Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent

Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent (1541 – 31 January 1615) was an English peer.

Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent
Born	1541 (1541)
Died	31 January 1615 (aged 73–74)
Spouse	Mary Cotton
Relatives	Charles Grey (brother) Reginald Grey (brother) Henry Grey (grandfather)

The execution of Mary, Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay Castle on 8 February 1587, drawn by Robert Beale, Clerk of the Privy Council, an eyewitness. The official witnesses, Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent and George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury are seated on the scaffold at left, identified as numbers 1 and 2. Sir Amias Paulet, Mary's gaoler, is identified as 3, top, seated left below dais

He was a son of Henry Grey (1520–1545) and Margaret St. John and grandson of Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent. He was a younger brother of Reginald Grey, 5th Earl of Kent and an older brother of Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent.

He served as Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire from 1586 to his death. ^{[citation needed]} In 1587 he was one of the official witnesses at the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.^[1]

He was married to Mary Cotton, daughter of Sir George Cotton and Mary Onley. There were no known children from the marriage; he was thus succeeded by his younger brother, Charles.

Sources

• The Complete Peerage

References

1. Guy, John (2018). Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart. Boston: Mariner Books. pp. 1–9. ISBN 978-1-328-63899-1.

External links

• A Grey family pedigree

Political offices
Preceded by Unknown	Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire 1586–1615	Succeeded by The Earl of Kent
Peerage of England
Preceded by Reginald Grey	Earl of Kent 1573–1615	Succeeded by Charles Grey