Sir George Gresley, 1st Baronet

Sir George Gresley, 1st Baronet (c. 1580 – 1651) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629.

Gresley was the son of Sir Thomas Gresley of Drakelow, Derbyshire and his second wife Katherine Walsingham, daughter of Sir Thomas Walsingham, of Scadbury, Kent.

[1] He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford in November 1594, aged 14 and was a student of Inner Temple in 1598.

[1] Gresley died at the age of about 70 and was buried in the Temple Church, London on 5 February 1651.

[1] Gresley married Susan Ferrers, daughter of Sir Humphrey Ferrers of Tamworth, Warwickshire and his wife Anne Bradborne, daughter of Sir Humphrey Bradborne, at Walton-on-Trent on 17 December 1600.