The Most Honourable The Marchioness Grey | |
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Portrait by Allan Ramsay | |
Marchioness Grey | |
Tenure | 5 June 1740 – 10 January 1797 |
Predecessor | Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent |
Other titles | |
Born | The Hon. Jemima Campbell (1723-10-09)9 October 1723 |
Died | 10 January 1797(1797-01-10) (aged 73) |
Spouse(s) |
Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
(m. 1740; died 1790) |
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Jemima Campbell, 2nd Marchioness Grey and Countess of Hardwicke or Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey (9 October 1723 – 10 January 1797), was a British peeress.
Life and family
She was a daughter of John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, and his first wife, Lady Amabel Grey. Her maternal grandparents were Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, and his first wife, the Hon. Jemima Crew.
On 22 May 1740, she married the Hon. Philip Yorke (later 2nd Earl of Hardwicke), and they had two daughters:
- Lady Amabel Yorke, 1st Countess de Grey, 5th Baroness Lucas (22 January 1751 –1833), married Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth; no issue.
- Lady Mary Jemima Yorke (1757–1830), married Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham, and had issue.
On 5 June that year, she succeeded as Marchioness Grey by a special remainder upon the death of her maternal grandfather, the Duke of Kent, who held the title. As she had no male heirs, the title of Marchioness became extinct upon her own death in 1797 while her eldest daughter, Amabel succeeded to the title of 5th Baroness Lucas. That same daughter was later created Countess de Grey in her own right.
See also
References
- Collett-White, James (23 September 2004). "Yorke [née Campbell], Jemima, suo jure Marchioness Grey (1722–1797), letter writer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68351. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- The Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster Vol. IV. 1741-1760. 16 February 1750.
External links
Media related to Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey at Wikimedia Commons
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Preceded byHenry Grey | Marchioness Grey 1740–1797 |
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Preceded byHenry Grey | Baroness Lucas 1740–1797 |
Succeeded byAmabel Hume-Campbell |
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