Sir Henry Wrey, 10th Baronet

Sir Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey, 10th Baronet DL JP (27 June 1829 – 10 March 1900) of Tawstock Court, North Devon.

Early life He was the eldest son of the Rev. Sir Henry Bourchier Wrey, 9th Baronet, the Rector at Tawstock, and, his first wife, the former Ellen Maria Toke, who were first cousins. He had two siblings, the Rev. Bourchier William Toke Wrey (the Curate at Warmsworth who married Anne Caroline Crosthwait, daughter of Thomas Crosthwait) and Anna Maria Toke Wrey (who married Very Rev. Isaac Morgan Reeves, Dean of Ross, Ireland). After his mother's death in 1864, his father remarried to Jane Lamb (a daughter of Humble Lamb), in 1865.

Wrey matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford in November 1846 and graduated in 1851.

Career Wrey captain in the 4th (Militia) Battalion Devonshire Regiment, later gaining the rank of Major. He succeeded as the 10th Baronet Wrey, of Trebitch, on 23 December 1882. In the same year of 1885 he made substantial improvements to Tawstock Court, most notably to the two long wings extending westwards, forming a long narrow courtyard, which received terracotta mullioned windows and dressings, probably made at Lauder & Smith's Barnstaple pottery. He also added a western gatehouse to close off this western courtyard, with terracotta datestone "1885" above the arched gateway.

Sir Henry held the office of Deputy Lieutenant, Justice of the Peace, and served as High Sheriff of Devon in 1891.

Personal life

On 6 September 1854, Wrey was married to the Hon. Marianne Sarah Sherard at Sidmouth in Devon. Marianne was the only child of Philip Sherard, 9th Baron Sherard and the former Anne Weekes (a daughter of Nathaniel Weekes). Together, they were the parents of: Annie Marian Wrey (–1926), who died unmarried. Emma Henrietta Wrey (–1932), who died unmarried. He was succeeded by his eldest son Robert, upon whose death in 1917 the baronetcy passed to Robert's younger brother, Philip, who in 1919 sold 2,500 acres of the family estate for £67,000, leaving some 7,000 acres remaining.