MEMOIR OF THE RIGHT HON. CHARLES GREY, EARL GREY, K.G.,

FIRST LORD OF HIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY, &c. &c.

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DE BON VOULOIR SERVIR LE ROI.--_Family Motto._

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The family of GREY--the Greys of the North, as they are styled
distinctively from the Greys of the South,[1]--is of Saxon origin.[2] They
have held manors in Northumberland from the earliest records to the
present time. The direct founder of the present branch was Baron Grey of
Werke, ennobled by James I. and advanced to the earldom of Tankerville by
William III. which titles became extinct in 1710; and the heiress carried
the estates by marriage to Charles Bennet, Lord Ossulston, who was, in
consequence, created Earl of Tankerville, in 1714.

[1] Wilton Castle, on the Wye, was for several centuries the
baronial residence of the Greys of the South, who derived
from it their first title, and became its owners in the time
of Edward I.--See _Mirror_, vol. xiv. p. 305.

[2] The barony of Werke was given to the family of Ros, Barons of
Hemsley, in Yorkshire, by Henry I. for the service of two
knights' fees, and was in their possession till 1399; but in
the next year was found to belong to Sir Thomas Grey, of
Heton. It gave title of baron in 1622, to Sir William Grey,