The Gresham Baronetcy, of Lympsfield in the County of Surrey, was a title in the

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. It was created on 31 July 1660 for

Marmaduke Gresham Sir Marmaduke Gresham, 1st Baronet (c. 1627 – 14 April 1696) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660 and from 1685 to 1689. Gresham was the son of Sir Edward Gresham, of Limpsfield and Titsey, Surrey, and the grandson ...

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for

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and

Bletchingley Bletchingley (historically "Blechingley") is a village in Surrey, England. It is on the A25 road to the east of Redhill, Surrey, Redhill and to the west of Godstone, has a conservation area with Middle Ages, medieval buildings and is mostly on a ...

. He was a descendant of Sir John Gresham,

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. The second Baronet was also member of parliament for Bletchingley. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1801.

Gresham baronets, of Lympsfield (1660)

* Sir Marmaduke Gresham, 1st Baronet (1627–1696) *

Sir Edward Gresham, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

(1649–1709) *Sir Charles Gresham, 3rd Baronet (1660–1718) *Sir Marmaduke Gresham, 4th Baronet (1700–1742) *Sir Charles Gresham, 5th Baronet (died 1750) *Sir John Gresham, 6th Baronet (1735–1801)

References

*{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England