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Lord John Grey is an English soldier and diplomat. At age sixteen, he meets the infamous Jamie Fraser before the Battle of Prestonpans, and the two do not meet again until he becomes the governor of Ardsmuir, a Scottish prison. They form a tenuous friendship, which soon becomes complicated by the fact that Lord John has fallen in love with Jamie.

John was born to Gerard, Duke of Pardloe and Earl of Melton, and Benedicta Grey. He has three elder brothers, one of whom is Harold "Hal" Grey, from his parents' marriage. As the son of a successful soldier, Grey had lessons in sword fighting from the age of three. At age seven, he began accompanying his godfather to The Society for the Appreciation of the English Beefsteak, a gentlemen's club.

The day after Grey's twelfth birthday, his father was murdered. Wanting to protect her family, Benedicta Grey covered it up, making it appear as though her husband had committed suicide; at the time, he was suspected as a Jacobite conspirator, and his death was perceived by some as an admission of guilt. Thoroughly shamed by the scandal, Grey's elder brother Hal insisted on using his lesser title, Earl of Melton, rather than associate with the tainted dukedom. If John had followed suit, he would have been called the Honourable John Grey, as befitting an earl's younger son. However, John insisted on continuing to be called Lord John Grey, as befitting a duke's younger son... Read More

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