Among them, King Edward VI declared his cousin Lady Jane Grey ("the Nine Days' Queen") to be his successor as Queen of England and Ireland, and she reigned from 10 July through 19 July 1553 (by her right as the great-granddaughter of King Henry VII via her parents Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, daughter of Mary Tudor, Queen of France) until she was deposed by her cousin Mary I of England.

He was one of three commanders appointed by Edward I of England in his 1282 campaign against Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the rebellious last native Prince of Wales.

Lady Jane was the great-granddaughter of King Henry VII through his daughter Mary Tudor, Queen of France.

Due to this and her avowed Protestantism, King Edward VI nominated Lady Jane as his successor to the Crown.

Lord Grey's government enacted the abolition of slavery in the British Empire by initiating the mass purchase of slaves from their owners in 1833.