Edward Grey (bishop) explained

Edward Grey
Bishop of Hereford
Diocese:Diocese of Hereford
Term:1832–1837
Predecessor:George Huntingford
Successor:Thomas Musgrave
Other Post:Dean of Hereford (1830–1832)
Birth Date:25 March 1782
Education:Eton College
Alma Mater:Christ Church, Oxford

Edward Grey (25 March 1782 – 24 June 1837) was an Anglican bishop who served in the Church of England as the Bishop of Hereford from 1832 to 1837.[1]

Grey was a son of Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey, and the brother of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, the Prime Minister. From 1801, when his father was created a peer, he was entitled to the style The Honourable.[2] He was educated at Eton College, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1799, graduating B.A. 1803, M.A. 1806, B.D. & D.D. 1831.

He held livings at St Mary, Whickham, County Durham (1816–1828) and St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate, London (1828–1832). He was Dean of Hereford from 1830 to 1832; and a canon of Westminster Abbey from 1833.

He was nominated to become Bishop of Hereford by William IV on 4 May 1832 and consecrated as a bishop on 20 May 1832. He died in office on 24 June 1837.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Fryde . E. B. . Greenway . D. E. . Porter . S. . Roy . I. . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd, reprinted 2003 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X . 252 .
  2. http://www.thepeerage.com/p5883.htm#i58828 The Peerage – Edward Grey
  3. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Fasti_ecclesiae_Anglicanae_Vol.1_body_of_work.djvu/516 fasti ecclesiae Anglicane 1854, Vol. 1: Bishops of Hereford, p. 474 (WikiSource)