The Lord Walsingham | |
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| Joint Postmaster General | |
| In office 1787–1794 Serving with
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| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | 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 | (1748-07-14)14 July 1748 |
| Died | 16 January 1818(1818-01-16) (aged 69) |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | Hon. Augusta Irby |
Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron WalsinghamPC (14 July 1748 – 16 January 1818), was a British politician who sat in theHouse of Commons from 1774 to 1781 when he succeeded to thepeerage asBaron Walsingham. He served asJoint Postmaster General and was for many years Chairman of Committees in theHouse of Lords.[2]
Walsingham was the son ofWilliam de Grey, 1st Baron Walsingham,Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,[3] and educated atEton College from 1760 to 1765 and was admitted atTrinity Hall, Cambridge in 1766. He succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Walsingham on 9 May 1781 and inherited hisMerton Hall, Norfolk estate from his uncle Thomas de Grey the same year.
He served asGroom of the Bedchamber to King George III from 1771 to 1777. His other public posts included Lord of Trade (1777–1781),Under-Secretary of State for the American department (February 1778 – September 1780), Vice-Treasurer of Ireland (1784–1787) and jointPostmaster General (1787–1794).
Walsingham sat asMember of Parliament forWareham in 1774,[4] forTamworth from 1774 to 1780,[5] and forLostwithiel from 1780 to 1781,[6] when he succeeded his father and took his seat in the House of Lords. In 1783 Lord Walsingham was admitted to thePrivy Council,[7] and from 1794 to 1814 was Chairman of Committees in theHouse of Lords.[3]
Lord Walsingham married the Hon. Augusta Georgina Elizabeth Irby, daughter ofWilliam Irby, 1st Baron Boston. He died in January 1818, aged 69, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son,George.[8]
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forWareham 1774 With:Robert Palk | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forTamworth 1774–1780 With:Edward Thurlow 1774–1778 Anthony Chamier 1778–1780 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forLostwithiel 1780–1781 With:John St John 1780 George Johnstone 1780–1781 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Joint Postmaster General 1787–1794 With:The Lord Carteret 1787–1789 The Earl of Westmorland 1789–1790 The Earl of Chesterfield 1790–1794 | Succeeded by |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by | Baron Walsingham 1781–1818 | Succeeded by |