Baron Grey of Ruthyn

The title of Baron Grey de Ruthyn (sometimes spelt Ruthin) was created in the Peerage of England by writ of summons in 1324 for Roger Grey, a son of John Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton. It has been abeyant since 1963. The Ruthyn branch of the Grey family based itself at Ruthin Castle in Wales.

The Bearers of the Great Golden Spurs, or Saint George's Spurs, the emblems of knighthood and chivalry, perform their service jure sanguinis, dependent upon descent from William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke, heir to his brother, John Marshall, who bore the Spurs at the Coronation of Richard I. in 1189. The Marshalls failed in the male line and the hereditary right descended in the female line through the family of Hastings to the Lords Grey de Ruthyn. The male line failed again and an equal right in the female line descended in 1911 to the Earl of Loudoun (Abney-Hastings) and Lord Grey de Ruthyn (Clifton).

Barons Grey de Ruthyn (1324)

• Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn (d. 1353)
• Reginald Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1319–1388)
• Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1362–1440)
• Edmund Grey, 4th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 1st Earl of Kent (1416–1490)
• George Grey, 5th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 2nd Earl of Kent (d. 1503)
• Richard Grey, 6th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 3rd Earl of Kent (1478–1523)
• Henry Grey, 7th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 4th Earl of Kent (d. 1562
• Reginald Grey, 8th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 5th Earl of Kent (d. 1573)
• Henry Grey, 9th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 6th Earl of Kent (1541–1615)
• Charles Grey, 10th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 7th Earl of Kent (1545–1623)
• Henry Grey, 11th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 8th Earl of Kent (1583–1639)
• Charles Longueville, 12th Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1612–1643)
• Susan Longueville, 13th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn (1634–1676)
• Charles Yelverton, 14th Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1657–1679)
• Henry Yelverton, 15th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 1st Viscount Longueville (1664–1704)
• Talbot Yelverton, 16th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 1st Earl of Sussex (1690–1731)
• George Augustus Yelverton, 17th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 2nd Earl of Sussex (1727–1758)
• Henry Yelverton, 18th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1728–1799)
• Henry Edward Yelverton, 19th Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1780–1810)
• Barbara Yelverton, 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn (1810–1858)
• Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings, 21st Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 4th Marquess of Hastings (1842–1868) (abeyant 1868)
• Bertha Lelgarde Clifton, 22nd Baroness Grey de Ruthyn (1835–1887) (abeyance terminated 1885)
• Rawdon George Grey Clifton, 23rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1858–1912)
• Cecil Talbot Clifton, 24th Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1862–1934) (abeyant 1934)
• John Lancelot Wykeham Butler-Rowdon, 25th Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1883–1963) (abeyance terminated 1940, abeyant 1963)

Co-heirs

1. The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Loudoun (b. 1942)
2. Ian de Fresnes, 13th Baron de Fresnes (b. 1942)
3. Norrie MacLaren (b. 1948)
4. The Rt. Hon. The Viscount St Davids (b. 1966)

External links

• Ruthin Castle