Biography of Amabel Grey 1698-1726

On 20th April 1695 [her father] Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 24] and [her mother] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 19] were married. They had five sons and seven daughters of whom only three surviving her. He the son of [her grandfather] Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent [aged 49] and [her grandmother] Mary Lucas Countess Kent [aged 51].

On 9th June 1698 Amabel Grey was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 27] and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 23].

On 19th August 1702 [her grandfather] Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent [aged 57] died. His son [her father] Henry [aged 31] succeeded 12th Earl Kent. [her mother] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 27] by marriage Countess Kent.

On 1st November 1702 [her grandmother] Mary Lucas Countess Kent [aged 58] died. Her son [her father] Henry [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Baron Lucas of Crudwell.

In 1710 [her father] Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 39] was created 1st Duke Kent, 1st Marquess Kent, 1st Viscount Gooderich. [her mother] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 34] by marriage Marchioness Kent.

Before 24th May 1711 John Closterman [aged 51]. Portrait of Amabel Grey [aged 12].

On 17th February 1718 [her brother] Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas [aged 22] and [her sister-in-law] Mary Tufton Countess Gower were married. She the daughter of Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet [aged 73] and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet. He the son of [her father] Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 47] and [her mother] Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 42]. They were sixth cousins.

On 20th February 1718 John Campbell 3rd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland [aged 21] and Amabel Grey [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent [aged 47] and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent [aged 42]. He the son of John Campbell 2nd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland [aged 55] and Henrietta Villiers Countess Breadalbaine and Holland.

On 8th November 1718 [her brother] Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas [aged 23] by writ of acceleration 3rd Baron Lucas of Crudwell.

Around 1721 [her son] Henry Campbell was born to [her husband] John Campbell 3rd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland [aged 24] and Amabel Grey [aged 22]. He died aged six in 1727.

Before 1723. Charles D'Agar [aged 53]. Portrait of Amabel Grey [aged 24]. Whole length portrait. She stands to the right on a black and white paved floor in a blue dress, leaning on a stone balustrade. There is an architectural background to the left.

In 1723. Charles D'Agar [aged 54]. Portrait of Amabel Grey [aged 24]

On 21st July 1723 [her brother] Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas [aged 28] died by choking on an ear of barley the beard of which stuck in his throat. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map]. His niece [her daughter] Jemima succeeded 4th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell.

Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas: On 21st February 1695 he was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. On 17th February 1718 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas and Mary Tufton Countess Gower were married. She the daughter of Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet. He the son of Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent and Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent. They were sixth cousins. On 8th November 1718 Anthony Grey 3rd Baron Lucas by writ of acceleration 3rd Baron Lucas of Crudwell.