Baron Grey of Ruthin (or Ruthyn) was a noble

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created in the

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in 1324 for Sir

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, a son of John, 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton, and has been in abeyance since 1963. Historically, this

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of the Grey family was seated at Ruthin Castle in

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. The Bearers of the Great Golden Spurs, or Saint George's Spurs, the emblems of knighthood and chivalry, perform their service ''jure sanguinis'', dependent upon descent from William, Earl of Pembroke, heir to his brother, John le Marshal, who carried the Spurs at the Coronation of Richard I in 1189. The Marshals failed in the male line and the hereditary right descended in the female line through the Hastings family to the Lords Grey de Ruthyn, later Marquesses of Hastings. The male line failed again and an equal right in the female line descended in 1911 to the

Earl of Loudoun Earl of Loudoun (pronounced "loud-on" ), named after Loudoun in Ayrshire, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun, John Campbell, 2nd Lord Campbell of Loudoun, along with the subsidiary ...

(Abney-Hastings) and Lord Grey de Ruthyn (Clifton).

Barons Grey of Ruthin (1324)

Co-heirs

All descend from the 22nd Baroness's three sisters: * Coronet of a British Baron

Barbara Rawdon-Hastings, Marchioness of Hastings (1810–1858), 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn ** Paulyn Reginald Serlo Rawdon-Hastings (1832–1851), 3rd Marquess of Hastings ** Edith Maud Rawdon-Hastings (1833–1874), 10th Countess of Loudoun *** Paulyn Abney-Hastings (1856–1907) **** Edith Maud Abney-Hastings (1883–1960), 12th Countess of Loudoun ***** Barbara Huddleston Abney-Hastings (1919–2002), 13th Countess of Loudoun ****** Michael Edward Abney-Hastings (1942–2012), 14th

******* 1. Simon Abney-Hastings, 15th Earl of Loudoun (), 15th

***** Jean Huddleston Campbell of Loudoun () ****** 2. Sheena Wakefield () ****** 3. Flora Ann Madeline Hubble () ***** Fiona Huddleston Abney-Hastings () ****** Christopher Ian de Fresnes (1942–2013), 13th Baron de Fresnes ******* 4. Robert Marcel de Fresnes (), 14th Baron de Fresnes ***** Edith Huddleston Abney-Hastings () ****** 5. Norman Angus MacLaren () **** Elizabeth Abney-Hastings (1884–1974), 22nd Baroness Hungerford, 20th Baroness Moleyns, 14th Baroness Strange ***** Jestyn Reginald Austin Plantagenet Philipps (1917–1991), 2nd Viscount St Davids ****** Colwyn Jestyn John Philipps (1939–2009), 3rd Viscount St Davids ******* 6. Rhodri Colwyn Philipps (), 4th Viscount St Davids ** Coronet of a British Baron

Bertha Lelgarde Clifton (1835–1887), 22nd Baroness Grey de Ruthyn *** Ella Cicely Mary Clifton (1856–1912) **** Coronet of a British Baron

John Lancelot Wykeham Butler-Bowden (1883–1963), 25th Baron Grey de Ruthyn *** Coronet of a British Baron

Rawdon George Grey Clifton (1858–1912), 23rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn *** Coronet of a British Baron

Cecil Talbot Clifton (1862–1934), 24th Baron Grey de Ruthyn ** Victoria Maria Louisa Rawdon-Hastings (1837–1888) *** Mary Evelyn Bertha Emily Kirwan (1861–1902) **** Count Stanislas Mary Joseph Lubienski Bodenham () ***** Count Charles Henry Lubienski Bodenham () ****** 7. Count Paul Lubienski Bodenham () ** Coronet of a British Baron

Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings (1842–1868), 4th Marquess of Hastings, 21st Baron Grey of Ruthyn ** Frances Augusta Constance Muir Rawdon-Hastings (1844–1910) *** Sydney Edward Marsham (1879–1952) **** Peter William Marsham (1913–1970) **** 8. Julian Charles Marsham (), 8th

Earl of Romney Earl of Romney (pronounced "Rumney") is a title that has been created twice. It was first created in the Peerage of England in 1694 in favour of the soldier and politician Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, Henry Sydney. He had been made Baron ...

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