Harold "Hal" Grey, Duke of Pardloe, Earl of Melton, is the older brother of Lord John Grey. He is Colonel of the 46th Regiment of Foot. His lives in London at Argus House.
Personal History
Hal is the eldest son of Gerard Grey, and third son of Benedicta Grey. He has two elder half-brothers, Edgar and Paul DeVane. Upon his father's apparent suicide in 1741, amid accusations that Gerard was a Jacobite conspirator, Hal renounced his ducal title and instead used his lesser title, Earl of Melton. He had his younger brother, John, sent to Aberdeen to live with his mother's people, while Benedicta herself went away to France for a time. During the Jacobite Rising of 1745, Hal threw himself into building his regiment for the campaign in Scotland, determined to emphasize the Greys' loyalty to the English crown.
Sometime after his father's death, Hal discovered that a man named Nathaniel Twelvetrees had seduced Hal's wife, Esmé. Hal challenged Twelvetrees to a duel; Twelvetrees chose pistols, and Hal struck the man in the arm. It was not a fatal wound; however, Twelvetrees' wound turned septic and he died. After that, Esmé died in childbirth, along with the child.
Around 1750, Hal came upon a young woman named Minerva in his study, attempting to open the locked drawer in his desk. Ultimately, they had a one-night stand there in the study, and she left that night, refusing to provide her address and evading even the coachman's effort to discover it. Hal finally found her again six months later, in Amsterdam at her father's bookshop. He was shocked to discover that she was pregnant, but promptly carried her out of the shop and into a coach, and married her shortly thereafter.
Events of the Novels
Voyager
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade
The Custom of the Army
The Scottish Prisoner
Written in My Own Heart's Blood
Personality
High handed and convinced of his own judgment.
Physical Appearance
Hal greatly resembles his brother, John, though with a few key differences. His eyes are the same pale blue as his brother's, large and slightly girlish, but his brows and lashes are dark like his hair, giving his eyes a more piercing quality. He inherited his father's slight build and tidy muscularity.
Relationships
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Trivia
- He suffers from asthma and fainting spells
TV Series
References
- ↑ Age as of the end of Written in My Own Heart's Blood.