Grindlay family

Grindlay
Grindlay
Minor nobility and landed gentry
	; Arms of Grindlay (Senior Branch): Quarterly, or and az, a cross quarterly erm. and of the first, betw. four pheons counterchanged of the field.
Country	United Kingdom
Earlier spellings	Gre(n)deley, Gren(e)ley(e), Gren(e)lay, Grynelay, Grenelie(s), Grenelaw(e), and others
Etymology	Englisċ: "green / valley clearing"
Place of origin	Kingdom of Northumbria
Founded	c.850
Founder	Hereweald and Æðel of Grēneleāh / Gryndeleā
Titles	Baronets, Knights, Manorial Lords (Lairds)
Motto	Non Degener (Not Degenerated)
Estate(s)	Various (see Houses and estates)
Branches	List Grindlay of Balsall Heath, Bordesley, and Edgbaston; Grindlay of Clarborough and Carlton-in-Lindrick; Grindlay of Greenlaw, Haltwhistle, and Corstorphine; Grindlay of Northill; Grindlay of Malpas and Stowe-by-Chartley; Grindlay of Ticehurst; ;

The Grindlay family (Old English: [compound] Grēne/Grynde + Leāh/Leā) is an Anglo-Scottish knightly family of medieval origin.

The family now has two primary branches, one in the English Midlands and the other in the former Scottish Marches, with a small presence in Ireland, North America, New Zealand, and South Africa. The family established themselves as landed lords, knights, and gentry, but more recently were prominent British bankers (see Grindlays Bank), officials, industrialists, soldiers, and freemasons during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

As an armigerous family whose position arose from feudal manorial lordships and knightly service, the Grindlay family rank among the British minor nobility or noblesse d'épée.

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