Ralph Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Werke (c. 1661 – 1706) was anEnglish peer who served asGovernor of Barbados and as one of the English commissioners for the negotiations on theTreaty of Union between England and Scotland.
The second son ofRalph Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Werke, he became an officer in the Army. AWhig, he was a Member of Parliament forBerwick from 1679 to 1681 and attended King William III following theGlorious Revolution of 1688. He was again a member for Berwick from 1695 to 1698 and briefly in 1701. He was Auditor of Wales from 1692 to 1702 and also Governor of Barbados from 1698 to 1701. On 24 June 1701, on the death of his older brotherFord Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville, he succeeded as Baron Grey of Werke, taking him from the House of Commons into theHouse of Lords.[1]
Appointed as one of the thirty-oneEnglish commissioners for the negotiation of theTreaty of Union, he died on 20 June 1706, shortly before the Articles of Union were settled on 22 July, and was buried atBocking, Essex.[1]
| Neville's Name Act 1706 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to enable Henry Grey, second Son of Richard Neville Esquire, to change his Name from Nevill to Grey, according to the Will of Ralph Lord Grey deceased. |
| Citation | 6 Ann. c.2Pr. (Ruffhead: 5 Ann. c.2Pr.) |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 28 January 1707 |
Grey's estates inNorthumberland were inherited by a nephew,Henry Neville, a son of his sister Katherine Grey by her marriage toRichard Neville, and Henry Neville then changed his name to Grey by a private act of Parliament,Neville's Name Act 1706 (6 Ann. c.2Pr.).[2]
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| Preceded by | Baron Grey of Werke 1701–1706 | Extinct |
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