Career
Gray was called to the bar at Lincoln"s Inn in 1847. He was Inspector of schools in the Bermudas from 1848, and was in May 1861 appointed Attorney-General of the Bermudas. In May 1900, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Bermudas, and he served as President of the Legislative Council.
He stepped down from both positions in 1905.
A keen tennis player, he helped introduce the game to Bermuda. Gray married, in 1851, Eliza Anne Trimingham, daughter of Honorary
James H. Trimingham. The eldest son, Sir Reginald Gray (1851-1935) was also a barrister and a politician in Bermuda.
The younger daughter Mary Gray was a keen tennis player. He died at Hamilton, Bermuda, 20 January 1910.