Career
He served as Joint Postmaster General between 1787 and 1794 and was for many years Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords. Walsingham was the son of William de Grey, 1st Baron Walsingham, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. In 1783 Lord Walsingham was admitted to the Privy Council, and from 1787 to 1794 he served as Joint Postmaster General.
He was also Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords for over twenty years.
Lord Walsingham married the Honorary Augusta Georgina Elizabeth, daughter of William Irby, 1st Baron Boston.
