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Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham (29 July 1843 – 3 December 1919) was an English politician and amateur entomologist.[1]

Biography

"a Naturalist"
Lord Walsingham as caricatured by T in Vanity Fair, September 9, 1882

Walsingham was the son of Thomas de Grey, 5th Baron Walsingham, and Augusta-Louisa, daughter of Sir Robert Frankland-Russell, 7th Baronet.[2] He was born on Stanhope Street in Mayfair, the family's London house. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for West Norfolk from 1865 until 1870, when he succeeded to the title and estates of his father, and entered the House of Lords. From 1874 to 1875 he served as a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip) in the second Conservative government of Benjamin Disraeli. From 1870 on he also ran the family's estate at Merton, Norfolk, served as trustee of the British Museum and performed many other public functions.

Walsingham was a keen lepidopterist, collecting butterflies and moths from a young age, and being particularly interested in Microlepidoptera.[4] His collection was one of the most important ever made, which after his purchase of the Zeller, Hofmann and Christoph collections contained over 260,000 specimens. He donated it to the Natural History Museum, along with his library of 2,600 books.

Walsingham was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1887, and was a member of the Entomological Society of London, serving as President on two occasions. He married three times, but left no heir, and was succeeded as Baron by his half-brother. He married his third wife, Agnes Dawson, in 1914.[5] Her daughter was Margaret Damer Dawson.

Cricket

Walsingham was a first-class cricketer from 1862 to 1866. Recorded on scorecards as T. de Grey, he played in 15 matches, totalling 380 runs with a highest score of 62 and holding 9 catches. He was mainly associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Cambridge University, also representing the Gentlemen in a Gentlemen v Players match in 1863.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Walsingham, 6th Baron (cr. 1780), Thomas de Grey". Who's Who,. 57: pp. 1675–1676. 1905. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  2. ^ Edmund Lodge (1858). The Peerage of the British Empire. pp. 576–.
  3. ^ "De Grey, the Hon. Thomas (D861T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ Rao, BR Subba (1998) History of entomology in India. Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Bangalore.
  5. ^ Visitation of England and Wales, Volume 19, Page 329
  6. ^ "Tommy de Grey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for West Norfolk
1865 –1870
With: Sir William Bagge 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Lord-in-Waiting
1874–1875 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Baron Walsingham
1870–1919 		Succeeded by

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