Henry Grayson

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Mulleneux Grayson, 1st Baronet, (26 June 1865 – 27 October 1951) was an English shipbuilder.

Early life Grayson was born on 26 June 1865 in Birkenhead and was the son of Henry Holdrege Grayson and Elizabeth (née Mulleneux) Grayson. scoring 66 runs at an average of 16.50, with a high score of 42. His brother John was also a first-class cricketer.

Career He entered the family shipbuilding and ship-repairing firm, H. & C. Grayson Ltd, which had been founded on the River Mersey in 1760 and of which his father was managing director. He succeeded his father on the latter's death in 1904 and was also managing director of the Garston Graving Dock & Shipbuilding Co Ltd. and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) later that year, and created a baronet in the 1922 New Year Honours.

In 1918 he was elected to Parliament as Conservative member for Birkenhead West and served until 1922 when he was succeeded by William Henry Stott.

He lived on Anglesey, of which he was High Sheriff for 1917. From 1939 to 1945 he was chairman of the Anglesey Joint War Organisation and the North Wales Regional Council and commissioner of the St John Ambulance Brigade for Anglesey. Before their divorce in 1927, they were the parents of twelve children, including:

Monica Sheila Harrington Grayson (d. 1958), who married Edward FitzClarence, 6th Earl of Munster and was the mother of Anthony FitzClarence, 7th Earl of Munster. Auriol Dora Harrington Grayson, who married Walter Bruce Harvie, son of J. W. Harvie.