to the evidence - so help you God".
	The Juror, however, contended that he was justified in putting the question, and pressed for the answer.
	The Coroner said that he would raise no further objection to the question. The witness might, if he pleased, give the answer.
	The question having been put, the witness said, "I cannot, upon my oath, take upon myself to state what was the cause which produced that depression of spirits under which his Lordship laboured".
	It appears by the above minutes, if correct, that every exertion was used to strangle the very evidence that was most essential to a right understanding of the case, and that those exertions were not desisted from till and intelligent and persevering Juryman had pressed for the necessary facts. The inquest altogether appears to have been a smuggled affair, and ought (as it would have been in every other case) to have been adjourned till better evidence could be procured. In fact, the inquisition should be held over again. At present a dreadful and suspicious mystery hangs over the case.
	Also reprinted in the same issue of the Caledonian Mercury is the following [edited] article from the Star. The florid language used is, in hindsight, quite amusing when viewed in terms of today's style of writing, but it is typical of the time.
	We know not when the public feelings have been harrowed by the contemplation of so distressing a tragedy - Deep, dreadful and complicate[d] are the circumstances connected with it; yet - if we forebear to expose those circumstances now - be it not imagined that it is for want of a clue to guide us in this dark labyrinth of palatial perpetration. No: respect for One, of whose feelings, even allegiance would command us to be tender, shall for the present set a seal upon our lips. For his sake, we will withhold our curses - for his sake, repress the smouldering fires of that indignant denunciation which we would send forth in quest of the lurking criminal, and which should post after him - whithersoever he fled - like the ban of heaven, into the obscurest recesses of the land.
	The blood which was shed on Sunday - aye, and more blood - would we conjure up to bear witness against him; the wail of destroyed families should make demon music in his ears … But we have set a seal upon our lips. Woe unto him when the day comes for the opening of that seal - for it will be one of terrible revelation. Surely the hand of God is upon this corrupted country, when those who are its most exalted in station are become also its most exalted in vice and crime …
	It is not too difficult to work out exactly whom the Star was talking about. The references to 'palatial perpetration' and 'most exalted in station' were almost certainly aimed at the Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, younger brother of King George IV, and later, from 1837, King of Hanover. Lord Graves had been Cumberland's Lord of the Bedchamber and Comptroller of the Duke's Household. It was widely rumoured that the Duke was in a liaison with Lord Graves' wife, the former Lady Mary Paget, and that Lord Graves had committed suicide as a result of this alleged liaison. For further information about the Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, see the note at the foot of the page which contains details of his peerage.
	Eveleen Smith-Gray, Baroness Gray in her own right (19th holder of the title)
	On 7 July 1896, the House of Lords Committee of Privileges met to hear the claim of Mrs. Eveleen Smith to the Scottish barony of Gray.
	As is common with older Scottish peerages, the honours can, and often do, descend in the female line - that is, the descent of the peerage is not limited to male heirs. Both the 16th and 17th holders of the title had been females. On the death of Lady Grey, the 17th holder of the title, the next heir to the barony was the 14th Earl of Moray, who was descended from Jane Gray, daughter of the 11th Lord Gray, who had married the 9th Earl of Moray. Their son became the 10th Earl of Moray - he married twice, the two marriages producing four sons and a daughter. Remarkably, none of the four sons ever married and, as a result, the four sons succeeded each other in turn as the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Earls of Moray.
	On the death of the 14th Earl in 1895, the line of descent reverted to the descendants of the daughter of the 10th Earl of Moray, referred to above. Her name was Lady Jane Stuart, who appears to have been somewhat eccentric, and it was her daughter who petitioned the House of Lords Committee of Privileges for the Gray peerage.
	According to evidence given before the Committee, the claimant's mother, Lady Jane Stuart, married firstly, in 1832, Sir John Archibald Drummond Stewart, who died in May 1838. No children were born from this marriage. She married for a second time, in August 1838, a Dr. Jeremiah Lonsdale Pounden. One version of events is that, when this marriage took place, the couple neglected to go through the formality of the publication of the marriage banns and also appeared to fail to give their full names to the Registrar - both of these omissions being sufficient to invalidate the marriage. In September 1840, knowing that she was pregnant and of the doubts surrounding the legality of the 1838 marriage, she went through another marriage ceremony, this time being careful to fulfil all of the necessary formalities.
	After the second marriage, the couple moved to Dresden in Germany, where a daughter, Eveleen, was born on 3 May 1841. Apparently, Lady Jane once more neglected the formalities with the result that Eveleen's birth was never registered either by the authorities in Dresden, or by the British Consul who was resident there. Lady Jane also appeared to have had some peculiar views relating to baptism, with the result that Eveleen was not baptised for many years after - one report says that she was not baptised until the evening before her own marriage in 1863.
	All of this meant that no documentary evidence existed which proved the birth of Eveleen - no birth certificate and no contemporary certificate of baptism. However, numerous other documents, including the marriage certificate from the 1840 ceremony, were tendered in evidence and the Committee decided that, since there were no other claimants and that no estates were in dispute, the claimant's petition be granted, and thus Eveleen became Lady Gray.
	The special remainder to the Marquessate of Grey created in 1740
	From the London Gazette of 27 May 1740 (issue 7914, page 1):-
	His Majesty's Letters Patent are passed the Great Seal, for granting the Dignity of a Marquess of the Kingdom of Great Britain unto his Grace Henry Duke of Kent, by the Name, Stile and Title of Marquess Grey; to hold the same to him and his Heirs Male of his Body, and in Default of such issue, the Dignity of Marchioness Grey to Jemima Campbell (Grand Daughter of the said Duke by the Lady Anabell Grey, deceased, eldest Daughter of the said Duke, and late Wife of the Lord Glenorchy) and the Dignity of Marquess Grey to the Heirs Male of the Body of the said Jemima Campbell.
	The termination of the abeyance of the Grey de Ruthyn peerage in 1885
	The barony of Grey de Ruthyn fell into abeyance in 1868. In 1876, a petition to terminate the abeyance was considered by the House of Lords Committee of Privileges, as reported in the Manchester Guardian of 1 June 1876:-
	The Grey de Ruthyn Peerage - The House of Lords Committee of Privileges had this matter before it on Tuesday. It was the case of Lady Bertha Lelgarde Clifton, the wife of Captain Augustus Wykeham Clifton, late of the Rifle Brigade, who has petitioned Her Majesty that the abeyance in the Barony of Grey de Ruthyn, in the peerage of England, may be terminated in her favour.
	This ancient dignity, which is one of the oldest baronies in the peerage of England, was stated to have been created in the person of Roger de Grey, the only son of the second marriage of John, Lord Grey de Wilton, in 1324, by King Edward II who conferred that honour upon him as a reward for important services in the Welsh wars. Reginald, the third Lord Grey de Ruthyn, was declared heir of John, third Earl of Pembroke, and as such he had the honour of bearing at the coronation of King Henry IV, the great gilt spurs of the kingdom, "in like manner as his ancestors had formerly done at previous coronations". Edmund, the fourth lord, was appointed Lord High Treasurer of England in 1463, and in 1465 he was raised to the dignity of Earl of Kent, a title which passed from the Grey family on the death, without issue, of Henry, eighth Earl of Kent, when the De Ruthyn barony devolved upon Susan, Baroness Grey de Ruthyn. Her eldest son was declared by the House of Lords, in 1641, to be entitled to the Barony of Grey de Ruthyn, and on his death, in 1643, without male issue, the dignity devolved upon Susan, the wife of Sir Henry Yelverton. Her second son, Henry, was declared by the House of Lords to have been rightly summoned to Parliament as being lineally descended from Reginald, Lord Grey de Ruthyn; and his right to bear the great gilt spurs of the kingdom at the coronation of King James II and of King William III was admitted against the claim of the Earl of Kent. His son Talbot was created Earl of Sussex in 1717, and he carried the spurs at the coronation of King George I and King George II, being appointed Deputy Earl Marshal of England in 1725. Henry, third Earl of Sussex, carried the spurs at the coronation of King George III, and on his death, without issue male, in 1799, the title of Earl of Sussex became extinct. Henry, the son of his daughter Barbara, took his seat in the House of Lords in 1802 as 20th Lord Grey de Ruthyn, but died without issue male in 1810. Barbara, his daughter, married the second Marquis of Hastings, and had two sons, who became respectively the third and fourth marquises, but died without issue. She, by her deputies, carried the spurs at the coronations of George IV, William IV and of Her Majesty. She also left four daughters, the eldest of whom was the late Countess of Loudoun, in whose favour the abeyance of the English baronies of Botreaux, Hungerford, De Moleyns, and Hastings were determined. The petitioner now prayed the abeyance in the case of the Grey de Ruthyn barony might be determined in her favour.
	The right to carry the spurs at future coronations currently rests equally between the Barons Grey de Ruthyn (although the peerage is at present in abeyance), and the Earls of Loudoun.
	Nine years after the presentation of the petition discussed above, the following notice appeared in the London Gazette (issue 25544, page 6300), dated 29 December 1885:-
	The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, declaring that Bertha Lelgarde Clifton (commonly called Lady Bertha Lelgarde Clifton), wife of Augustus Wykeham Clifton, of Warton Hall, Lytham, in the county of Lancaster, Esquire, sometime a Captain in the Rifle Brigade, the second daughter of the Most Honourable George Augustus Francis, Marquess of Hastings, by Barbara Yelverton, in her own right Baroness Grey de Ruthyn, his wife, and sister and coheir of the Most Honourable Weysford Charles Plantagenet, Marquess of Hastings, and Baron Grey de Ruthyn, all deceased, is and shall be Baroness Grey de Ruthyn, and shall have and enjoy the ancient Barony of Grey de Ruthyn, together with all the rights, titles, privileges, preeminences, precedencies, immunities, and advantages whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, to hold to her and the heirs of the body lawfully begotten and to be begotten in as full and ample manner as the said Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet, Marquess of Hastings, the last Baron Grey de Ruthyn, or any of his ancestors, held and enjoyed the same.
	Cecil Talbot Clifton, 24th Lord Grey de Ruthyn
	From the Dundee Evening Telegraph and Post of 4 September 1912:-
	A telegram to the New York Sun from Butte, Montana, says that the Hon. Cecil Clifton, the Montana rancher, who has just succeeded to the title of Lord Grey de Ruthyn, may not return to England. The Sun quotes Mr. Harold Lowther, the new peer's ranching partner, who is a brother of the Speaker of the House of Commons, as saying that Lord Grey de Ruthyn likes ranching so much that he does not care about his title.
	Others, according to the Sun, declare that there is romantic reason behind Lord Grey de Ruthyn's refusal to return to England. Lord Grey de Ruthyn and Mr. Lowther were cattle breeders on a large scale until three years ago, when they sold most of their holdings, retaining 1400 acres near the town of Roundup, where they now live. The new Peer is described as a musician, who spends most of his time with musical instruments, dogs, and horses. He refuses to discuss his plans.
	The special remainder to the Barony of Grimthorpe
	From the London Gazette of 16 February 1886 (issue 25559, page 744):-
	The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland granting the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom unto Sir Edmund Beckett, Bart., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Grimthorpe, of Grimthorpe, in the East Riding of the county of York, with remainder in default of such issue to the heirs male of the body of his father, Sir Edmund Beckett, Bart., deceased.
	Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford
	Before he succeeded to the Earldom in 1817, North had been for some years Governor of Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]. The following history of his tenure as Governor is the subject of an article in the June 1956 issue of the Australian monthly magazine Parade:-
	Late in June, 1803, a British soldier staggered into the jungle outpost of Fort Macdowall, near Trincomalee, Ceylon. He was gaunt with hunger and fever. A gaping sword wound had severed the muscles of his neck and as he walked, he supported his head in his hands. The man was Corporal Barnesley of Her Majesty's 19th Regiment of Foot, the lone survivor of 1000 men. He had made a nightmare journey through more than 100 miles of swamp and jungle to bring back the shocking story of murder and treachery which ended an ill-conceived attempt to win all Ceylon for Britain. The blame for this inglorious chapter in British colonial history rests on the shoulders of Ceylon's first governor, the Honourable Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford.
	In 1798, the British had dislodged the Dutch from Ceylon and were firmly entrenched along the entire coastline. The mountainous centre of the island remained native territory - the kingdom of Kandy. It was ruled by Vicrema Singha [Sri Vikrama Rajasimha], newly crowned, but following the best traditions of the tyrannical Malabar kings. Early in 1799, Pilema Talawuwe arrived in Colombo with a proposition for Governor North. The new king, he said, was an unpopular weakling. Blandly, he told the Governor that he intended to murder the king when the time was ripe and take over the throne. But just in case his fellow nobles objected, he needed a little armed assistance. In return for British backing, he was prepared to allow North to put a British garrison into the town of Kandy.
	Governor North refused to be a party to murder, but he was plainly interested. Pilema therefore made a second proposition. He offered to provoke Kandy into attacking the British on condition that after the war he was allowed a free hand to take over the throne. North again refused, but but Pilema knew his ambition to make Kandy a British protectorate and hammered at his weakness. He told North that the king knew his hold on the throne was shaky and was in deadly fear of his life. If the British offered to make Kandy a protectorate and allow him to retire to the safety of Colombo, the king would accept gladly. The Governor believed the slippery Minister and drew up a treaty naming Kandy a British protectorate. The king was to retain his title and live in Colombo. Pilema was to become ruler of Kandy under British direction.
	Early in 1800 North sent General Macdowall to Kandy with the treaty. He gave strict instructions that the treaty would come into force only if the king signed willingly. Pilema was delighted with his scheme, but more delighted with the size of General Macdowall's escort - 1164 troops and six six-pounder guns. He felt sure that such a show of force would bluff the king into signing. Macdowall soon discovered that the king was by no means unsure of his throne and had no fears for his life. He greeted Macdowall haughtily and sent him back to Colombo with a cold refusal.
	Back in Kandy, Pilema worked assiduously to unseat the king, but found he was surprisingly popular with Kandyan nobles. He changed tactics and put all his efforts into inciting war between Kandy and the British, hoping that in the melee he could grab the throne.
	In 1802, Pilema succeeded. He ordered the confiscation of £1000 worth of areca nuts belonging to British merchants. North demanded compensation from the king. Vicrema Singha ignored the request, and to save face North declared war on Kandy. Before launching his attack, North put his muddled intentions into writing. He hoped that Pilema would aid the British, he wrote, and, if he "proved to be very powerful", he proposed to make him ruler of Kandy under British direction. On the other hand, if Pilema turned out to be a weak force in Kandy, he proposed to put Prince Muttasamy, the brother­in-law of the late king on the throne. With this shaky policy, North went to war.
	In January, 1803, General Macdowall marched from Colombo with 1900 troops. Early in February Colonel Barbut led another column of 1444 from Trincomalee, on the other side of Ceylon. The Kandyans refused pitched battles. They were content to cut off isolated coolie trains, snipe, harry the strung­out column, and wait for fever to weaken the British. The two British columns converged on Kandy in March. It was a hollow victory. Except for stray dogs and old women, the town was deserted. The wily Vicrema Singh had stripped it bare and retired to Hanguranketa. Pilema was nowhere in sight, so, on the orders of Governor North, Colonel Barbut proclaimed Prince Muttasamy King of Kandy. Muttasamy's first act was to offer King Vicrema Singha a pension and a residence in Colornbo. Vicrema Singha, with his forces intact, no doubt laughed heartily.
	Pilema, the arch opportunist, saw that the British expedition was doomed to failure and threw in his lot with Vicrema Singha. In secret he told General Macdowall that the king was hiding at Hanguranketa. Macdowall despatched a large force to capture the king, and walked into a carefully prepared ambush. The column fought its way out with heavy losses and returned to Kandy. General Macdowall found himself in a dangerous situation. The rainy season had set in and further campaigning was out of the question. Hostile Kandyans had cut his supply line and no food or ammunition was reaching him from the coast. Worse, malaria was taking a terrible toll of his troops.
	Pilema, still playing the game from both sides, contacted Governor North. He offered to deliver up the king if North would make him "Grand Prince" and the real ruler of Kandy. North agreed, and met Pilema to sign the documents. In his report he wrote that he now thought Pilema was in good faith. Never was trust more misplaced. At the time North met him to sign the documents Pilema had a well laid plan to kidnap him. Only the unexpected size of the Governor's escort and the arrival of a detachment of British troops saved North from rotting in a Kandyan gaol as a hostage.
	Secure in his belief that the powerful Pilema was on the side of the British, North ordered the evacuation of Kandy. He left behind 1000 men, most of whom were too sick to travel, under Colonel Barbut. General Macdowall marched out, leaving the garrison to the mercy of Pilema. Shortly afterwards, Colonel Barbut died of fever and Major Adam Davie, a man with no active service, was left in command of Kandy.
	Before dawn on June 23, Pilema led 10,000 Kandyans in an attack on the town. Davie met the attack with 35 sick European troops and 290 unreliable native soldiers. When the garrison was driven into the king's palace, Davie abandoned the useless fight and asked for terms. Pilema guaranteed his force a safe conduct to the coast and promised to care for the 120 sick and wounded in the hospital. He insisted that Davie's party must surrender their powder supplies. Davie and his men marched out of Kandy the same day, taking the puppet king Muttasamy with them, Of the original 1000 men, 34 Europeans and 390 native troops essayed the march.
	Davie's capitulation to Pilema sealed the fate of the 120 sick Europeans in Kandy. Before noon the next day the tribesmen swooped from the jungle and raged through the hospital. Only one man escaped the massacre - Corporal Barnesley. Left for dead by a native swordsman, Barnesley crawled into the jungle and began his unbelievable trek to the coast.
	Meanwhile Davie and his miserable army reached the Mahwali-Ganga and found the river a raging torrent. Pilema had promised to provide boats for the crossing, but broke his promise. He told Davie that he could have the boats if he handed over Muttasamy. Davie agreed, even though be knew it meant certain death for Muttasamy. The unfortunate puppet was beheaded [the] next day and died cursing the British. After the execution, Pilema continued his treachery by still refusing the boats. Baulked by the torrent, Davie's men began building rafts. From the surrounding jungle the Kandyans watched them, and each time they got a rope across the river, cut it. Again Pilema approached Davie. He offered to provide boats if the British would lay down their arms. Davie grasped at the faint hope, and gave the order which left his men without even bayonets to defend themselves. The Kandyans closed in gleefully on the helpless men. They led them into the jungle in pairs, clubbed them to death, hacked off their heads, and tossed the bodies into the river. Three officers, Major Davie, Captain Humphreys and Captain Rumley, were spared. They died miserably in Kandyan gaols years later.
	When news of the debacle reached Colombo, Governor North asked for 3000 troops for a punitive expedition. But Britain was fully occupied fighting Napoleon and sent him 800. Vicrema Singha decided that the time was ripe to throw the British out of Ceylon. His troops overran the Maritime Provinces and advanced towards Colombo. Fighting in open country was not to the Kandyan taste, and at Fort Hungwella, 20 miles from Colombo, a small British force under Captain Pollock stopped Vicrema in his tracks. He had been so certain of victory that he had set up pointed stakes for impaling British prisoners. A cannon ball which ploughed up the ground at his feet sent him scurrying for the hills with his army behind him. Though he had led the rout, Vicrema had three of his generals beheaded for cowardice.
	Fighting stopped by mutual consent in 1805. That year Governor North was replaced by the able administrator, Sir Henry Maitland. Maitland restored order and straightened out his predecessor's muddles. Vicrema Singha spent the days of peace building his reputation as a monster. Suspicious of every noble who attained popularity, he executed hundreds by impaling, beheading or trampling to death by the royal elephants.
	In 1811, Pilema Talawuwe, a schemer to the end, raised his supporters in revolt. It was his last plot. The king arrested him. Vicrema had a special fate for traitors. His torturers cut strips from Pilema's body and forced him to eat them before he was beheaded. Pilema's successor, Ehelopola, endured the king's tyranny for three years, then he, too, revolted. He was defeated and fled to Colombo. Vicrema took terrible vengeance on his family and friends.
	In the end Vicrema Singha's cruelty destroyed him. In 1814 he suspected 10 merchants from the British provinces of spying. He cut off their noses, ears and right arms, hung them round their necks, and sent them back to Colombo. Nine of the ten died. The British Governor was forced to act. In January 1815, the British invasion of Kandy began. This time the supply and medical services worked smoothly. Within a month, British troops occupied Kandy with little opposition. To Ehelopola, the man whose family Vicrema Singha had foully butchered, fell the honour of capturing him. He caught him in a native village and dragged him shrieking to the British commander. If Ehelopola hoped his family would be avenged, he was wrong. The British exiled Vicrema Singha to India, where he died peacefully in 1832 - the last King of Kandy.
	Francis North, 6th Earl of Guilford
	The 6th Earl was at the centre of a major scandal during the middle years of the 19th century when it was found that he had abused his position as Master of the St. Cross Hospital by misappropriating its funds, since he was not legally appointed to the Mastership of the hospital. Between 1808, when he was first appointed, and 1853, it was estimated that he had illegally received £90,000. After a lengthy campaign by the newspapers of the time, particularly the Daily News, the matter was the subject of an inquiry by the Master of the Rolls in 1853. The following is extracted from a lengthy report which appeared in the Daily News of 3 August 1853:-
	The case of St. Cross is so rich an illustration of various charity abuses as to be embarrassing from its very fullness. Its Master, the Rev. Lord Guilford, is the son of a Bishop of Winchester [Brownlow North 1741‑1820, half brother of Lord North, later 2nd Earl of Guilford]. By his episcopal parent he was first made Rector of St. Mary, Southampton, worth between £2000 and £3000 a year; then he was appointed by the same generous patron Rector of Alresford, worth some £1500 to £1800 a year; next the same fond relative gave him a Canonry in Winchester Cathedral, then equal in value probably to the living of Alresford. Thus comfortably provided for was the Rev. Francis North, Lord Guilford [although he did not succeed to the Earldom until 1827], in the year of grace 1808, when the Mastership of the Hospital of St.  Cross became vacant by Dr. Lockman's death. It was in the Bishop's gift, and to it also he resolved to appoint his well-beloved son. But here a difficulty arose. By the statute of Henry VIII, no clerk could, under any circumstances, hold more than three benefices. Now the Bishop's son had already three pieces of ecclesiastical preferment, and though the Mastership of St. Cross was a lay office, it could only be held by the rectors of the subordinate incumbency of St. Faith, in which parish the Hospital is. To be Master of St. Cross, the appointee must first be Rector of St. Faith; and hence it is that a clergyman always holds the office, though it is in itself a lay one. But Bishops and their sons in 1808 cared little for Acts of Parliament … So the Bishop made his son Master, without giving him induction into the Rectory of St. Faith; and, though for the last forty-four years Lord Guilford has acted as Master of St. Cross, there seems very small reason to doubt that he has from the first been a trespasser and an intruder, and that de jure the mastership has been vacant ever since Dr. Lockman's death.
	The Master of the Rolls (Sir John Romilly, later 1st Baron Romilly) characterised the whole affair as "a shameless perversion of charity" to the extent of at least £9000 a year. In his findings he urged that "there should be an inquiry as to the present state and condition of the charity, and that the present master of St. Cross Hospital, the Earl of Guilford, should account for the receipt of the rents and profits of the hospital from the date of filing of the present information". He further commented that "the shameless perversion of one of our noblest charities has been done under a system which not even the most unscrupulous cupidity could have carried out till hardened into a contempt for common decency". Romilly's reference to the "date of filing of the present information" meant that Guilford was called upon to refund only a small portion of the charity's income - that for the previous four years, since the initial information had been filed in 1849.
	Dudley Francis North, 7th Earl of Guilford
	The 7th Earl died following a hunting accident, as reported by The Sportsman of 21 December 1885:-
	With deep regret we announce the death of the Earl of Guilford, M[aster of the] F[ox] H[ounds], which occurred at Sydling-court, near Dorchester, on Saturday evening shortly before 10 o'clock, from the effects of the terrible injuries he sustained through being thrown from his horse in taking an awkward double fence on Friday whilst hunting with the Cattistock Hounds, of which he had been the master since 1882, near Buckland Newton. His Lordship, after the occurrence, was taken to Castlehill House, whence, after his leg had been set, he was removed to Sydling-court, where it was ascertained that his injuries were much more serious than were at first anticipated, as, in addition to a bad compound fracture of the leg as well as of several ribs, he was found to be suffering from internal injuries of such a dangerous nature that his recovery was considered from the first almost hopeless. Dr. M'Enery, of Sherbourne, with Dr. Kerr, were unremitting in their attentions, but his Lordship, who lapsed into a comatose state early on Saturday, gradually sank and expired, as we have said, a little before 10 p.m. that evening, to the intense grief of the Countess, who was present at the time, as well as a host of friends throughout Dorsetshire and elsewhere. Deceased, who was only in his 35th year, leaves a son, George Frederick, who succeeds to the title, and an only daughter.
	Francis George North, styled Lord North, son of the 8th Earl of Guilford (15 June 1902‑25 August 1940)
	Lord North, together with his sister Cynthia, is shown in Burke's Peerage as having been killed in an accident on 25 August 1940. This accident occurred when he was walking in a prohibited area - the reason the particular area was prohibited is that it was sown with land-mines as a defence against a possible German invasion during WWII.
	The following report appeared in the Manchester Guardian of 28 August 1940:-
	Death by misadventure was the verdict recorded at the inquest on Lord North and his sister Lady Cynthia Williams, killed by a land-mine when walking on Sunday morning. Lady North, who was with them, was seriously injured.
	The accident occurred in a prohibited area. A police constable said that on going to the scene of a loud explosion he saw Lady North stepping over some barbed wire. All she could say was, "Lord North and Lady Cynthia are down there. Are they all right?" Police and military made a search of the spot, but all they could find were remnants of clothing which it was known that Lord North and his sister were wearing at the time, and it was by these that their identity was established. There was a series of large craters where the mishap occurred.
	The Coroner said that while some might think that a strong notice of warning should be exhibited in places of danger any interference with the defences was highly dangerous. The public should know that they must not go beyond them.
	From the military evidence it was learned that at least 700 sentries would be wanted to safeguard the particular area in which the tragedy occurred.

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