Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham

Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham (29 July 1843 – 3 December 1919), of Merton Hall, Norfolk, was an English politician and amateur entomologist.

[4] 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 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 particularly interested in Microlepidoptera.

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.

Arms of Grey, Barons Walsingham: Barry of six argent and azure, in chief three annulets gules ; crest: A wyvern's head or ; supporters: Two wyverns regardant argent collard azure chained or and charged on the breast with three annulets gules ; motto: Excitari Non Herescere ("to be spirited not inactive") [ 1 ]
"a Naturalist"
Lord Walsingham as caricatured by T in Vanity Fair , 9 September 1882.