Baron Grey of Codnor
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The title Baron Grey, of Codnor in the County of Derby, is an old one in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ when Sir Henry Grey was summoned to Parliament in 1299. In 1496, the title became abeyant at the death of another baron named Henry Grey. It stayed abeyant for about 493 years, until it was terminated by the Sovereign in favour of Charles Cornwall-Legh in 1989. At the time of termination, the barony was assigned a precedence of 1397, rather than 1299, and it was held that Richard Grey was the first Baron to hold the title, despite his ancestors having been summoned to Parliament in right of the peerage earlier. The Greys of Codnor are in fact considered senior representatives of the "great house of Grey", as far back as the Lords Grey of 1199, when they purchased the manor of Grays Thurrock. In recognition of this, in heraldry they bear the undifferenced Grey arms of barry of six, argent and azure.
The Barony, though simply "Grey", is often termed "Grey of Codnor" or "Grey (of Codnor)" to distinguish it from the other Grey Baronies throughout history and from the extant Earldom of Grey, though it should be noted that the holder is always styled simply The Right Honourable The Lord Grey.
[edit] Barons Grey of Codnor (1397)
- Richard Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Codnor (d. 1418)
- John Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Codnor (1396-1431)
- Henry Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Codnor (1406-1444)
- Henry Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Codnor (1435-1496) (abeyant 1496)
- Charles Legh Shuldham Cornwall-Legh, 5th Baron Grey of Codnor (1903-1996) (abeyance terminated 1989)
- Richard Henry Cornwall-Legh, 6th Baron Grey of Codnor (b. 1936)
- The Heir Apparent is Hon. Richard Stephen Cayley Cornwall-Legh (b. 24 Mar 1976)
