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.

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, ANDREW ROBERT, brother of William Gresley (qv); b. 22 Jan 1814; adm. 18 Sep 1826 (Stikeman's); KS 1828; rowed v. Eton 12 May 1831; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1832, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1832, but did not matr. and probably never resided; d. 10 Mar 1833.

GRESLEY (or GREISLEY), HENRY, second son of John Gresley, Shrewsbury, and Joan, dau. of Jasper More, Larden, Shropshire; b. 9 Nov 1613; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1634, matr. 1 Sep 1634, Westminster Student to 1654; BA 1638; MA 1641 (incorp. Camb. 1651); submitted to the Parliamentary Visitors 1648, and although expelled by them for refusing to subscribe the Engagement Mar 1650/1 appears to have remained a Westminster Student to 1654; travelled in France; ordained; Rector of Severn Stoke, Worcs., 1 May 1654, reinstituted 28 Sep 1661, holding living until death; Prebendary of Worcester from 19 Apr 1672; translated Balzac’s Prince, 1648 and Senault’s Christian Man, 1650; m. 1st, 5 Jun 1655 Eleanor, dau. of Edward Allye, Hatfield, Worcs.; m. 2nd, 16 Apr 1667 Eleanor, dau. of Gervase Buck, Kempsey, Worcs.; d. 8 Jun 1678. DNB (s. v. Greisley, Henry).

GRENEFFYLD, GENTYLL, son of John Greneffyld, Exeter, Devon, and Lettice, dau. of Thomas Lucas; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542 (Chapter Muniments); left Midsummer 1544.

Greig, Geoffrey George Fenner, son of the Right Rev. James Harold Greig, Bishop of Guildford, by Lilian Sophia, daughter of William Owen Robinson; b. Aug. 15, 1897; adm. as K.S. Sept. 28, 1911; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1916, matric. Hilary term 1919: served in France in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. Rifle Brigade March 1, 1917; Lieut. Sept. 1, 1918; wounded and taken prisoner March 21, 1918; played association football for Oxford 1921; B.A. and M.A. 1928; joint Head Master of Wixenford School, Wokingham; 2nd Lieut. Royal Hampshire Regt. Sept. 9, 1940; Capt.; relinquished his commission with hon. rank of Major Aug. 29, 1948; Warden of the Blue Coat School, Birmingham, 1949; ordained deacon 1953, priest 1954 (Guildford); Curate of Bramley, Surrey 1953-5; Vicar of Walton-on-Thames 1955; m. July 31, 1928, Esme, only child of Stephen Langton, of Charterhouse, Godalming, Surrey; d. Oct. 24, 1960.

GREGORY, HENRY, third son of Francis Gregory (qv), by his fifth wife; b.; adm.; QS 1703; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1707, matr. 17 Jun 1707, aged 18, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1707 – void 1727, Tutor 1712-26, Junior Censor 1715-9, Senior Censor 1720-1; BA 1711; MA 19 Jan 1713/4; Proctor 1721-2; Reader of Moral Philosophy 5 Jan 1722; ordained deacon 8 Jun 1718, priest 20 Sep 1719 (both Oxford); Vicar of Staverton, Northants., from 22 Sep 1726; d. 2 Mar 1727/8.

GREGORY, FRANCIS, son of Francis Gregory, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, and Anne Smart, Wendlebury, Oxfordshire; b. ; adm. ; Min. Can. 1636 (Francis Nash Gregory), 1637; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1641, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1641, scholar 1642, matr. Easter 1642; BA 1644/5; MA 1648; DD Oxford 22 Sep 1661 (then of St. Mary Hall, Oxford); an Usher at the School c. 1650; Head Master, Woodstock Grammar School 1654, subsequently Head Master Witney Grammar School; ordained; Rector of Wick Rissington, Gloucs. 1670; Rector of Hambleden, Bucks. , from 8 Jul 1671; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II 1672; author of a Greek-Latin lexicon, 1654, and of two other books for the use of Westminster School, also of several theological treatises; m. five times, his fifth wife, who he m. 28 Oct 1679 (IGI), being Mary, dau. of John Wallis, London, citizen and goldsmith ; d. Jun 1707. DNB.

GREGORY, EDMUND; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1650 (Chester, Westminster Abbey Registers, 144); drowned with Southwell Peacock (qv); buried Westminster Abbey Cloisters 13 Aug 1650. [Perhaps son of Nicholas Gregory, bapt. Wandsworth, Surrey 4 Dec 1642].

GREGORY, DAVID, eldest son of David Gregory MD FRS, Savilian Prof. of Astronomy, Oxford Univ., and Elizabeth Oliphant, Langtoun, Scotland; bapt. 15 Jul 1696; adm.; QS (aged 14) 1710; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1714, matr. 4 Jun 1714, Westminster Student 28 Mar 1715 – void 18 May 1736 (expiry year of grace as R. Semley); BA 1718; MA 1721; BD 13 Mar 1731/2; DD 1732; Professor of Modern History and Languages, Oxford Univ. 18 Aug 1724 – 21 May 1736, the first to hold the chair; ordained; Rector of Semley, Wilts. 1735; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford 8 Jun 1736 – May 1756, Dean from 18 May 1756; Master of Sherborne Hospital, Durham, from 15 Sep 1759; Prolocutor, Lower House of Convocation 1761; a good modern linguist; bequeathed many valuable books to Christ Church Library; m. 1 Mar 1743/4 Lady Mary Grey, youngest dau. of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent KG; d. 16 Sep 1767. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.