The Jesuit order had been operating in the Sheffield area since 1620 and, after the Catholic Emancipation of 1829, they were allowed to educate the local youth openly.

[3] Following the 108th Grand National Steeplechase, that took place at Aintree Racecourse, where four horses died or where destroyed after injuries on the thirty jumps of the course, Lord Grey called the race "scandalous" saying "It is a great blot on civilization.

"[4] Lord Grey de Ruthyn was elected president of the National Canine Defence League in 1957.

[6] His title, which dated back to 1324, descended through his maternal grandmother, Bertha, Baroness Grey de Ruthyn (who claimed the barony following the death of her younger brother, Henry Rawdon-Hastings, 4th Marquess of Hastings, in 1885).

[1] Hints of Baron Grey's life and character were recorded by his neighbor and fellow nobleman Osbert Sitwell in the book Queen Mary and Others.