Sir Nash Grose (1740-1814), was an English judge. Grose was the son of Edward Grose of London, and was born in 1740. He went to

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, became a fellow of Trinity Hall, and took the degree of

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in 1768. He was called to the bar at

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in November 1766, and became

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in 1774. For many years he enjoyed the best practice in the

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. On 9 February 1787 he was appointed a judge of the King's Bench, and was knighted. His growing infirmities compelled his resignation during the Easter vacation 1813, and on 31 May 1814 he died at his seat, the Priory, in the

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. He married a Miss Dennett of the Isle of Wight.

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