Elizabeth Grey

Elizabeth Grey or Gray may refer to:

  • Elizabeth Woodville (c. 1437 – 1492), whose married name was Elizabeth Grey; her second husband was Edward IV of England
  • Elizabeth Grey, 6th Baroness Lisle (c. 1482 – 1530) was an English noble woman who flourished during the reigns of Henry VII and VIII.
  • Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kildare (c. 1497 – after 1548), an English noblewoman, and the second wife of Irish peer Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare
  • Elizabeth Grey, Viscountess Lisle (1505–1519), Tudor noblewoman jilted for Mary Tudor
  • Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent (1582–1651), née Elizabeth Talbot, daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury
  • Elizabeth Gray Vining (1902–1999), born Elizabeth Gray, librarian
  • Elizabeth Gray, Canadian radio broadcaster
Also
  • Betsy Gray (died 1798), Ulster-Scots Presbyterian peasant girl who took part of the 1798 Rebellion of the United Irishmen. She is the subject of many folk ballads and poems written since her time down to the present day.

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