Sir Thomas Gresley, 10th Baronet (17 January 1832 – 18 December 1868) was an English

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politician who was elected to the constituency of

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, but died before he took his seat. Gresley was born at

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, (then in)

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, the son of William Gresley (9th Baronet) and his wife Georgina Anne Reid. William was a clergyman who inherited the baronetcy on the death of a kinsman Roger Gresley. Thomas Gresley succeeded his father who died on 3 September 1847. Gresley was elected as a

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for South Derbyshire at the general election in November 1868. However he never took his seatNotes and Queries 489 Dec 19 1896 p Members of parliament who have never sat
/ref> and died the same year at the age of 36 at

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. He was buried at

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where hs is commemorated by a brass. Gresley married Laura Ann Williams on 28 February 1854. They had a son Robert, who succeeded to the baronetcy.

References

* ''Debrett's Baronetage of England'' 7th Edition (1839) pp 34/5 (Google Books) * *

External links

* 1832 births 1868 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1868–1874 People from Leicestershire (before 1897) Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Derbyshire {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1830s-stub