Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford

Who was Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford?

Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford was an English peer, styled Lord Grey from 1720 to 1739.

Harry Grey was born in Enville Hall, the eldest son of Henry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford. He was educated at Rugby and Westminster. In 1736, he married Lady Mary Booth, the only daughter and heiress of George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington. They had 3 children:

George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford

Hon. Booth Grey, the MP for Leicester from 1774 to 1784. Married, with a son and daughter

Hon. John Grey, married and had issue

In 1738, he represented Leicestershire in the British House of Commons, but entered the House of Lords in 1739 upon inheriting the earldom. On 3 March 1744, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Lincolnshire, and on 8 March, of Staffordshire.

He had inherited the Grey estates at Bradgate Park in Leicestershire and Enville in Staffordshire but decided to make Enville Hall the family seat. The Bradgate house was therefore bricked up and the park there kept for hunting and game. The Enville grounds were significantly re-landscaped during the mid-18th century. His wife also inherited estates at Dunham Massey in Cheshire and Stalybridge near Manchester on the death of her father in 1758.