Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey
(1781-1859), StatesmanRegency 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.
The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1820-1823
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Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey
by Sir George Hayter
chalk, circa 1820
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Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey
by Unknown artist, printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel
lithograph, 1819 or after
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Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey
by William Brett, by Samuel Cousins, after William Robinson
mezzotint, (1827)
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Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey
after William Robinson
photographic print, (1827)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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