Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham

The Right Honourable
The Lord Walsingham
PC
Merton Hall - de Grey family seat in Norfolk
Joint Postmaster General
In office
1787–1794
Serving with
MonarchGeorge III
Prime MinisterWilliam Pitt the Younger
Preceded byThe Lord Carteret
The Earl of Clarendon
Succeeded byThe Earl of Chesterfield
The Earl of Leicester
Personal details
Born(1748-07-14)14 July 1748
Died16 January 1818(1818-01-16) (aged 69)
NationalityBritish
SpouseHon. Augusta Irby
Arms of Grey, Barons Walsingham: Barry of six argent and azure, in chief three annulets gules; crest: A wyvern's head or; supporters: Two wyverns regardant argent collard azure chained or and charged on the breast with three annulets gules; motto: Excitari Non Herescere ("to be spirited not inactive") [1]

Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham PC (14 July 1748 – 16 January 1818), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1781 when he succeeded to the peerage as Baron Walsingham. He served as Joint Postmaster General and was for many years Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords.[2]

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage. 2000.
  2. ^ "DE GREY, Thomas (1748-1818), of Merton, Norf". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 April 2016.