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The name originates from France, when Fulbert, Great Chamberlain of Robert, Duke of Normandy, was granted the castle and lands of Croy (or Gray) in Picardy which he subsequently assumed as his surname. His daughter Arlotta is said to have been the mother of William the Conqueror. The name of Grey in England derives from this source. John de Gray was a witness to donations to the Monastery of Coldstream during the reign of Alexander III, he was a descendent of Lord Grey of Chillingham in Northumberland, and became a steward to the Earls of March. The Grays were among a large number of Scottish families who submitted to Edward I in the Ragman Roll of 1296. However, they soon changed allegiance and followed Robert the Bruce in the fight for independence. Sir Andrew Gray was rewarded with land grants, including Longforgen in Perthshire, for his services to the Scottish crown, he was one of the first to climb the rock of Edinburgh Castle when it was liberated from the English in 1312. Another Sir Andrew, one of his descendents, was among those who met James I following his release from English captivity. In 1444 he was created Lord Gray. The son of the second Lord Gray, Patrick, was a gentleman of the bedchamber of James II, and was involved in the murder of the Earl of Douglas, following the king's knife attack with a blow from a battle axe. His son, the third Lord Gray, rose to become Lord Justice General of Scotland in 1506. Patrick Gray of Buttergask, fifth Lord Gray, was captured at the Battle of Solway Moss in 1542, and released on the payment of £500 ransom. He openly supported the Reforrmation in Scotland and was one who defended the infant James VI in 1567. Patrick, seventh Lord Gray, became a favourite of this king, but following some involvement in the death of the kings mother, he was sent into exile. Andrew, eighth Lord Gray was a lieutenant in the French 'Gens D'Armes' under Lord Gordon, he was excommunicated by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1649. Ann, daughter of Lord Gray, married William Gray, younger of Pittendrum, who followed the royalist cause like the rest of family. He commanded a regiment, which he had mostly raised by himself, at the battle of Worcester in 1651. He was killed in 1660 in a duel with the Earl of Southesk. The title did pass to the Earls of Moray for a time, but it passed back to Eveleen, Baroness Gray, neice of the fourteenth Earl of Moray upon his death in 1895. Lord Gray is currently barred from the chiefship of the modern family following the the decision by the Court of Lord Lyon in 1950 to bar those with compound names (double-barrelled) from the chiefship of a clan.
Septs of the Clan: Boyd, Garrow, Menteith, Monteith, Carmichael, Hunter, MacMichael. Stewart, Appin: Carmichael, Combich, Livingston, Livingstone, MacCombich, Mackinlay, Maclae, Maclay, Maclea, Macleay, MacMichael. Stewart, Atholl: Crookshanks, Cruickshank, Duilach, Gray, Macglashan. Stewart Lennox: Howkins |
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