Sir Grey Skipwith, 8th Baronet (17 September 1771 – 13 May 1852) was an English Whig politician from

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. He was the eldest son of Sir Peyton Skipwith, 7th Baronet (died 1805), of

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. His mother Anne, was the daughter of Hugh Miller of Grenock, Blandford, Virginia. Skipwith was educated at

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and at

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. In 1801 he married Harriett, the daughter of Gore Townsend of Honington Hall, Warwickshire and granddaughter of the 4th Earl of Plymouth; they had 12 sons and 8 daughters. His younger brothers inherited his father's estates in Virginia, but Grey inherited the estates of his relative Sir Thomas Skipwith, 4th Baronet, including

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. At the 1831 general election he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for

. When the county was divided in

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he was elected for the new Southern division of Warwickshire. He stood down in

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, and then unsuccessfully contested two by-elections:

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in 1836 and

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in 1837.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Skipwith, Grey 1771 births 1852 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England People from Stratford-on-Avon District People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies

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UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835