The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-01-06 00:00:00

DEATEI OF LORD STAMFORD AND
WARRINGTON,

George Harry Grey, Seventh Earl of Stamford
and Warrington, died at Bradgate Park. Leicester-
shire, on Tuesday morning at half-past ten
His lordship's; condition has been very critical for
some time, but on Monday there was ft slight im-
provement. A change occurred during the night,
and his lordship 'gradually sank from exhaustion.
The deceased nobleman inherited three distinct
titees, wit:oly, Baron Grey of Groby, Earl of Stam-
ford, and Earl of Warrington, and his family history
includes some of the most stirring, as well as some
of the most sad, episodes in English histiry. His
ancestor, Sir John Grey, fought on the side of the
Red
,Rose, and was slain at the battle of St. Albans,
1461, and his widow, Elizabeth Woodville, oceanic
the wife of the Yorkist King Edward IV. Her life
after the death of the king was sad—her sons by
King Edward were murdered by their uncle Richard;
her eldest son of the first marriage %s as attainted as
a traitor, and had to flee his country; her socene
Sir Teomas they, was beheaded; ahile she ended
her days in a monast- ry. But there are stid sadder
memories ir the history of tee house of Grey, and
the fate of Lady Jane Grey—the ten-days' Queen '
—forms one of the most touching stories in English
history. The death of Edward VI. (her cous.n)
afforded her fathsr-in-lave the Duke of Northern-
berland, the opportunity of ordering Lady Jane
Grey to be proclaimed Queen, in tue of a declar-
ation in her favour by the late King. When the
news came fo Lady Jane she waa at Bradgate Park
where the noble earl has just died, with her
husband, Lord Guilford Dudley. Studious, ac-
complished, beautiful, and good, and loving the
retirement which Braegate afforded, Lady Jane and
her husband were secretly conveyed by water from
Leicestershire to London, rend after a muck royalty
of ten days the young girt of 16 laid down the
sceptre much more willingly than she had assumed
it. The Duke of Northumberland was executed,
her father (the Duke of Suffolk), involved in re
bellion, soon shared the same fate, and Lady Jane
Grey and her husband were behearded on Tower
Hill on the same day, 12th February, 1554, The
tide turned in favour of the Greys in the reign of
King James, and in 1603 Henry Grey was created
Baron Grey, of Groby. His sou by the daughter of
Lord Burleigh was create t Eael of Stamford in
1628, and more than a century later the then Earl
of Stamford married the daughter and heiress of
the Earl of Warrington, thus unitingehe tao titles.
The seventh earl, just decea-od, lied all but attained
the age of 56 years, he having been born on
January 7th, 1827. Educated at Eton and Trinity
College, Cambridge, he took his degree of M.A. in
1848, succeeded his father as Baron Grey of
Groby, 1835, and his grandfather as Earl of Stam-
ford and Warrington in 1845. Inheriting an unen-
cumbered estate of over 30,000 acres, with aprincely
income, the noble lord turned his attention mainly
to field sports, and he was passionately fond of fish-
ing, shooting, and hunting. As a follow e r of the
chase he had few to equal him in his day, and
partly from a love of fox-hunting and partly owing
to the tender associations of his relative, Lady Jane
Grey, wita the spot, he, in 1856, erected a splendid
Elizabethan mansion at Bradgate Park, Leicester-
shire, with extensive and elaborate stabling, the
latter of which cost between £30,000 and £40,000
alone. In the same year he assumed the master-
ship of the celebrated Qaorn hounds in succession
to that famous sportsman, Sir Richard Sutton, end
he retained the mastership an r hunted the entire
northern portion of Lece'stershire at his own ex.
pens for seven years. He was exceedingly popular
as master of foxhounds, he spent ver) large sums of
money in upholding it, and it was a time of great
festivities at Bradgate. Ever since this period Lord
Stamford showed great preference for Bradgete,
and latterly the associations of the place seemed to
have quite a charm for Linn Only once dihl he and
the people of Leicester come into co filet, and that
was in reference to the r•ght of a free footway to
the historic ruins in Bradgate Park, where in 1842
Queen Adelaide kept her 50th birthday; but this
was amicably settled, and to show the real feelings
of Lord Stamford it may be mentioned that in the
beginning of last year the occasion of the. visit
of the Prince of Wales to Bradgate the public were
, allowed free access to witness the shouting by day
and the illuminations at night, and no fewer than
10,000 people availed tfiemselves of the privilege
In politics he took no practical past, and it was on
the very rarest occasions that he attended political
gatherings; but his sympathies were always with
the Conservative party. He owned a good many
racehorses, but they seldom if ever lansied his
colours at the winning pest in any great events.
Accordinn, to Domesday Bsok the acre age and
rental of Lord Stamford's estate were :—Leicester-
shire, 9,012 acres, £12,876 rental; Cheshire, 8,612
acres, £16,000 rental; Lancasnire, 5,231 acres,
£17,465 rental; Stafferdshire, 7,339 aeres. A 11,367
rental ; Shropshire, 603 acres, £5OB rental; Wor-
cestershire, 68 acres, £l3O r6ntel ; West Riding 'of
Yorkshire, 43 acres, L 46 rental; total, 20,961 acres,
£58.392 rental. The deceased peer was a magis-
trate for Lancashire, Worcestershire, and oiher
counties; Deputy-Litutenant for Staffordshire and
Leicestershire, and Hon. Colonel of the 7th and 23rd
Laucashire Rifle Volunteers. He was twice
married; first, in 1848, to Elizabeth, daughter of
Mr. John Billige, who died in 1854 ; and second to
Katherine, second daughter of the late Mr. Henry
Cocks, who survives him. There is no issue by
either marriage. He was patron of nine livings in
Leicetershire, Lancashire -..heshire, and Stafford-
shire. His seats were Bradgate Park, Leicester-
shire; Euville Hall, Staffordshire; and Dunham
Massey Park, Altsincham. He is succeeded in the
title by the Rev. Harry Grey, who was born in 1812,
aud educated at Sherbourne School and St. Edmund
Hall, Oxford.
The remains of the Earl of Stamford reached
Stourbridge Junction at 1-25 yesterday. A number
of the tradesmen of the to en were there assembled
to pay a tribute of respect to the memory of the
deceased. The tenantry at Leicester ha I accom-
panied the body from 13rade ate to Groby yesterday
morning, and thence it was taken to Leicester for
rail transit. A special train brought on the body
frsm Birmingham to Seerebri le, Rain Jell
heavily when the train arrived, but this did not
prevent a large assemblage at the station and in the
etreeen The coffin we or oak, with brass hamilvs,
and a coronet on time side and top. The name plate
bore the words :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE HAERY GREY,
EARL OF STAMFORD AND 'WARRINGTON,
BORN JANUARY 7TH, 1827;
DIED JANUARY 2ND, 1883

A hcarse and four was outside the station, and in
this the body was placed after some litt!e delay.
The tradesmen present headed the procession,
' which, besides the hearse, consisted of three
privat3 carriages. Many of the shutters of the
shops in Stout bridge were put up , till the cortege
had passed. There is not to be any elaborate
funeral on Tuesday, it being the ,Esrl's wish that
it should be simple and unostentatious. The
family vault is not to be disturbed, but a new one
is being built by the side of the grave ef Lady
Stanffold's nephew, Mr. Payne, a former rector of
Enville. The body will be carried from the hall to
the church,- through the g Irdens and grounds, and
the ceremony itself will take place at two o'clock.
Lady Stamford arrived at stourbridge at 3.50
yesterday aft,rnoon. Sheris very much brolun in
health by the trial through which she has go m.
The'express train which conveyed the body of
the late Earl of Stamford bad a narrow cseape
between Nuneaton and Shastroke, en the Midlaad
Railway, yesterday. When near to A rley Station,
as the train was funning at a great speed, a pack of
hounds, followed by the huntsman, were seen run-
ning along the line a little way in. front. It wls
with the greatest difficulty the engmedriver stopped
the train in time to prevent a catastrophe.

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