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Lady Mary Jemima <I>Yorke</I> Robinson

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Lady Mary Jemima Yorke Robinson

Birth
Wrestlingworth, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England
Death
7 Jan 1830 (aged 73)
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Burial
Flitton, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England Add to Map
Plot
de Grey mausoleum
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Baroness Grantham. Wife of Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham. She was the second daughter of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke and Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey.

Obituary:
"Jan. 7. At Whitehall, aged 72, the Rt. Hon. Mary-Jemima dowager Lady Grantham. She was the younger dau. and coh. of Philip 2d Earl of Hardwicke, by Lady Jemima Campbell, Marchioness de Grey; was married to Thomas 2d and late Lord Grantham, Aug 17, 1780, and was left his widow, July 20, 1786, having had issue three sons, Thos.-Philip the present Lord Grantham, Fred.-John now Visc. Goderich, and Philip who died an infant. By her Ladyship's death, Lord Grantham has become the immediate heir presumptive to the Earldom of de Grey, to which he will succeed on the death of his aunt the present Countess, the elder co-heiress of that branch of the house of Grey which produced twelve Earls and one Duke of Kent."
(Taken from "The Gentleman's Magazine", Vol. 103, Part 2, 1833, page 79)
(provided by JanisG (#47652946)
Baroness Grantham. Wife of Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham. She was the second daughter of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke and Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey.

Obituary:
"Jan. 7. At Whitehall, aged 72, the Rt. Hon. Mary-Jemima dowager Lady Grantham. She was the younger dau. and coh. of Philip 2d Earl of Hardwicke, by Lady Jemima Campbell, Marchioness de Grey; was married to Thomas 2d and late Lord Grantham, Aug 17, 1780, and was left his widow, July 20, 1786, having had issue three sons, Thos.-Philip the present Lord Grantham, Fred.-John now Visc. Goderich, and Philip who died an infant. By her Ladyship's death, Lord Grantham has become the immediate heir presumptive to the Earldom of de Grey, to which he will succeed on the death of his aunt the present Countess, the elder co-heiress of that branch of the house of Grey which produced twelve Earls and one Duke of Kent."
(Taken from "The Gentleman's Magazine", Vol. 103, Part 2, 1833, page 79)
(provided by JanisG (#47652946)

Inscription

In the Vault beneath
are deposited the Remains of
Mary Jemima Baroness Grantham
Second daughter of Philip Earl of Hardwicke and
Marchioness Greay.
Widow of Thomas Lord Grantham.
She was born Feby. 9th 1756
and died Jany. 9th 1830
in the 74th year of her age.

This Tablet
is placed here as a Testimony of
Respect for her Virtues
as a Wife and a Mother
and from a strong feeling of Gratitude
for the constant and unvaried kindness
the steady and unabated confidence
which she shewed
from his earliest years to her
affectionate Son
Thomas Philip Earl De Grey



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  • Created by: julia&keld
  • Added: Apr 20, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36101381/mary_jemima-robinson: accessed ), memorial page for Lady Mary Jemima Yorke Robinson (9 Feb 1756–7 Jan 1830), Find a Grave Memorial ID 36101381, citing St John the Baptist Churchyard, Flitton, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England; Maintained by julia&keld (contributor 46812479).