Ralph Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Werke
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Ralph Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Werke (27 October 1630 – 15 June 1675) was an English peer.
Grey was baptised on 27 October 1630. He was the eldest son of William Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Werke and the former Cecilia Wentworth. The family seat was Chillingham Castle in Northumberland. He had two sisters, Hon. Elizabeth Grey and Hon. Katherine Grey (who married Sir Edward Mosley, 2nd Baronet, Charles North, 5th Baron North, and Capt. Francis Russell, Governor of Barbados).[1]
His paternal grandparents were Sir Ralph Grey, of Chillingham and Warke, and, his first wife, Jane Ardington (a daughter of William Ardington). His maternal grandparents were Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet, of Gosfield and the former Lady Catherine Finch (a daughter of Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Finch, suo jure Countess of Winchilsea).[1]
Career
His father was created a baronet on 15 June 1619 before being elevated to the Peerage of England as Baron Grey of Werke on 11 February 1624. Upon his father's death on 29 July 1674, he succeeded as the second Baron Grey of Werke, but died less than a year later.[1]
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