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GRESLEY, FRANCIS, brother of William Gresley (qv); b. 5 May 1807; at Shrewsbury Sch. 1816-7; adm. 14 Jan 1818; left Whitsun 1822; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1822; Lieut., 14th Bengal Native Infantry 13 May 1828; Capt. (in the army) 11 Jul 1838; 14th Bengal Native Infantry 8 Oct 1839; seconded to Nizam’s service from 1827; retd. 1 Mar 1844; returned to England; Brevet Maj., retd. list, 28 Nov 1854; m. 19 Sep 1848 Mary, widow of Francis Russell Kendall, Walthamstow, Essex, and dau. of Rev. Thomas Thorp, Rector of Burton Overy, Leics.; d. 10 Dec 1880.

GRESLEY, RICHARD NEWCOMBE, brother of William Gresley (qv); b. 30 Jun 1804; adm. 26 May 1815 (Packharness'); KS 1818; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1822, matr. 18 May 1822, Westminster Student; BA 1826; MA 1828; adm. Middle Temple 1 Feb 1826, called to bar 3 Jul 1829; equity draftsman, Midland Circuit; three of his letters, written while he was at school, describing the Coronation of King George IV, are printed Elizabethan xii, 65-6; author, A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, 1836; d. 10 Jun 1837.

GRESLEY, SIR WILLIAM NIGEL, BART., only son of Rev. William Gresley, Netherseal, Leics., and his first wife Louisa Jane, dau. of Sir Nigel Gresley, Bart.; b. 25 Mar 1806; adm. 15 Jan 1817 (Packharness'); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 May 1824; migr. to St. Mary’s Hall; BA 1829; ordained 1830; Rector of Netherseal, Leics., from 25 Sep 1830; succ. as 9th baronet 12 Oct 1837; m. 25 Mar 1831 Georgina Ann, sister of George Reid (qv); d. 3 Sep 1847.

GRESLEY, WILLIAM, eldest son of Richard Gresley, Meriden Hall, Warwicks., barrister, Bencher Middle Temple, and his first wife Caroline, youngest dau. of Andrew Grote, Blackheath, Kent, banker; b. 16 Mar 1801; adm. 14 Jan 1811; KS 1815; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1819, matr. 21 May 1819, Westminster Student; BA 1823; MA 1825; Select Preacher, Oxford Univ. 1836; ordained deacon 1825, priest 1826 (both Oxford); Lecturer, St. Mary’s, Lichfield, Staffs.; Prebendary of Lichfield from 27 Nov 1840; Assistant Priest, St. Paul’s, Brighton, Sussex c. 1850; Perpetual Curate of Boyne Hill, near Maidenhead, Berks., from 1857; a high churchman and a strenuous supporter of the Tractarian Movement of 1839; author, Portrait of an English Churchman, 1838, and of other religious and social tales, also of other works against dissent and scepticism; m. 28 Oct 1828 Anne Wright, dau. of John Barker Scott, Lichfield, Staffs., banker; d. 19 Nov 1876. DNB.

Greve, Paul Harold, son of Paul Herbert Greve, an officer of the Imperial Russian Army, and Ellen Angless, d. of George Bowen of Knighton, Radnor; b. 18 June 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (A); left July 1936; a mech. engineer; RNVR (E) 1940-6; Anglo-Egyptian Oil Co., Egypt, 1946; m. 1944 Elizabeth Ellen, d. of John Saunders-Jones of Saratoga Springs, New York; d. 27 Feb. 1991.

GREVILLE, CHARLES, brother of Henry Francis Greville (qv); b. 2 Nov 1762; adm. 8 Jul 1773; left Whitsun 1775; Ensign, 39th Foot 6 Nov 1778; Lieut., 90th Foot 29 Nov 1779; 48th Foot 10 Jan 1781; Capt., 45th Foot 6 Jan 1783; half-pay 1783-9; Capt., 58th Foot 30 Dec 1795; retd. 1796; travelling in Italy 1792-3; MP Petersfield 12 Jan 1795 – 1796; Under-Secretary, Home Office 14 Mar 1796 – 1 Mar 1798; Comptroller of Cash, Excise Office, from 1799; Naval Officer, Demerara and Essequibo 1798-1827; Secretary, Island of Tobago, West Indies, 1801-27; Receiver-Gen. Taxes, Nottinghamshire; DCL Oxford 4 Jul 1793; father of Charles Greville, the diarist; m. 31 Mar 1792/3 Lady Charlotte Cavendish-Bentinck, eldest dau. of William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv); d. 26 Sep 1832.

GREVILLE, HENRY FRANCIS, fourth son of Fulke Greville MP, Wilbury House, Wilts., and Frances, third dau. of James Macartney; b. 10 Aug 1760; adm. 8 Jul 1773; left Whitsun 1775; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 17 Jan 1777; Lieut. and Capt., 12 Feb 1781; Lieut. -Col. in Army 24 Mar 1790; 4th Dragoon Guards 6 Oct 1790; retd. 31 Mar 1793; m. 1st, 18 Aug 1791 Catherine, dau. of Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart.; m. 2nd, 25 Feb 1805 Sophia, widow of Sir Henry Lambert, Bart. (and mother of Sir Henry John Lambert, Bart. (qv) ), dau. of Francis Xavier White; d. at Port Louis, Isle of France 13 Jan 1816.

GREVILLE, HENRY WILLIAM, youngest son of Charles Greville (qv); b. 28 Oct 1801; adm. 3 Feb 1813; left 1814; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Dec 1819, Canoneer Student 1820-7; BA 1823; present at Duchess of Richmond’s ball at Brussels on eve of battle of Waterloo 15 Jun 1815; private secretary to Earl Bathurst, Secretary of State for Colonies 5 Jan 1826 – 30 Apr 1827, and to Lord Francis Egerton, Chief Secretary for Ireland 1828-30; precis writer, Foreign Office 17 Nov 1834 – 17 Apr 1835; attaché, British Embassy, Paris Apr 1835 – Jul 1844; a Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to William IV and Queen Victoria from 1 May 1833; Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville, ed. Lady Enfield, were published 1883-4; d. unm. 12 Dec 1872. DNB.