Sir Grey Skipwith, 8th Baronet

• 'Sir Grey Skipwith, 8th Bt.1
• 'M, #94967, b. 1771, d. 1852
• Last Edited=30 Jul 2009
• ' Sir Grey Skipwith, 8th Bt. was born in 1771. He died in 1852.
• ' He gained the title of 8th Baronet Skipwith.1
• 'Children of Sir Grey Skipwith, 8th Bt.
  • 1.Colonel Henry Skipwith d. 1 Aug 1886
  • 2.Reverend Humberston Skipwith1 d. 7 Jan 1911
  • 3.Sir Thomas Skipwith, 9th Bt. d. 1863
• Citations
• 1.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 374. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p9497.htm#i94967
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Skipwith

Sir Grey Skipwith, 8th Baronet (17 September 1771 – 13 May 1852) was an English Whig politician from Warwickshire.

He was the eldest son of Sir Peyton Skipwith, 7th Baronet (died 1805), of Mecklenburg County, Virginia. His mother Anne, was the daughter of Hugh Miller of Grenock, Blandford, Virginia.

Skipwith was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1801 he married Harriett, the daughter of Gore Townsend of Honington Hall, Warwickshire and granddaughter of the 4th Earl of Plymouth; they had 12 sons and 8 daughters. His younger brothers inherited his father's estates in Virginia, but Grey inherited the estates of his relative Sir Thomas Skipwith, 4th Baronet, including Newbold Revel.

At the 1831 general election he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Warwickshire. When the county was divided in 1832 he was elected for the new Southern division of Warwickshire. He stood down in 1835, and then unsuccessfully contested two by-elections: South Warwickshire in 1836 and North Warwickshire in 1837.