Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham

The Right Honourable
The Lord Walsingham
PC
Joint Postmaster General
(with The Lord Carteret 1787–1789
The Earl of Westmorland 1789–1790
The Earl of Chesterfield 1790–1794)
In office
1787–1794
Monarch George III
Prime Minister Hon. William Pitt the Younger
Preceded by The Lord Carteret
The Earl of Clarendon
Succeeded by The Earl of Chesterfield
The Earl of Leicester
Personal details
Born 14 July 1748
Died 16 January 1818 (aged 69)
Nationality British
Spouse(s) Hon. Augusta Irby

Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham PC (14 July 1748 – 16 January 1818), was a British peer and politician. He served as Joint Postmaster General between 1787 and 1794 and was for many years Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords.

Background

Walsingham was the son of William de Grey, 1st Baron Walsingham, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.[1]

Political career

Walsingham sat as Member of Parliament for Wareham in 1774,[2] for Tamworth from 1774 to 1780[3] and for Lostwithiel from 1780 to 1781,[4] when he succeeded his father and took his seat in the House of Lords. In 1783 Lord Walsingham was admitted to the Privy Council,[5] and from 1787 to 1794 he served as Joint Postmaster General. He was also Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords for over twenty years.[1]

Family

Lord Walsingham married the Hon. Augusta Georgina Elizabeth, daughter of William Irby, 1st Baron Boston. He died in January 1818, aged 69, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, George.[6]

References

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Robert Palk
Whitshed Keene
Member of Parliament for Wareham
1774
With: Robert Palk
Succeeded by
William Gerard Hamilton
Christopher D'Oyly
Preceded by
Edward Thurlow
Charles Vernon
Member of Parliament for Tamworth
1774–1780
With: Edward Thurlow 1774–1778
Anthony Chamier 1778–1780
Succeeded by
Anthony Chamier
John Courtenay
Preceded by
Viscount Fairford
Thomas Potter
Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel
1780–1781
With: Hon. John St John 1780
George Johnstone 1780–1781
Succeeded by
George Johnstone
Viscount Malden
Political offices
Preceded by
The Lord Carteret
The Earl of Clarendon
Joint Postmaster General
1787–1794
Succeeded by
The Earl of Chesterfield
The Earl of Leicester
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by
William de Grey
Baron Walsingham
1781–1818
Succeeded by
George de Grey