Anthony Grey (1645 - 19 August 1702) was Earl of Kent from 1651 to his death. // Events January 10 - Archbishop Laud executed on Tower Hill, London. ... August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events March 8 - William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... The peerage title Earl of Kent has been created many times in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ... // Events January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. ...

He was the only son of Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent and his second wife Annabel Benn. His sister Elizabeth Grey married Banastre Maynard, 3rd Baron Maynard. They were parents of Henry Maynard, 4th Baron Maynard, Grey Maynard, 5th Baron Maynard and Charles Maynard, 1st Viscount Maynard.

Anthony married Mary Lucas, 1st Baroness Lucas of Crudwell. She was a daughter of John Lucas, 1st Baron Lucas and Anne Nevill. Anne was a daughter of Sir Christopher Nevill and Mary Darcy. Christopher was a son of Edward Nevill, 8th Baron Bergavenny and Rachel Lennard.

They had two children:

• Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent (1671 - 1740)
• Annabel Grey.

Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent (1671-1740), was a British courtier. ... Events May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. ... Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... The peerage title Earl of Kent has been created many times in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ... Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent (1671-1740), was a British courtier. ...

Sources

• The Complete Peerage

The Complete Peerage (full title: The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom Extant Extinct or Dormant; first edition by George Edward Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms; 2nd edition revised by Hon Vicary Gibbs ) is a comprehensive guide to the titled aristocracy of the British...

External links

• A Grey family pedigree