Search the Collection

Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey

(1781-1859), Statesman

Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 10 portraits
In 1786, de Grey succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Grantham of Grantham, and on the death of his maternal aunt in 1833, he became 2nd Earl de Grey. A moderate Tory, he supported Catholic emancipation in the 1820s. He served as First Lord of the Admiralty (1834-5) and was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1841, a post he held for four years. De Grey was colonel commandant of the Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of Cavalry for over forty years, and was an aide-de-camp to William IV and Queen Victoria, Earl de Grey was the first president of the Institute of British Architects, from 1834 until his death in 1859. He designed Wrest House on his Wrest Park estate in Bedfordshire.

 Like voting
is closed

Thanks for Liking

Please Like other favourites!
If they inspire you please support our work.

Make a donation Close

List Thumbnail

Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, by Unknown artist, printed by  Charles Joseph Hullmandel - NPG D34846

Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey

by Unknown artist, printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel
lithograph, 1819 or after
NPG D34846

Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, by William Brett, by  Samuel Cousins, after  William Robinson - NPG D34849

Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey

by William Brett, by Samuel Cousins, after William Robinson
mezzotint, (1827)
NPG D34849

Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey; Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon; Philip Robinson, by Samuel William Reynolds, published by  Hodgson, Boys & Graves, sold by  Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after  Sir Joshua Reynolds - NPG D4034

Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey; Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon; Philip Robinson

by Samuel William Reynolds, published by Hodgson, Boys & Graves, sold by Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1834 (1788)
NPG D4034

Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey; Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon; Philip Robinson, by Samuel William Reynolds, published by  Hodgson, Boys & Graves, sold by  Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after  Sir Joshua Reynolds - NPG D4046

Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey; Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon; Philip Robinson

by Samuel William Reynolds, published by Hodgson, Boys & Graves, sold by Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1834 (1788)
NPG D4046

Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, by Joseph Brown, published by  R. Ryley, published by  James Fraser, published by  Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after  John Wood - NPG D34847

Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey

by Joseph Brown, published by R. Ryley, published by James Fraser, published by Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after John Wood
stipple engraving, published 1837
NPG D34847

Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, by Joseph Brown, published by  R. Ryley, published by  James Fraser, published by  Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after  John Wood - NPG D34848

Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey

by Joseph Brown, published by R. Ryley, published by James Fraser, published by Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after John Wood
stipple engraving, published 1837
NPG D34848

Web image not currently available

Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey

by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Sir Francis Grant
mixed-method engraving, published 2 October 1850
NPG D49753

Comments back to top

We are currently unable to accept new comments, but any past comments are available to read below.

If you need information from us, please use our Archive enquiry service . Please note that we cannot provide valuations. You can buy a print or greeting card of most illustrated portraits. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Prices start at around £6 for unframed prints, £16 for framed prints. If you wish to license an image, select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Use this image button, or contact our Rights and Images service. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled.