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Marquess Grey is in Marquessates of England Alphabetically, Marquessates of England Chronologically, Succeeded Marchionesses of England, Extinct Marquessates of England.
1st: Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent. Died 1740. Granddaughter.
2nd: Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey. Died 1797. Extinct.
In 1740 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 69) was created 1st Marquess Grey. Sophia Bentinck Duchess Kent (age 38) by marriage Marchioness Grey.
On 5th June 1740 Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent (age 69) died without surviving male issue. Duke Kent, Marquess Kent, Earl Kent and Viscount Gooderich extinct. His granddaughter Jemima (age 16) succeeded 2nd Marchioness Grey.
Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map] sculpted by Edward Shepherd.
On 11th January 1797 Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey (age 73) died. Marquess Grey extinct. Her daughter Amabel (age 45) succeeded 5th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell. She was buried at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].
Amabel Yorke Countess Grey: On 22nd February 1751 she was born to Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke and Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey. In 1816 Amabel Yorke Countess Grey was created 1st Countess de Grey with a special remainder to her sister Mary Jemima Yorke Baroness Grantham and her sister's male heirs.