Sir Marmaduke Gresham, 1st Baronet (c. 1627 – 14 April 1696) was an English

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who sat in the

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in 1660 and from 1685 to 1689. Gresham was the son of Sir Edward Gresham, of

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and

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, Surrey, and the grandson of

Sir Thomas Gresham Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder (; c. 151921 November 1579), was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI (1547–1553) and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I (1553–1558) and Elizabeth I (1558–1603). In 1565 ...

. He was baptised at

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on 24 January 1627. He matriculated from

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in autumn 1645. In 1660, Gresham was elected as one of the

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for East Grinstead, sitting in the Convention Parliament.History of Parliament Online - Gresham, Marmaduke
/ref> He was created Baronet of Lympsfield in the County of Surrey on 31 July 1660. In 1685 he was elected as member for

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and held the seat until 1689. He married Alice Corbet, a daughter of

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. Gresham died at

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, London, at the age of 69 and was buried at Titsey. He divided his estate of Lovested Down,

Tatsfield Tatsfield is a village and civil parish in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England. It is located 3.3 miles north west of Westerham and 3.9 miles north east of Oxted, and is adjacent to the Surrey border with both Greater London and Kent. Ge ...

, between his son Charles and his daughter Alice.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gresham, Marmaduke 1627 births 1696 deaths English MPs 1660 English MPs 1685–1687 Baronets in the Baronetage of England