Son of Rt. Rev. John Porter, Bishop of Clogher; he was a classmate of Byron's at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, and a correspondent. He held a prebendary at Clogher until 1871.

REFERENCES TO John Grey Porter:

Lord Byron to John Murray, 28 September 1821 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)