The first Earl Grey was succeeded by his eldest son,
Charles, 2nd Earl Grey. The second Earl was a prominent
Whig politician and served as
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834, which tenure saw the passing of the
Reform Act 1832 and the abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1833. In 1808, he also succeeded his uncle as third Baronet, of Howick. The second Earl was succeeded by his second (but eldest surviving) son,
Henry, 3rd Earl Grey. The third Earl was also a Whig politician and served under
Lord John Russell as
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1846 to 1852. On his death, the titles passed to his nephew,
Albert, 4th Earl Grey, who was the son of General the Hon.
Charles Grey, third son of the second Earl. Lord Grey was
governor general of Canada between 1904 and 1911. His son,
Charles, 5th Earl Grey, was a major in the Army. He died without male issue and was succeeded by his second cousin once removed,
Richard, 6th Earl Grey. He was the great-great-grandson of Admiral the Hon. George Grey, fourth son of the second earl. The 6th Earl died in September 2013 and was succeeded by his brother
Philip, 7th Earl Grey. The
Grey baronetcy, of Howick in the County of Northumberland, was created in the
Baronetage of Great Britain in 1746 for Henry Grey,
High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1738. A member of an old Northumberland family, he was eighth in descent from Sir Thomas Grey, of Heton, elder brother of John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville (see the
Earl of Tankerville, 1418 creation), and fifth in descent from Sir Edward Grey, of Howick, uncle of William Grey, 1st
Baron Grey of Warke. In 1720 he married Hannah, daughter of Thomas Wood of Fallodon near
Alnwick in Northumberland. Grey was succeeded by his eldest son, the second baronet. He represented
Northumberland in the
House of Commons. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his nephew, the second Earl Grey. For further history of the baronetcy, see above. Several other members of this branch of the Grey family have gained distinction. The Hon. George Grey (1767–1828), second son of the first Earl Grey, was created a baronet, of Fallodon in the County of Northumberland, in 1814 (see
Grey baronets) and was the father of
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet, and the great-grandfather of
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon. The Right Reverend the Hon.
Edward Grey (1782–1837), fifth son of the first Earl, was
Bishop of Hereford from 1832 to 1837. His fourth son
Sir William Grey (1818–1878) served as
Governor of Bengal from 1866 to 1871 and as
governor of Jamaica from 1874 to 1877. His daughter Sybil Frances Grey (d. 1945) was the mother of Prime Minister
Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon. Sir
Paul Francis Grey,
British Ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1957 to 1960 and to
Switzerland from 1960 to 1964, was the grandson of Francis Douglas Grey, a son from the second marriage of the Right Reverend the Hon. Edward Grey, Bishop of Hereford. The aforementioned the Hon.
Charles Grey, third son of the second Earl, was a general in the Army. The aforementioned the Hon. George Grey (1809–1891), fourth son of the second Earl, was an
admiral in the Royal Navy. The family seats were
Howick Hall and
Fallodon Hall in
Northumberland. The traditional burial place of the Earls Grey is
St Michael and All Angels Church, Howick. ==Legacy==