Roger de Grey

Sir Roger de Grey, KCVO PRA (18 April 1918 – 14 February 1995) was a British landscape painter.

De Grey was the second son (and youngest of three children) of Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander Nigel de Grey (1886–1951) and his wife Florence, daughter of Spencer William Gore and a descendant of Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran and John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough.

His tutors included Ceri Richards, Robert Medley, Harold Sandys Williamson and Raymond Coxon.

Roger de Grey was elected Senior RA in October 1993, the year he stepped down from being President.

In 1942, he married Flavia Hatt RA, (née Irwin), also a notable artist, who died in London in 1995, aged 77.

KCVO breast star
Arms of Sir Roger de Grey