Obituary:
"Jan. 7. At Whitehall, aged 72, the Rt. Hon. Mary-Jemima dowager Lady Grantham. She was the younger dau. and coh. of Philip 2d Earl of Hardwicke, by Lady Jemima Campbell, Marchioness de Grey; was married to Thomas 2d and late Lord Grantham, Aug 17, 1780, and was left his widow, July 20, 1786, having had issue three sons, Thos.-Philip the present Lord Grantham, Fred.-John now Visc. Goderich, and Philip who died an infant. By her Ladyship's death, Lord Grantham has become the immediate heir presumptive to the Earldom of de Grey, to which he will succeed on the death of his aunt the present Countess, the elder co-heiress of that branch of the house of Grey which produced twelve Earls and one Duke of Kent."
(Taken from "The Gentleman's Magazine", Vol. 103, Part 2, 1833, page 79)
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Obituary:
"Jan. 7. At Whitehall, aged 72, the Rt. Hon. Mary-Jemima dowager Lady Grantham. She was the younger dau. and coh. of Philip 2d Earl of Hardwicke, by Lady Jemima Campbell, Marchioness de Grey; was married to Thomas 2d and late Lord Grantham, Aug 17, 1780, and was left his widow, July 20, 1786, having had issue three sons, Thos.-Philip the present Lord Grantham, Fred.-John now Visc. Goderich, and Philip who died an infant. By her Ladyship's death, Lord Grantham has become the immediate heir presumptive to the Earldom of de Grey, to which he will succeed on the death of his aunt the present Countess, the elder co-heiress of that branch of the house of Grey which produced twelve Earls and one Duke of Kent."
(Taken from "The Gentleman's Magazine", Vol. 103, Part 2, 1833, page 79)
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Inscription
In the Vault beneath
are deposited the Remains of
Mary Jemima Baroness Grantham
Second daughter of Philip Earl of Hardwicke and
Marchioness Greay.
Widow of Thomas Lord Grantham.
She was born Feby. 9th 1756
and died Jany. 9th 1830
in the 74th year of her age.
This Tablet
is placed here as a Testimony of
Respect for her Virtues
as a Wife and a Mother
and from a strong feeling of Gratitude
for the constant and unvaried kindness
the steady and unabated confidence
which she shewed
from his earliest years to her
affectionate Son
Thomas Philip Earl De Grey
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