Baron Gretton, of Stapleford in the County of Leicester,
[London Gazette no. 36352. p. 541] is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the ...
. It was created in 1944 for the brewer and
Conservative
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politician
John Gretton
John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, (1 September 1867 – 2 June 1947) was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Gretton won two gold medals in the 1900 Olympic Games.
Life and career
Gretton was the eldest son of John Gretton of St ...
. He was head of the brewery firm of
Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Ltd of
Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a market town in the borough of East Staffordshire in the county of Staffordshire, England, close to the border with Derbyshire. In United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011, it had a ...
and also represented
Derbyshire South,
Rutland
Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire.
Its greatest len ...
and
Burton in Parliament. His son, the second Baron, also represented Burton in the
House of Commons
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as a Conservative. the title is held by the latter's grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1989. His mother,
Jennifer Gretton, Lady Gretton, was
Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire. Since 1703, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire.
Lord Lieutenants
* Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of Dorset 1549–1551
*Francis Hasting ...
between 2003 and 2018.
The family seat is Somerby House, near
Somerby,
Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray () is a town in Leicestershire, England, north-east of Leicester, and south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, known below Melton as the Wreake. The town had a population 27,670 in 2019. The town is sometimes promo ...
,
Leicestershire
Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...
. The former family seat was
Stapleford Park
Stapleford Park is a Grade I listed country house in Stapleford, near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, England, which is now used as a hotel. It was originally the seat of the Sherard and Tamblyn families, later the Earls of Harborough and, fr ...
, also in Leicestershire.
Barons Gretton (1944)
*
John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton
John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, (1 September 1867 – 2 June 1947) was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Gretton won two gold medals in the 1900 Olympic Games.
Life and career
Gretton was the eldest son of John Gretton of S ...
(1867–1947)
*
John Frederic Gretton, 2nd Baron Gretton (1902–1982)
*
John Henrik Gretton, 3rd Baron Gretton (1941–1989)
*
John Lysander Gretton, 4th Baron Gretton (b. 1975)
The
heir apparent
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is the present holder's son the Hon. John Frederick Bruce Gretton. (b. 2008)
Arms
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1944
Noble titles created for UK MPs
People from Burton upon Trent