Edward Grey (25 March 1782 – 24 June 1837) was an
Anglican bishop
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who served in the
Church of England
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as the
Bishop of Hereford
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from 1832 to 1837.
Grey was a son of
Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey
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, and the brother of
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
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, the Prime Minister. From 1801, when his father was created a peer, he was entitled to the style ''
The Honourable
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''. He was educated at
Eton College
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, and matriculated at
Christ Church, Oxford
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in 1799, graduating
B.A.
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1803,
M.A.
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1806,
B.D. &
D.D.
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1831.
He held
livings at St Mary,
Whickham
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, County Durham (1816–1828)
and
St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate
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Adjoining the build ...
, London (1828–1832). He was
Dean of Hereford
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from 1830 to 1832; and a canon of
Westminster Abbey
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from 1833.
He was nominated to become
Bishop of Hereford
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by
William IV
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on 4 May 1832 and
consecrated
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as a bishop on 20 May 1832. He died in office on 24 June 1837.
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References
1782 births
1837 deaths
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
19th-century Church of England bishops
Bishops of Hereford
Edward
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Younger sons of earls
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