Person Bennet; Henry Grey (1777 - 1836) Bennet Henry Grey 1777 - 1836 Male 02 December 1777 Florence, Italy 29 May 1836

Education: Eton (1788-1792); Peterhouse, Cambridge (1799-1801) MA 1801; Career: Commissioned as an Ensign, 1st Foot Gurads, (17930; Lieutenant and Captain (1794); served as assistant to William Drummond, Envoy to Naples; retired 1798. Admitted to Lincoln's Inn, called to Bar 1803; Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury 1806-7 and 1811-26. Freemason, initiated 25 May 1818, Union Lodge of Ionic and Prudence No 16 subsequently Royal Alpha Lodge No 16 London Under a cloud for a possible homosexual incident, which ruined his reputation. Second son of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville of Chillingham Castle Northumberland, and his wife Emma Colebrooke; married, 15 May 1816, Gertrude Frances Russell, eldest daughter of George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey. One son, who died of consumption; 3 daughters, one died of consumption. Fellow 05/03/1812 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB 'Freemasons and the Royal Society; Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who are Masons' The Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 2010 page 9 ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 2 Dec 1777 - 29 May 1836 NA4868 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 956a1d79-2fbc-4a92-bfb4-744b59c0f58d