Marriage and Children
Grey married Eliza Lucy Spencer (1822–1898) at King George Sound, West Australia, on 2 November 1839. She was the daughter of Sir Richard Spencer RN KCH (1779–1839). Their only child died aged 5 months. It was not a happy marriage. George adopted and raised his brother's daughter, Annie Matthews, after his brother died in 1861. Annie Maria Matthews (1853–1938) married Seymour Thorne George on 3 December 1872 on Kawau Island.
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