Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham
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Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham PC (14 July 1748 – 16 January 1818), was a British peer and politician. He served as Joint Postmaster General between 1787 and 1794 and was for many years Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords.
Background
Walsingham was the son of William de Grey, 1st Baron Walsingham, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
Political career
Walsingham sat as Member of Parliament for Wareham in 1774,»leighrayment.com House of Commons: Wakefield to Waterford County West for Tamworth from 1774 to 1780»leighrayment.com House of Commons: Tain Burghs to Tipperary North and for Lostwithiel from 1780 to 1781,»leighrayment.com House of Commons: London University to Lymington when he succeeded his father and took his seat in the House of Lords. In 1783 Lord Walsingham was admitted to the Privy Council, and from 1787 to 1794 he served as Joint Postmaster General. He was also Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords for over twenty years.
Family
Lord Walsingham married the Hon. Augusta Georgina Elizabeth, daughter of William Irby, 1st Baron Boston. He died in January 1818, aged 69, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, George.»thepeerage.com Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham