Lord
Leonard
"1st Viscount Grane"
Grey
Born about in Groby, Leicestershire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Grey KG KB
and Cecily (Bonville) Grey
Brother of
Edward Grey, Thomas Grey KG KB, Anthony Grey, Eleanor (Grey) Arundell, Dorothy (Grey) Willoughby, Richard Grey, John Grey, Cicely (Grey) Sutton, Elizabeth (Grey) FitzGerald, Mary (Grey) Devereux, Margaret (Grey) Wake, George Grey, Bridget Grey and Anne Grey
Husband of
Elizabeth (Arundel) Aubigny
— married
after 21 May 1508 [location unknown]
Husband of
Eleanor (Dudley) Grey
— married
after 27 Jun 1527 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 51
in Tower Hill, London, England
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Feb 2015
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Biography
Leonard Grey (b. abt. 1490), was the sixth but second surviving son of:[1]
- Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset,[1]
- and Cecily Bonville, dau. of Sir William Bonville, Lord Harington.[1] He was created Viscount Grane [co. Carlow, Ireland] on 02 January 1535/6.[1]
Known as Lord Leonard Grey prior to 1536,[1] he served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1536 to 1540.
Grey is said to have first married Elizabeth Arundel, the widow of Sir Giles Daubeney,
He is said to have next married Eleanor Sutton, daughter of Edward Sutton (2nd Baron Dudley) and Cecily Willoughby
Occupation
- Carver in the Royal Household.[1]
- 1535: Marshal of the Army in Ireland.[1]
- 1536: Deputy Chief Governor of Ireland.[1]
Death
Leonard was imprisoned at the Tower of London during the reign of Henry VIII abt. 01 June 1540, where he was executed on 28 July 1541.[1]
Notes
- According to Lyons it is unclear whether Grey ever married.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Richardson, D. (2011). Plantagenet Ancestry, 2011, 2nd ed., p. 235. Googl Books.
- Richardson, D. (2013). Royal Ancestry, IV p. 659
- Richardson, D. Royal Ancestry, III, p. 161, 164
- Wikipedia: Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane (1479/92 – 28 Jul 1541)
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