Philip Kent Grey, 7th Earl Grey
Philip Kent Grey, 7th Earl Grey (born 11 May 1940) is a British pilot and hereditary peer.[2]
The Earl Grey | |
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| Earl Grey | |
| Preceded by | Richard Grey, 6th Earl Grey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Philip Kent Grey 11 May 1940 Watford, Hertfordshire, England[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Ann Catherine née Applegate
(m. after 1968) |
| Parents | Albert Grey Vera Harding |
His great-great-grandfather George (1809–1891) was the fourth son of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He had an elder brother, Richard, who succeeded to the peerage in 1963. Their father, Albert Harry George Campbell Grey, was born in Ottawa, Ontario and served as Trooper with the Canadian Armoured Corps when he was killed in 1942.[2]
Philip Grey succeeded his brother in 2013, becoming the 7th Earl Grey.[3]
In 1968, he married Ann Catherine Applegate, with whom he has two children: Alexander Edward, Viscount Howick (born 20 December 1968) and Lady Vanessa Catherine (born 1975).[2]
References
- England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
- Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1664. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- "Earl Grey". The Daily Telegraph. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Richard Fleming Grey |
Earl Grey 2013–present |
Incumbent Heir apparent: Alexander Grey, Viscount Howick |
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