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D77 - Gresley family of Drakelow - [12th-20th cent]
4 - Family and Personal Papers
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D77/4/11
Title
Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley 7th Baronet (1753-1808)
Description
m. Wilmot daughter of Sir Thomas and Wilmot Hood Gresley, 5th Baronet, his 1st cousin (1750-1790), 1776
m. Maria Eliza daughter of Caleb Garway Esq. of Worcester (c1770-1840), 1796
High Sheriff of Derbyshire (c1780). In 1795, established a porcelain factory at Church Gresley but it was not successful, and it was sold in 1825
Level
Series
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Gresley family of Drakelow
Related Material
For estate papers of Sir Nigel Bowyer see D77/3/7. For correspondence relating to an incorrect Income Tax return by Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, 1796-1802, see D770C/EZ169-184. For a note relating to the Lichfield by-election, 1799, see D803 M/Z 12. For portrait of Wilmot Gresley see D803 M/F 240-41
Term
Elections
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