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Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford (18 June 1715 – 30 May 1768) was an English peer, styled Lord Grey from 1720 to 1739. Harry Grey was born at 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, 2nd Earl of Warrington.〔 They had three children:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=- Person Page 2820 )〕 *George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford (1737–1819) *Hon. Booth Grey (1740–1802), the MP for Leicester from 1774 to 1784, married, with a son and daughter〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=GREY, Hon. Booth (1740-1802), of Budworth Magna, Cheshire. )〕〔http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/936709〕 *Hon. John Grey (1743 – 12 July 1802), 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 too. He had inherited the Grey estates at Bradgate Park in Leicestershire and Enville in Staffordshire but decided to make Enville Hall the family seat. Bradgate House was therefore bricked up and the park there kept for hunting and game. The Enville grounds (750 acres) were significantly re-landscaped during the mid-18th century.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The History of the Enville & Stalybridge Estates )〕 Mary, Countess of Stamford also inherited large estates at Dunham Massey in Cheshire and Stalybridge in Lancashire on the death of her father in 1758. He died at Enville Hall and was succeeded in the earldom by his son (George) Harry, 5th Earl of Stamford (later Earl of Stamford and Warrington). == See also == * Booth baronets 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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