Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet

Sir George Grey

Born(1767-10-10)10 October 1767
Howick, Northumberland
Died3 October 1828(1828-10-03) (aged 60)
Portsmouth Dockyard
Buried
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1781–1828
RankCaptain
CommandsHMS Vesuvius (1790–1793)
HMS Quebec (1793)
HMS Boyne (1793–1795)
HMS Victory (1796–1797)
HMS Ville de Paris (1797–1798, 1800–1801)
HMS Argo (1798)
HMS Guerrière (1798)
Battles / warsAmerican War of Independence

French Revolutionary Wars

Napoleonic Wars
AwardsBaronet of Fallodon
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
RelationsHouse of Grey (family)
Mary Whitbread (wife)
Charles Grey (father)
Sir George Grey (son)
Charles Grey (brother)
Other workDockyard Commissioner, Sheerness (1804–1806)
Dockyard Commissioner Portsmouth (1806–1828)

Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet, KCB (10 October 1767 – 3 October 1828) was a British Royal Navy officer and a scion of the noble House of Grey who served as Master and Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet. He joined the Royal Navy at the age of 14 and was on active service from 1781 to 1804, serving in the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War. He served as Flag Captain for John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent and later as Flag Captain for King George III on his royal yacht. From 1804 to 1806, he was Commissioner at Sheerness Dockyard, and from 1806 until his death in 1828 he was Commissioner at Portsmouth Dockyard.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Grey, The Hon Sir George, 1st Bt., Captain, 1767-1828... – GRE/1-20". National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 28 October 2011. - Administrative/Biographical History of Grey, The Hon Sir George, 1st Bt., Captain, 1767–1828, whose papers are held by the National Maritime Museum. [dead link]
  2. ^ Creighton, Mandell (1901). Memoir of Sir George Grey Bart., G.C.B.. Longmans, Green, and Co. pp. 3–4. — The book is a memoir of Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet but the first chapter outlines the early lives of Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet; his parents and brothers; his wife, Mary Whitbread and her parents and their careers.