Thomas de Grey, 4th Baron Walsingham ( Chelsea 10 April 1778 –

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, 8 September 1839) was Archdeacon of Winchester from 1807 until 1814; and then of

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from 1814 until his death. The 2nd son of Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham, he was educated at Eton and

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, Fawley, Weeke and Calbourne. He succeeded his brother George de Grey, 3rd Baron Walsingham, in 1831 when the latter was killed with his wife as the result of a house fire at his London Home, inheriting the barony and the family seat of Merton Hall, Norfolk. He died in 1839 and was buried at

. He had married in 1802 Elizabeth North, the daughter of Rt Rev Hon

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DD, Bishop of Winchester. They had six sons and three daughters. He was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas de Grey, 5th Baron Walsingham.

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