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|individual name = Grey
|species    = Human
|species = [[Human]]
|affiliation = British government
|home planet = [[Earth]]
|job        = Solicitor
|home era = [[1746]]
|job2        = Royal Commissioner of Prisons
|appearances = [[The Highlanders]]
|origin      = [[Earth]]
|actor = [[David Garth]]
|only        = The Highlanders (TV story)
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|actor       = David Garth
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[[Solicitor]] '''Grey''' was [[Royal Commissioner of Prisons]] during the [[Jacobite Rising]] and abused his position to sell captured Jacobites as [[slave]]s in the [[West Indies]].


'''Solicitor Grey''' was an employee of the [[United Kingdom|British government]] who was made [[Royal Commissioner of Prisons]] during the [[Jacobite Rebellion]]. He abused his position to illegally sell captured Jacobite rebels to [[Caribbean]] plantations as slave labour.
== Biography ==
Grey was a [[solicitor]] who had a successful legal practice at [[Lincoln's Inn Fields]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Highlanders (TV story)}})  and spent years pleading cases in [[court]], resulting in his [[voice]] becoming sharp. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Highlanders (novelisation)}}) He left his practice to serve as [[George III]]'s [[Commissioner of Prisons]], a role to which he was appointed by the [[Lord Chief Justice]], but secretly he planned to use this position to sell captured [[Jacobite]]s into [[slavery]]. Travelling to [[Scotland]], he employed the help of [[Trask (The Highlanders)|Trask]], who took control of the ''[[Annabelle]]'' from [[Willie Mackay]] to transport the future slaves to [[Barbados]].


Grey acquired the [[Second Doctor]], [[Ben Jackson]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]], and [[Colin McLaren]] from Lt. [[Algernon Ffinch]], then handed them over to [[Trask (The Highlanders)|Trask]] for transporting (except the Doctor, who escaped). After the Doctor freed the prisoners, he had Ffinch arrest Grey for slave trading. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Highlanders]]'')
On [[16 April]] [[1746]], Grey watched the [[Battle of Culloden]] with [[Cedric Perkins]], his [[clerk]], and afterwards [[bribery|bribed]] [[Klegg|Sergeant Klegg]] into placing the [[Second Doctor]], [[Ben Jackson]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Colin McLaren]] into his custody to be sold. He allowed the Doctor to tend to the injured Colin in the hopes that he would make a full recovery, but the Doctor proceeded to trick him with a story about the whereabouts of [[Bonnie Prince Charlie]] and locked him in a cupboard whilst he escaped. Once Trask freed him, he [[blackmail]]ed many of the captured Jacobites into signing seven year [[indenture]]s with threats of imprisonment and [[execution]].


== Behind the Scenes ==
Grey had Trask [[handcuffs|handcuff]] Ben after he ripped up his documents and subject him to [[ducking]] as a deterrent to the Highlanders, a punishment which Ben managed to escape. Grey ordered Perkins to accompany Trask on the voyage to Barbados and to find him him in [[London]] at the end of [[October]] and was going to leave the ship when the Doctor again tricked him by claiming that Jamie was Prince Charles in disguise and the Highlanders rose up. He briefly managed to escape, but the Doctor, Ben and Jamie convinced [[Algernon Ffinch]] to arrest him. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Highlanders (TV story)}})
Solicitor Grey is the only real-world historical person to actually appear in ''[[The Highlanders]]'', although Prince Charles Edward Stuart a.k.a. "[[Bonnie Prince Charlie]]", King [[George II]] and [[the Duke of Cumberland]] a.k.a. "the Butcher" are all mentioned. Mentioned in a contemporary account, Grey, who was Solicitor Hume's clerk, and after one of the Highlanders had ripped up the contract, put the names on himself. Nineteen were transported to His Majesty's colonies and the twentieth was put on trial and sentenced to hanging, drawing and quartering. The prisoners waited three years for transport aboard the prison ships and many died (some from being drowned during duckings off the yard-arm along with the lice and vermin). Amongst the names of the ships were ''Pamela'', ''Jane of Leith'' and ''Margaret & Mary'', similar to the fictitious ''[[Annabelle]]''.


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== Appearance ==
Grey was tall and thin with a grey face and straight grey hair which he tied back in a bow. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Highlanders (novelisation)}})


== Personality ==
Grey considered everything logically and dispassionately without taking feelings into account. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Highlanders (novelisation)}}) He enjoyed [[wine]], but never mixed [[liquor]] with business. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Highlanders (TV story)}})
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Latest revision as of 22:40, 8 January 2024

You may wish to consult Grey (disambiguation) for other, similarly-named pages.

Solicitor Grey was Royal Commissioner of Prisons during the Jacobite Rising and abused his position to sell captured Jacobites as slaves in the West Indies.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Grey was a solicitor who had a successful legal practice at Lincoln's Inn Fields (TV: The Highlanders [+]Loading...["The Highlanders (TV story)"]) and spent years pleading cases in court, resulting in his voice becoming sharp. (PROSE: The Highlanders [+]Loading...["The Highlanders (novelisation)"]) He left his practice to serve as George III's Commissioner of Prisons, a role to which he was appointed by the Lord Chief Justice, but secretly he planned to use this position to sell captured Jacobites into slavery. Travelling to Scotland, he employed the help of Trask, who took control of the Annabelle from Willie Mackay to transport the future slaves to Barbados.

On 16 April 1746, Grey watched the Battle of Culloden with Cedric Perkins, his clerk, and afterwards bribed Sergeant Klegg into placing the Second Doctor, Ben Jackson, Jamie McCrimmon and Colin McLaren into his custody to be sold. He allowed the Doctor to tend to the injured Colin in the hopes that he would make a full recovery, but the Doctor proceeded to trick him with a story about the whereabouts of Bonnie Prince Charlie and locked him in a cupboard whilst he escaped. Once Trask freed him, he blackmailed many of the captured Jacobites into signing seven year indentures with threats of imprisonment and execution.

Grey had Trask handcuff Ben after he ripped up his documents and subject him to ducking as a deterrent to the Highlanders, a punishment which Ben managed to escape. Grey ordered Perkins to accompany Trask on the voyage to Barbados and to find him him in London at the end of October and was going to leave the ship when the Doctor again tricked him by claiming that Jamie was Prince Charles in disguise and the Highlanders rose up. He briefly managed to escape, but the Doctor, Ben and Jamie convinced Algernon Ffinch to arrest him. (TV: The Highlanders [+]Loading...["The Highlanders (TV story)"])

Appearance[[edit] | [edit source]]

Grey was tall and thin with a grey face and straight grey hair which he tied back in a bow. (PROSE: The Highlanders [+]Loading...["The Highlanders (novelisation)"])

Personality[[edit] | [edit source]]

Grey considered everything logically and dispassionately without taking feelings into account. (PROSE: The Highlanders [+]Loading...["The Highlanders (novelisation)"]) He enjoyed wine, but never mixed liquor with business. (TV: The Highlanders [+]Loading...["The Highlanders (TV story)"])

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