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	Escutcheon of the Gresley baronets of Nether Seale
Creation date	1611
Status	extinct
Extinction date	1976
Seat(s)	Drakelow Hall
Motto	Meliore fide quam fortuna, With better fidelity than fortune

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The Baronetcy of Gresley of Drakelow was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for George Gresley of Drakelow Hall, Derbyshire who was later High Sheriff of Derbyshire and Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme.^[3]

The Gresley Baronetcy was the sixth oldest baronetcy in Britain until it became extinct on the death of the 13th and last Baronet in 1976.

Background

The Gresleys were an ancient Norman family, descended from Nigel de Stafford, the son of Robert de Stafford, scion of one of the most powerful families in England.^[4] Nigel's son, also named Nigel, took the name Gresley after he acquired Castle Gresley in Derbyshire.^[5]^[6] The Domesday Book recorded Nigel de Stafford holding the Manor of Drakelowe near the conclusion of the 11th century, and his descendants, the Gresleys, continued to hold it for nine hundred years – as long as any family in England is said to have owned the same manor.^[7]^[8] The family established the Priory of Gresley near their castle in Gresley before the year 1200.^[9] Drakelowe Hall, latterly the family seat, was a large Elizabethan mansion. A subsidiary branch of the family had a seat at Netherseal Hall, Netherseal.

The two branches of the family were reunited by the marriage of the sister of the 8th Baronet to Rev. William Gresley, Rector of Netherseal, and the succession of their son William Nigel Gresley as 9th Baronet.^[10]

The last of the Gresley family vacated Drakelowe Hall in 1931 after 28 generations had lived there.^[11]^[12] The Hall was demolished three years later, in 1934, when the site was redeveloped as Drakelow Power Station, which itself was later demolished. Netherseal Hall was demolished in 1933.

Gresley of Drakelow (1611)

Sir George Gresley, 1st Baronet (c. 1580–1651)^[13]
Sir Thomas Gresley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1628–1699) High Sheriff of Derbyshire 1663^[14]
Sir William Gresley, 3rd Baronet (1661–1710) High Sheriff of Derbyshire 1704^[14]
Sir Thomas Gresley, 4th Baronet (c. 1699–1746) High Sheriff of Derbyshire 1724
Sir Thomas Gresley, 5th Baronet (1722–1753) Member of Parliament for Lichfield 1753.
Sir Nigel Gresley, 6th Baronet (c. 1727–1787) High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1759.
Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, 7th Baronet (1753–1808) High Sheriff of Derbyshire 1780^[15]
Sir Roger Gresley, 8th Baronet (1799–1837) Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire^[16]
Sir William Nigel Gresley, 9th Baronet (1806–1847)^[14]
Sir Thomas Gresley, 10th Baronet (1832–1868) Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire^[14]
Sir Robert Gresley, 11th Baronet (1866–1936). High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1906^[17]
Sir Nigel Gresley, 12th Baronet (1894–1974). Unmarried.^[18]
Sir William Francis Gresley, 13th Baronet (1897–1976), m. 1924 Ada Mary Miller (1902–2001). No issue.^[2]

Extended family

Sir Robert Gresley (1866–1936) married Lady Frances Spencer Churchill (1870–1954), eldest daughter of George, Duke of Marlborough, and had three sons.^[17] There was only one grandchild Janet Gresley (1934–1996), daughter of Antony Gresley (1903-1954).
Sir Nigel Gresley (1876-1941) was a noted railway engineer.
Wilmot Maria Gresley, daughter of Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, 7th Baronet, married Rev. Thomas Levett of Packington Hall in Staffordshire.^[19]^[20]^[21]

The Gresleys of Drakelowe (1899) by Falconer Madan is the accepted history of the family. It mentions Charles Francis Gresley who married Clara Phillips, and states that the couple had no issue. Richard Boultbee queried that, stating that they had three boys, the eldest of whom has living male Gresley descendants.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b Burke, John (1833). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. H. Colburn. p. 547.
^ ^a ^b "Gresley, Sir William (Francis)". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 16 October 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage 1900
^ Magna Britannia, Volume 5, Daniel and Samuel Lysons, 1817, Institute of Historical Research, British History Online
^ John Charles Cox (1877). Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire: The hundreds of Appletree and Repton and Gresley. 1877. Palmer and Edmunds. p. 367.
^ The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States of America calls the Gresley Baronets "a well-known branch of the house of De Toesni, Barons of Toesni and Conches, Normandy.[1]
^ Gresley, Magna Britannia, Daniel and Samuel Lysons, 1817, British History Online
^ The Gresley Charters Preserved at Drakelowe, Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters & Muniments of the Gresley Family, Isaac Herbert Jeayes, 1895
^ Houses of Austin canons, The priory of Gresley, A History of the County of Derby, Victoria County History, William Page, 1907, British History Online
^ Debrett's baronetage of England, revised, corrected and continued by G.W. Collen, John Debrett, London, 1840
^ Drakelowe Hall, British Towns and Villages Network
^ Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Vol. XIX, The William Salt Archaeological Society, Published by Harrison and Sons, London, 1898
^ "Gresley, Sir George, 1st Bt. (c.1580-1651), of Drakelow, Derbys., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Foster, Joseph (1881). The baronetage and knightage. Nichols and Sons. p. 274.
^ Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, 7th Baronet, died at Bath, where there is a mural monument to him in Bath Abbey.[2]
^ "Gresley, Sir Roger, 8th bt. (1799-1837), of Drakelow, near Burton-on-Trent, Staffs., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
^ ^a ^b "Gresley, Sir Robert". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 16 October 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Gresley, Sir Nigel". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 16 October 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ The Baronetage of England, John Debrett, 1840
^ The Admission Register of the Manchester School, Vol. I, Jeremiah Finch Smith, The Chetham Society, Manchester, 1866
^ Thomas Levett and Wilmot Maria Gresley Levett are buried at St. Giles Church, Whittington, Staffordshire, where there are memorials to them in the chancel.

Bibliography

History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 3 (1835) pp. 528–530 ISBN 978-0-8063-0742-8
Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
Gresley Genealogy

External links

Baronetage of England
Preceded by Monson baronets	Gresley baronets 29 June 1611	Succeeded by Tracy baronets

[Burke-1] Burke, John (1833). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. H. Colburn. p. 547.

[WW13-2] "Gresley, Sir William (Francis)". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 16 October 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[3] George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage 1900

[4] Magna Britannia, Volume 5, Daniel and Samuel Lysons, 1817, Institute of Historical Research, British History Online

[5] John Charles Cox (1877). Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire: The hundreds of Appletree and Repton and Gresley. 1877. Palmer and Edmunds. p. 367.

[6] The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States of America calls the Gresley Baronets "a well-known branch of the house of De Toesni, Barons of Toesni and Conches, Normandy.[1]

[7] Gresley, Magna Britannia, Daniel and Samuel Lysons, 1817, British History Online

[8] The Gresley Charters Preserved at Drakelowe, Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters & Muniments of the Gresley Family, Isaac Herbert Jeayes, 1895

[9] Houses of Austin canons, The priory of Gresley, A History of the County of Derby, Victoria County History, William Page, 1907, British History Online

[10] Debrett's baronetage of England, revised, corrected and continued by G.W. Collen, John Debrett, London, 1840

[11] Drakelowe Hall, British Towns and Villages Network

[12] Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Vol. XIX, The William Salt Archaeological Society, Published by Harrison and Sons, London, 1898

[13] "Gresley, Sir George, 1st Bt. (c.1580-1651), of Drakelow, Derbys., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.

[Foster-14] Foster, Joseph (1881). The baronetage and knightage. Nichols and Sons. p. 274.

[15] Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, 7th Baronet, died at Bath, where there is a mural monument to him in Bath Abbey.[2]

[16] "Gresley, Sir Roger, 8th bt. (1799-1837), of Drakelow, near Burton-on-Trent, Staffs., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.

[WW11-17] "Gresley, Sir Robert". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 16 October 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[18] "Gresley, Sir Nigel". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 16 October 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[19] The Baronetage of England, John Debrett, 1840

[20] The Admission Register of the Manchester School, Vol. I, Jeremiah Finch Smith, The Chetham Society, Manchester, 1866

[21] Thomas Levett and Wilmot Maria Gresley Levett are buried at St. Giles Church, Whittington, Staffordshire, where there are memorials to them in the chancel.

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-[[File:DrakeloweHall.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Drakelowe Hall, circa 1890]]
+{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
-The Baronetcy of '''Gresley of Drakelow''' was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for George Gresley of Drakelow Hall, [[Derbyshire]] who was later [[High Sheriff of Derbyshire]] and [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Newcastle under Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)]].<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924092524374#page/n63/mode/2up George Edward Cockayne ''Complete baronetage'' 1900]</ref>
+{{Infobox hereditary title
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+| caption           = Escutcheon of the Gresley baronets of Nether Seale
+| creation_date     = 1611<ref name="Burke">{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=John |title=A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire |date=1833 |publisher=H. Colburn |page=547 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lWpSAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA547 |language=en}}</ref>
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+| extinction_date   = 1976<ref name="WW13"/>
+| family_seat       = Drakelow Hall
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+| motto             = ''Meliore fide quam fortuna'', With better fidelity than fortune<ref name="Burke"/>
+}}
+The Baronetcy of '''Gresley of Drakelow''' was created in the [[Baronetage of England]] on 29 June 1611 for George Gresley of Drakelow Hall, [[Derbyshire]] who was later [[High Sheriff of Derbyshire]] and [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Newcastle under Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)|Newcastle-under-Lyme]].<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092524374#page/n63/mode/2up George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage'' 1900]</ref>
+The Gresley Baronetcy was the sixth oldest baronetcy in Britain until it became extinct on the death of the 13th and last Baronet in 1976.
-The Gresleys were an ancient Norman family, descended from Nigel de Stafford, the son of [[Robert de Stafford]], scion of one of the most powerful [[Normans|Norman]] families in England.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50705 Magna Britannia, Volume 5, Daniel and Samuel Lysons, 1817, Institute of Historical Research, British History Online]</ref> (His son Nigel de Stafford began calling himself after his holding of the castle at Gresley.)<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?  id=yx5NAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA367&lpg=PA367&dq=%22nigel+de+stafford%22+gresley&source=web&ots=DSt13duHy_&sig=GrP3bFBeC1DeKLEKJWNjK8XQZGk&hl=en Gresley, Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, John Charles Cox, London, 1877]</ref><ref>''The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States of America'' calls the Gresley Baronets "a well-known branch of the [[House of Tosny|house of De Toesni]], Barons of Toesni and Conches, [[Normandy]].[http://books.google.com/books?id=TVMBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA269&lpg=PA269&dq=%22gresley+baronets%22&source=bl&ots=VffAZYjiN2&sig=OQFbJjDCjTdrHMNmDgHJ3B0-Ots&hl=en&ei=yn2ySfvsHYK2sQOuyPx_&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result]</ref>  The [[Domesday Book]] recorded Nigel de Stafford holding the Manor of Drakelowe near the conclusion of the 11th century, and his descendants, the Gresleys, continued to hold it for nine hundred years &ndash; as long as any family in England is said to have owned the same manor.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50729 Gresley, Magna Britannia, Daniel and Samuel Lysons, 1817, British History Online]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=bLWEmYrD_FkC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=roger+gresley+drakelowe&source=web&ots=4c2BVEvWIf&sig=LTc3ojYoGKSqMdLTa22FS1IguAI&hl=en The Gresley Charters Preserved at Drakelowe, Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters & Muniments of the Gresley Family, Isaac Herbert Jeayes, 1895]</ref> The family established the Priory of Gresley near their castle in Gresley before the year 1200.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40124 Houses of Austin canons, The priory of Gresley, A History of the County of Derby, Victoria County History, William Page, 1907, British History Online]</ref> Drakelowe Hall, latterly the family seat, was a large [[Elizabethan architecture|Elizabethan]] mansion. A subsidiary branch of the family had a seat at Netherseal Hall, [[Netherseal]], [[Derbyshire]].
+==Background==
-The two branches of the family were reunited by the marriage of the sister of the 8th Baronet to Rev William Gresley, Rector of Netherseal, and the succession of their son William Nigel Gresley as 9th Baronet.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=mvIDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA246&lpg=PA246&dq=nigel+gresley+drakelowe+&source=web&ots=X9FFsec7Bi&sig=9ILsGKTzMfsvu813jIzRad_ofAc&hl=en Debrett's baronetage of England, revised, corrected and continued by G.W. Collen, John Debrett, London, 1840]</ref>
+The Gresleys were an ancient [[Normans|Norman]] family, descended from Nigel de Stafford, the son of [[Robert de Stafford]], scion of one of the most powerful families in England.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50705 ''Magna Britannia'', Volume 5, Daniel and Samuel Lysons, 1817, Institute of Historical Research, British History Online]</ref> Nigel's son, also named Nigel, took the name Gresley after he acquired [[Castle Gresley]] in Derbyshire.<ref>{{cite book|title=Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire: The hundreds of Appletree and Repton and Gresley. 1877|url=https://archive.org/details/notesonchurches03coxgoog|year=1877|author=John Charles Cox|author-link=John Charles Cox|publisher=Palmer and Edmunds|page=[https://archive.org/details/notesonchurches03coxgoog/page/n421 367]}}</ref><ref>''The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States of America'' calls the Gresley Baronets "a well-known branch of the [[House of Tosny|house of De Toesni]], Barons of Toesni and Conches, [[Normandy]].[https://books.google.com/books?id=TVMBAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22gresley+baronets%22&pg=PA269]</ref> The [[Domesday Book]] recorded Nigel de Stafford holding the Manor of Drakelowe near the conclusion of the 11th century, and his descendants, the Gresleys, continued to hold it for nine hundred years – as long as any family in England is said to have owned the same manor.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50729 Gresley, Magna Britannia, Daniel and Samuel Lysons, 1817, British History Online]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bLWEmYrD_FkC&dq=roger+gresley+drakelowe&pg=PA1 The Gresley Charters Preserved at Drakelowe, Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters & Muniments of the Gresley Family, Isaac Herbert Jeayes, 1895]</ref> The family established the Priory of Gresley near their castle in Gresley before the year 1200.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40124 Houses of Austin canons, The priory of Gresley, A History of the County of Derby, Victoria County History, William Page, 1907, British History Online]</ref> Drakelowe Hall, latterly the family seat, was a large [[Elizabethan architecture|Elizabethan]] mansion. A subsidiary branch of the family had a seat at Netherseal Hall, [[Netherseal]].
+[[File:DrakeloweHall.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Drakelowe Hall, circa 1890]]
+The two branches of the family were reunited by the marriage of the sister of the 8th Baronet to Rev. William Gresley, Rector of Netherseal, and the succession of their son William Nigel Gresley as 9th Baronet.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/baronetageengla00debrgoog/page/n280 <!-- pg=246 quote=nigel gresley drakelowe . --> Debrett's baronetage of England, revised, corrected and continued by G.W. Collen, John Debrett, London, 1840]</ref>
-The last of the Gresley family vacated Drakelowe Hall in 1931 after 28 generations had lived there.<ref>[http://www.british-towns.net/sh/statelyhomes_album.asp?GetPic=126 Drakelowe Hall, British Towns and Villages Network]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=iSfQAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PR7&lpg=RA1-PR7&dq=rev.+john+morewood+gresley&source=bl&ots=gHtJECaZ8U&sig=PUbrlOaa-dNjdfOJE32C1BfkxBA&hl=en&ei=8S8gS7SEPITGsQP-6JH4CQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CC4Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=rev.%20john%20morewood%20gresley&f=false Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Vol. XIX, The William Salt Archaeological Society, Published by Harrison and Sons, London, 1898]</ref> The Hall was demolished three years later, in 1934, when the site was redeveloped as [[Drakelow Power Station]], which itself was later demolished. Netherseal Hall was demolished in 1933.
+The last of the Gresley family vacated Drakelowe Hall in 1931 after 28 generations had lived there.<ref>[http://www.british-towns.net/sh/statelyhomes_album.asp?GetPic=126 Drakelowe Hall, British Towns and Villages Network]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iSfQAAAAMAAJ&dq=rev.+john+morewood+gresley&pg=RA1-PR7 Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Vol. XIX, The William Salt Archaeological Society, Published by Harrison and Sons, London, 1898]</ref> The Hall was demolished three years later, in 1934, when the site was redeveloped as [[Drakelow Power Station]], which itself was later demolished. Netherseal Hall was demolished in 1933.
+==Gresley of Drakelow (1611)==
-''The Gresleys of Drakelowe'', written by [[Falconer Madan]], librarian of [[Oxford University]]'s [[Bodleian Library]], was published in 1899 and is the accepted history of the family.
+*[[Sir George Gresley, 1st Baronet]] ({{circa|1580}}–1651)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gresley, Sir George, 1st Bt. (c.1580-1651), of Drakelow, Derbys., History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/gresley-sir-george-1580-1651 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref>
+*Sir Thomas Gresley, 2nd Baronet ({{circa|1628}}–1699) [[High Sheriff of Derbyshire]] 1663<ref name="Foster">{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Joseph |title=The baronetage and knightage |date=1881 |publisher=Nichols and Sons |page=274 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uFE4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA274 |language=en}}</ref>
+*Sir William Gresley, 3rd Baronet (1661–1710) [[High Sheriff of Derbyshire]] 1704<ref name="Foster"/>
+*Sir Thomas Gresley, 4th Baronet ({{circa|1699}}–1746) [[High Sheriff of Derbyshire]] 1724
+*[[Sir Thomas Gresley, 5th Baronet]] (1722–1753) [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Lichfield]] 1753.
+*[[Sir Nigel Gresley, 6th Baronet]] (c. 1727–1787) [[High Sheriff of Staffordshire]] in 1759.
+*Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, 7th Baronet (1753–1808) [[High Sheriff of Derbyshire]] 1780<ref>Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, 7th Baronet, died at [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], where there is a mural monument to him in [[Bath Abbey]].[https://books.google.com/books?id=10IJAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA108]</ref>
+*[[Sir Roger Gresley, 8th Baronet]] (1799–1837) [[Member of Parliament]] for [[South Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Derbyshire]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Gresley, Sir Roger, 8th bt. (1799-1837), of Drakelow, near Burton-on-Trent, Staffs., History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/gresley-sir-roger-1799-1837 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref>
+*Sir William Nigel Gresley, 9th Baronet (1806–1847)<ref name="Foster"/>
+*[[Sir Thomas Gresley, 10th Baronet]] (1832–1868) [[Member of Parliament]] for [[South Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Derbyshire]]<ref name="Foster"/>
+*Sir Robert Gresley, 11th Baronet (1866–1936). [[High Sheriff of Derbyshire]] in 1906<ref name="WW11">{{Who's Who|title=Gresley, Sir Robert|id=U210435|access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref>
+*Sir Nigel Gresley, 12th Baronet (1894–1974). Unmarried.<ref>{{Who's Who|title=Gresley, Sir Nigel|id=U155080|access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref>
+*Sir William Francis Gresley, 13th Baronet (1897–1976), m. 1924 Ada Mary Miller (1902–2001). No issue.<ref name="WW13">{{Who's Who|title=Gresley, Sir William (Francis)|id=U155081
+|access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref>
+==Extended family==
+* Sir Robert Gresley (1866–1936) married Lady Frances Spencer Churchill (1870–1954), eldest daughter of [[George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough|George, Duke of Marlborough]], and had three sons.<ref name="WW11"/> There was only one grandchild Janet Gresley (1934–1996), daughter of Antony Gresley (1903-1954).
+* [[Nigel Gresley|Sir Nigel Gresley]] (1876-1941) was a noted railway engineer.
+* Wilmot Maria Gresley, daughter of [[Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, 7th Baronet]], married [[Thomas Levett (rector)|Rev. Thomas Levett]] of [[Packington Hall (Staffordshire)|Packington Hall]] in Staffordshire.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/baronetageengla00debrgoog/page/n281 <!-- pg=247 quote="thomas levett" nigel bowyer gresley. --> The Baronetage of England, John Debrett, 1840]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=10IJAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA108 The Admission Register of the Manchester School, Vol. I,  Jeremiah Finch Smith, The Chetham Society, Manchester, 1866]</ref><ref>Thomas Levett and Wilmot Maria Gresley Levett are buried at St. Giles Church, [[Whittington, Staffordshire]], where there are memorials to them in the chancel.</ref>
+''The Gresleys of Drakelowe'' (1899) by [[Falconer Madan]] is the accepted history of the family. It mentions Charles Francis Gresley who married Clara Phillips, and states that the couple had no issue. Richard Boultbee queried that, stating that they had three boys, the eldest of whom has living male Gresley descendants.{{fact|date=October 2021}}
-==Gresley of Drakelow (1611)==
-*[[Sir George Gresley, 1st Baronet]] (c1580-1651)
-*Sir Thomas Gresley, 2nd Baronet (c1628-1699) [[High Sheriff of Derbyshire]] 1663
-*Sir William Gresley, 3rd Baronet (1661-1710) [[High Sheriff of Derbyshire]] 1704
-*Sir Thomas Gresley, 4th Baronet (c1699-1746) [[High Sheriff of Derbyshire]] 1724
-*[[Sir Thomas Gresley, 5th Baronet]] (1722-1753) [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Lichfield]] 1753.
-*[[Sir Nigel Gresley, 6th Baronet]] (c1727-1787) [[High Sheriff of Staffordshire]] in 1759.
-*Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, 7th Baronet (d 1808)  [[High Sheriff of Derbyshire]] 1780<ref>Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, 7th Baronet, died at [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], where there is a mural monument to him in [[Bath Abbey]].[http://books.google.com/books?id=10IJAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA108&lpg=RA1-PA108&dq=%22wilmot+maria%22+%22thomas+levett%22+gresley&source=bl&ots=JuaABcLTNe&sig=KSHr62rGZTm5uJFNiSqKPP2qg5A&hl=en&ei=uBjSSde0E4GYtAP6woXVAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PRA1-PA108,M1]</ref>
-*[[Sir Roger Gresley, 8th Baronet]] (1799-1837) [[Member of Parliament]] for [[South Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Derbyshire]]
-*Sir William Nigel Gresley, 9th Baronet (1806-1847)
-*[[Sir Thomas Gresley, 10th Baronet]] (1832-1868) [[Member of Parliament]] for [[South Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Derbyshire]]
-*Sir Robert Gresley, 11th Baronet (1866-1936). [[High Sheriff of Derbyshire]] in 1906
-*Sir Nigel Gresley, 12th Baronet (1894-1974) ''Extinct on demise'' (Or maybe not following recent research it may be possible that there are a number of direct male descendants of the 2nd Baronet still alive and living in the UK. Mention is made in the Madan history of the Gresley family of Charles Francis Gresley who married Clara Phillips and states there was no issue. Family Historian Richard Boultbee recently discovered that in fact they appear to have had three boys and the eldest of which has living male Gresley descendants. Proving that they are the heirs to the Gresley Baronetcy may prove difficult but it is certainly a possibility.){{fact|date=June 2012}}
-==Other members of the family==
-* Sir Robert Gresley (1866-1936) married Lady Frances Spencer Churchill, eldest daughter of the [[George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough]], and had four children, but only one grandchild Janet Gresley, (1934-1996) daughter of Antony Gresley.  Following the death of Sir Robert's son Nigel  the direct lineal descendants of the family are Paul Antony Davey (1961-), son of Janet Gresley, and his children.
-* Herbert [[Nigel Gresley]], born in 1876 in Edinburgh, was a famous railway engineer.
-* Wilmot Maria Gresley, daughter of [[Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, 7th Baronet]], married [[Thomas Levett (rector)|Rev. Thomas Levett]] of [[Packington Hall (Staffordshire)|Packington Hall]] in Staffordshire.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=mvIDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA247&lpg=PA247&dq=%22thomas+levett%22+nigel+bowyer+gresley&source=web&ots=X9FDqda8Dl&sig=IJn-berJH05p1yQswi5-jXRch9w&hl=en The Baronetage of England, John Debrett, 1840]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=10IJAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA108&lpg=RA1-PA108&dq=%22thomas+levett%22+gresley&source=web&ots=Ju9tylHOJe&sig=76yzwnT_CBwZt7ayEl-6T0LGzm4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result The Admission Register of the Manchester School, Vol. I,  Jeremiah Finch Smith, The Chetham Society, Manchester, 1866]</ref><ref>Rev. [[Levett]] and Wilmot Maria Gresley Levett are buried at St. Giles Church, [[Whittington, Staffordshire]], where there are memorials to them in the chancel.</ref>
 ==References==
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 ==Bibliography==
-* ''History of the  Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 3'' (1835) pp 528–530 {ISBN9781847271686}
+* ''History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 3'' (1835) pp. 528–530 {{ISBN|978-0-8063-0742-8}}
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-* [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/baronets/gresley.htm Gresley Genealogy]
+* [https://archive.today/20130116050519/http://www.accessgenealogy.com/baronets/gresley.htm Gresley Genealogy]
 ==External links==
 * [http://www.burton-on-trent.org.uk/?cat=18 Drakelowe Hall, Burton-on-Trent.org.uk]
-* [http://jssgallery.org/other_artists/Philip_Alexius_de_Laszlo/Sir_Robert_Gresley.html Sir Robert Gresley, Eleventh Baronet, Philip Alexius de Laszlo, jssgallery.org]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080516093007/http://jssgallery.org/Other_Artists/Philip_Alexius_de_Laszlo/Sir_Robert_Gresley.html Sir Robert Gresley, Eleventh Baronet, Philip Alexius de Laszlo, jssgallery.org]
 * [http://jssgallery.org/Other_Artists/Philip_Alexius_de_Laszlo/Lady_Frances_Gresley.html Lady Frances Gresley, Philip Alexius de Laszlo, jssgallery.org]
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