GREY

grey, lady jane (1537-1554), a lady remarkable no less for her accomplishments than for her misfortunes, was the great-granddaughter of henry vii. of england. her descent from that king was traced through a line of females. his second daughter mary, after being left a widow by louis xii. of france, married charles brandon, duke of suffolk, who was a favourite with her brother king henry viii. of this marriage came two daughters, the elder of whom, lady frances brandon, was married to henry grey, marquess of dorset; and their issue, again, consisted of daughters only. lady jane, the subject of this article, was the eldest of three whom the marquess had by lady frances. thus it will appear that even if the crown of england had ever fallen into the female line of descent from henry vii., she could not have put in a rightful claim unless the issue of his elder daughter, margaret, had become extinct. but margaret had married james iv. of scotland; and, though her descendant, james