Sir Nigel Gresley, 6th Baronet
Sir Nigel Gresley | |
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Born | 11 January 1726 |
Died | 7 April 1787 |
Burial place | Bath Abbey |
Known for | Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal |
Sir Nigel Gresley, 6th Baronet (11 January 1726 – 7 April 1787) was an English land-owner, mine-owner, and canal builder. Born into the
Life
Nigel Gresley was born on 11 January 1726 at
Continuing his service in the
Sir Nigel Gresley's Estate Act 1767 | |
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Act of Parliament | |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 15 April 1767 |
Gresley succeeded his elder brother Sir Thomas Gresley, 5th Baronet as baronet on 23 December 1753 after the latter died of smallpox without issue.[1] As well as Drakelow in Derbyshire, Gresley inherited from his mother's family their home of Knypersley Hall at Biddulph, Staffordshire. Drakelow was inhabited by Dame Wilmot Gresley, and so Gresley lived at Knypersley. He became High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1759, serving out his year-long term of office. In 1765 he and his family moved from Knypersley to Worcester both to allow his children better access to education and to help Gresley lessen the weight of some debts, accrued from business ventures.[3] He subsequently sold Knypersley in 1767 in a further effort to combat his debts.[8]
Gresley owned mines at
Having moved at some point to
Family
Gresley married his cousin Elizabeth Wynn, the daughter of the Reverend Ellis Wynn of Congleton, on 18 May 1752. Together they had a son and seven daughters:[1][15]
- Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, 7th Baronet (18 March 1753 – 26 March 1808)
- Dorothy Gresley (12 May 1754 – 1755)
- Anne Heathcote (11 May 1755–September 1797), married industrialist Sir John Edensor Heathcote
- Elizabeth Gresley (18 August 1756 – 10 April 1839)
- Frances Gresley (30 November 1757 – 30 September 1836)
- Louisa Jane Gresley (5 October 1759 – 20 April 1806), married the Reverend William Gresley
- Harriet Jelly (9 February 1761 – 25 May 1832), married the solicitor John Jelly
- Mary Susanna Proby (23 April 1762 – 1 November 1820), married the Reverend Baptist John Proby
References
- ^ a b c d e f Harrison (2019), p. 225.
- ^ Littler (2021), p. 1.
- ^ a b c d Madan (1899), p. 110.
- ^ Douglas (1999), p. 91.
- ^ Douglas (1999), p. 79.
- ^ MacLeod (1995), p. 87.
- ^ Winfield (2007), p. 1211.
- ^ a b Madan (1899), p. 111.
- ^ Priestley (1831), p. 324.
- ^ Priestley (1831), pp. 324–325.
- ^ Paget-Tomlinson (1978), p. 137.
- ^ Lead (2014), pp. 81–82.
- ^ Madan (1899), pp. 110–111.
- ^ Hughes (1996), p. 198.
- ^ Madan (1899), pp. 112.
Sources
- Douglas, Hugh (1999). Flora MacDonald: The Most Loyal Rebel. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Alan Sutton. ISBN 0-7509-2098-X.
- Harrison, Cy (2019). Royal Navy Officers of the Seven Years War. Warwick, England: Helion. ISBN 978-1-912866-68-7.
- Hughes, Geoffrey (November 1996). "Railway and Canal Memorials" (PDF). Journal of the Railway & Canal Historical Society. 32 (3): 198. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- Lead, Lucy (July 2014). "'They flow for country and people': landowners and early canal development in England" (PDF). Journal of the Railway & Canal Historical Society. 38 (2): 73–89. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- Littler, W. A. (16 December 2021). "The Case of Anne Gresley". QJM: An International Journal of Medicine. 115 (3): 187–189. .
- MacLeod, Ruairidh H. (1995). Flora MacDonald: The Jacobite Heroine in Scotland and North America. London: Shepheard-Walwyn. ISBN 0-85683-147-6.
- Madan, Falconer (1899). The Gresleys of Drakelowe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Paget-Tomlinson, Edward (1978). The Complete Book of Canal & River Navigations. Albrighton, Wolverhampton: Waine Research. ISBN 0-905184-01-7.
- Priestley, Joseph (1831). Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways, of Great Britain. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green.
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. London: Pen & Sword. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.