Anthony Grey, 9th Earl of Kent

Who was Anthony Grey, 9th Earl of Kent?

Rev. Anthony Grey was Earl of Kent from 1639 to his death.

He was a son of George Grey by Margery, daughter of Gerard Salvaine of Croxdale. George was the apparently only son of Anthony Grey of Brancepeth, a son of George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent by his second wife Katherine, daughter of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke.

In 1639, Grey succeeded his childless second cousin once removed Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent. Henry was a great-grandson of Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent, another son of the 2nd Earl.

A priest in the Church of England, Grey was rector at Aston Flamville and later Burbage.