George Gregory (1670–1746) of Nottingham was an English Whig politician who sat in the

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between 1701 and 1746.

Early life

Gregory was the eldest son of George Gregory of Nottingham and Lenton and his wife Susanna Lister, daughter of Sir Martin Lister of Thorpe Arnold, Leicestershire. He was educated at Nottingham under Mr. Cudworth and was admitted at St John’s College, Cambridge on 3 May 1688. He married Susanna Williams, the daughter and heiress of William Williams of Rempstone Hall, Nottinghamshire by on 26 December 1693, and succeeded his father in 1694.

Career

Gregory was appointed

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for 1694 as his father had been previously. He was involved in local administration, and was appointed a deputy-lieutenant in September 1694. In 1695, he voted for both Whig candidates for Nottinghamshire. He stood for

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in a by-election in 1699 but was unsuccessful, and his petition was rejected. He was elected

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(MP) for Nottingham, in the first English general election of 1701 and was appointed to a committee to draft the Nottingham Workhouse bill before being unseated on petition on 10 June. In the second general election on 1701 he was unsuccessful but was returned unopposed for Nottingham at the

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. He was defeated at the 1705 English general election and abandoned parliamentary ambitions while concentrating on local matters. He next stood for Nottingham at the

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when he was defeated. Gregory was returned as Whig MP for Nottingham at the

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. He was Commissioner for forfeited estates from 1716 to 1725. He supported the Government in all recorded divisions, except on the repeal of the Occasional Conformity and Schism Acts in 1719, when he was absent. At the

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he was returned as MP for Nottingham and appointed

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in 1722 and held the post for the rest of his life. In 1727 he stood down as MP for Nottingham as part of a compromise, and was returned as MP for

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by the Duke of Newcastle at the

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. He was returned again as MP for Boroughbridge in 1734 and

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Death and legacy

Gregory was buried at St Mary's Nottingham on 10 April 1746. He and his wife had six sons of whom three predeceased him, and a daughter Susanna who also predeceased him. Of his surviving sons, William was a lawyer, Henry was a clergyman and George jnr inherited Rempstone Hall.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gregory, George 1670 births 1746 deaths Politicians from Nottingham 17th-century English people Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge High Sheriffs of Nottinghamshire Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1715–1722 British MPs 1722–1727 British MPs 1727–1734 British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747 English MPs 1701 English MPs 1702–1705