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L'azione di Grey nel paese, svoltasi sotto istruzione di Enrico VIII, si disse che fu così cruenta che accorciò la vita al Lord Deputato d'Irlanda William Skeffington. Come ricompensa per il lavoro svolto, Grey venne creato visconte Graney, ossia pari d'Irlanda, il 2 gennaio 1536 .
Leonard Grey, Lord Deputy of Ireland (1479/1492 – 28 July 1541), known as Lord Leonard Grey prior to 1536, served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1536 to 1540.
Grey, Leonard, 1st Viscount Grane [I] (1490–1541). Grey was one of many who perished in the mire of Tudor Ireland. He was a younger son of the 1st marquis of Dorset. His grandmother was Elizabeth, queen of Edward IV, and his nephew's daughter was Lady Jane Grey.
He went to Ireland as marshal of the English army in 1535, being created an Irish peer as Viscount Grane in the same year, but he never assumed this title. In 1536 Grey was appointed lord deputy of Ireland in succession to Sir William Skeffington ; he was active in marching against the rebels and he presided over the important.
Leonard Grey, Lord Deputy of Ireland (1479/1492 – 28 July 1541), known as Lord Leonard Grey prior to 1536, served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1536 to 1540.
Da quest'ultimo matrimonio nacquero quattordici figli. Thomas Grey, II marchese di Dorset (22 giugno 1477 – 22 giugno 1530 ), che sposò Margaret Wotton; Leonard Grey, I visconte Grane (c. 1478 – 28 luglio 1541) Lord deputato d'Irlanda, sposò Eleanor Sutton;
Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane or Graney (1479/1492 – 28 July 1541), known as Lord Leonard Grey prior to 1536, served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1536 to 1540. Leonard Grey was a younger son of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset and Cecily Bonville, Baroness Harington and Bonville.
