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widow of William Viscount Bouchier, by whom he had one son. He espoused secondly Lady Katherine Herbert, daughter of William Earl of Pembroke, and had with other issue,

HENRY, who inherited as fourth Earl.

Anthony of Brandspeth, whose grandson, the REV. ANTHONY GREY, Rector of Burbace, inherited as ninth Earl.

The Earl died in 1504, and was succeeded by his eldest

son,

RICHARD GREY, sixth Baron Grey de Ruthyn, and third Earl of Kent, who, dying without issue, the honours devolved on his half brother,

SIR HENRY GREY, of Wrest, county of Bedford, who should have been seventh Baron Grey de Ruthyn, and fourth Earl of Kent; but from the narrowness of his estate he declined assuming the peerage; and dying in 1562, without issue, was succeeded by his grandson,

REGINALD GREY, eighth Baron Grey de Ruthyn, and fifth Earl of Kent, which honours-having by much frugality improved his fortune-he assumed in 1571, and sat as one of the peers on the trial of the Duke of Norfolk two years afterwards. His Lordship married Susan, daughter of Rich. Bertie, Esq., by his wife Katharine Duchess of Suffolk, but dying without issue in 1573, he was succeeded by his brother,

HENRY GREY, ninth Baron Grey de Ruthyn, and sixth Earl of Kent, who, dying without issue, was succeeded by his brother,

CHARLES GREY, tenth Baron Grey de Ruthyn, and seventh Earl of Kent. His Lordship married Susan, daughter of Sir R. Cotton, of Bedhampton, in the county of Hants, and was succeeded by his only son,

HENRY GREY, eleventh Baron Grey de Ruthyn, and eighth Earl of Kent, who married Elizabeth, one of the daughters and coheirs of Gilbert Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, but died, in 1639, without issue. In consequence, the Barony of Grey de Ruthyn devolved upon his sister Susan Lady Longueville, and has since been enjoyed by her descendants, whilst the Earldom of Kent passed, according to the limitation, to his distant relation, the great grandson of George second Earl, the Rev.

ANTHONY GREY, Rector of Burbace, in the county of Leicester, as ninth Earl of Kent. This nobleman married Magdalen, daughter of W. Purefoy, Esq., of Caldecote, Warwickshire, and was succeeded by his

eldest son,

This nobleman

HENRY GREY, tenth Earl of Kent. espoused secondly, Amabel, the daughter of Sir Anthony Benn, Recorder of London, and widow of the Hon. Anthony Fane, a younger son of Francis Earl of Westmoreland. By her the Earl had an only son, his successor, in 1651,

ANTHONY GREY, eleventh Earl of Kent, who married Mary, daughter and heiress of John first Baron Lucas, of Shenfield, in the county of Essex. This lady was created, on the 7th May, 1663, Baroness Lucas, of Crudwell, in the county of Wilts, with remainder to her issue, male and female, by the Earl of Kent. At his decease, in 1702, the Earl left an only son and suc

cessor,

HENRY GREY, twelfth Earl of Kent, and, at the demise of his mother, first Baron Lucas,-who was created, 14th Dec. 1706, Viscount Goderich, of Goderich Castle, in Herefordshire, Earl Harold, in the

county of Bedford, and Marquis of Kent. On the 22nd April 1710, his Lordship was created Duke of Kent, and in three years afterwards was installed a Knight of the Garter. His grace married twice: first, Jemima, eldest daughter of Thomas Lord Crewe, of Stene, by whom he had four sons and seven daughters, the former of whom all died before himself, and without issue. His grace married secondly, Sophia, daughter of William Duke of Portland, by whom he had a son who died in infancy, and a daughter, who married the Right Rev. John Egerton, Lord Bishop of Durham. The Duke, losing thus all his sons, obtained a new patent, dated 9th May 1740, creating him Marquis Grey, with remainder to his grand-daughter, Jemima Campbell, daughter of Lady Amabel Grey, by her husband John third Earl of Breadalbane. His grace died June 5th 1748, when all the honours, save the Marquisate of Grey and the Barony of Lucas, became extinct, and these devolved upon his grand-daughter above-mentioned,

LADY JEMIMA CAMPBELL, then Lady Jemima Royston, having been married a few days before the death of her grandfather, to Philip Viscount Royston, eldest son of Philip first Earl of Hardwicke, by whom she had two daughters, AMABEL, of whom presently, and MARY JEMIMA, who was married to THOMAS ROBINSON, second Baron Grantham. Upon the decease of the Marchioness, 10th January 1797, without issue male, the Marquisate expired, and the Barony devolved on her Ladyship's elder daughter,

AMABEL, Baroness Lucas, who, on the 5th Oct. 1816, was created Countess DE GREY, of Wrest, with remainder to her sister Lady Grantham, and her heirs male. The Countess was married 16th July 1772, to

Alexander Lord Polwarth. Her ladyship died without issue, 29th June 1833, and was succeeded by her nephew,

THOMAS PHILIP WEDDELL, third Lord Grantham, who, on inheriting the Earldom of De Grey and Barony of Lucas, assumed the name and arms of De Grey. His Lordship, who was born 8th Dec. 1781, had succeeded to the Barony of Grantham, on the death of his father, Thomas second Lord, 20th July 1786, and had taken, by royal permission, in place of his paternal surname "Robinson," that of " Weddell." He married 20th July 1805, Lady Henrietta Frances Cole, fifth daughter of William Willoughby first Earl of Enniskillen, by whom he has surviving issue, Anne Florence, married Oct. 7, 1833, to Geo. Viscount Fordwich, eldest son of Lord Cowper; and

MARY GERTRUDE, the lady whose portrait forms our illustration, who was married the 5th July 1832, to Captain Henry Vyner, son of the late Robt. Vyner, Esq. of Gautby, county of Lincoln, and the Lady Theodosia Ashburnham.

BAZAARS OF THE EAST.

BY J. A. ST. JOHN.

THE bazaars of London and Paris, though the idea of them was originally borrowed from the Orientals, afford but little aid in forming a just conception of the scenes of traffic which are known by the same name in the East. No doubt the high perfection to which arts and manufactures have been carried in Europe-the elevation, capaciousness, and elegance of the buildings appropriated among us to the display of the lighter and more graceful productions of our industry-the taste with which the various articles are arranged-the neat costume of the sellers-the beauty and superb appearance of the fair visiters, sauntering with airy negligence through the crowded galleries,-contribute to render an English bazaar a highly interesting spectacle. And were trading speculations more generally attended with success, the moral aspect of the place would be no less agreeable than its exterior is showy. But in the faces of those who sit there to sell their wares, it is impossible not to perceive a restless anxiety, the manifestation of a constant inward reference to the exorbitant price they pay daily for their counters, and of keen anticipation or apprehension of loss. Their eye busily peruses each passer by; their politeness is painful and unnatural ;

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