Note (return) — EARL GREY, K.G.,

The family of GREY—the Greys of the North, as they are styled distinctively from the Greys of the South, 1—is of Saxon origin. 2 They have held manors in Northumberland from the earliest records to the present time. The direct founder of the present branch was Baron Grey of Werke, ennobled by James I. and advanced to the earldom of Tankerville by William III. which titles became extinct in 1710; and the heiress carried the estates by marriage to Charles Bennet, Lord Ossulston, who was, in consequence, created Earl of Tankerville, in 1714.