Category:Grey (of Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales) arms

Basic arms & blazon[edit]

Descendants of w:Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Ruthin (c.1298-1353) include

• Descendants of eldest son of Reynold Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthin (by his first wife Margaret de Ros):
  • Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (created 1465), 4th Baron Grey of Ruthin, of Wrest, Bedfordshire/Hertfordshire;
  • Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent', 1st Marquess of Kent, 1st Marquess Grey, 12th Earl of Kent, 1st Earl of Harold and 1st Viscount Goderich (1671-1740) of Wrest, was the son of Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent. The descendants (via a female line), seated at Wrest, of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent (by his first wife) eventually relinquished use of the difference of three torteaux in chief and reverted to the undifferenced arms of Grey (of Grays Thurrock, Essex), the senior line founded by w:Henry de Grey (1155-1219): Barry of six argent and azure (as quartered by Robinson of Wrest). Those of his descendants, also via a female line, from his second marriage, namely the Egerton family, retained the torteaux difference
    • Successors to the title Baron Grey of Ruthin (senior line) via female lines descended from Susan Grey, daughter and heiress of Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent, 10th Baron Grey of Ruthin, were: Longueville, Baron Grey of Ruthin; Yelverton, Baron Grey of Ruthin, Viscount de Longueville, Earl of Sussex; Gould, Baron Grey of Ruthin; Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of Hastings, Baron Grey of Ruthin; Clifton, Baron Grey of Ruthin.
• Descendants of younger son of Reynold Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthin (by his second wife Joan Astley):
  • Grey of Groby, Leicestershire, whose descendants included: Grey, Marquess of Dorset; Grey, Duke of Suffolk (Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, 3rd Marquess of Dorset (1517-1554), was the father of Lady Jane Grey, "the Nine Days' Queen"); Use Category:Grey (of Groby, Leicestershire) arms
  • Grey, Viscount Lisle