GREER, Samuel Macurdy (eld. son of Rev. Thos. Greer, presbyterian minister at Dunboe). b. Springvale, co. Derry 1810; educ. Belfast acad. and Glasgow univ.; called to the Irish bar 1833; an originator of the tenant league 1850, which demanded the three F’s, fixity of tenure, fair rents and free sale; contested co. Derry 1852, 1859, and Londonderry city 1860, 1865; M.P. for Londonderry 1857–59; recorder of Londonderry 1870–8; county court judge of Cavan and Leitrim 1878. d. 3 Gardiner’s place, Dublin 3 Nov. 1880.
GREEY, Edward. b. Sandwich, Kent 1 Dec. 1835; capt. of R. Marines at storming of Pekin; in British legation in Japan; spent 6 years in the country and learnt the language; went to U.S. America 1868, was naturalized, manager of Brooklyn theatre; had a store in New York for sale of Japanese works of art; writer of 5 dramas Mirah, Vendome, The third state, The College belles, and Uncle Abner; author of 7 works in Japanese history, Blue Jackets 1871, The Loyal Ronins 1880, Young Americans in Japan 1882, The wonderful city of Tokio 1883, The Golden lotus 1883, Bear Worshippers of Yezo 1884, A captive of love 1886; shot himself New York city 1 Oct. 1888. bur. Woodland cemetery.
GREG, Percy (son of William Rathbone Greg 1809–81). b. Bury 1836; contributed to the Manchester Guardian, Standard and Saturday Review; a secularist and a spiritualist; author of Shadows of the past 1856 and The spirit of enquiry 1857, both by Lionel H. Holdreth; Interleaves 1875; The Devil’s Advocate 1878; Across the Zodiac 2 vols. 1880; Errant 3 vols. 1880; Ivey cousin and bride 3 vols. 1881; Sanguelac 3 vols. 1883; Without God, negative science and natural ethics 1883; The Verge of Night 3 vols. 1885; History of the United States to the reconstruction of the Union 2 vols. 1887. d. 16 Tedworth sq. London 24 Dec. 1889 in 54 years. Manchester Guardian 30 Dec. 1889 p. 8.
GREG, Robert Hyde (son of Samuel Greg, mill owner, Wilmslow, Cheshire). b. King st. Manchester 24 Sept. 1795; educ. Edin. univ.; joined his father in business; an advocate of parliamentary reform and repeal of the corn laws; contested Macclesfield 1837; M.P. Manchester 1835–41; a practical and experimental farmer at Norcliffe, Cheshire and Coles park, Herts.; author of pamphlets on politics and farming. d. Norcliffe hall 21 Feb. 1875. bur. unitarian chapel, Wilmslow.
GREG, Samuel (brother of the preceding). b. King st. Manchester 6 Sept. 1804; educ. at unitarian schools; studied and practised mesmerism 1831; mill owner at Lower House mill, Bollington near Macclesfield 1832–47; instituted the order of the silver cross as a reward for good conduct in young women 1836; entertained Kossuth at Mount Bollington 22 March 1857; author of Scenes from the life of Jesus 1854, 2 ed. 1869; Letters on religious belief 1856. d. Bollington 14 May 1876. H. A. Page’s Leaders of men (1880) 264–77; Good Words xviii, 588–91 (1877); A Layman’s Legacy by S. Greg, with memoir (1877) pp. 3–63.
GREG, William Rathbone (brother of the preceding). b. Manchester 1809; educ. Edin. univ. 1826–8; manager of one of his father’s mills at Bury 1828; mill owner at Bury 1832–50; a commissioner of board of customs 1856–64; comptroller of the stationary office 1864–77; author of Sketches in Greece and Turkey 1833; The Creed of Christendom 1851, 8 ed. 1883; Political problems for our age and country 1870; Enigmas of life 1872, 15 ed. 1883; Mistaken aims and attainable ideals of the artizan classes 1876 and 16 other books; in 1852 he wrote 12 articles for the four leading quarterlies. d. Park lodge, Park side, Wimbledon 15 Nov. 1881. Macmillan’s Mag., June 1883 pp. 109–26.
GREGAN, John Edgar. b. Dumfries 18 Dec. 1813; studied architecture under Walter Newall and W. Thomas Atkinson; architect Manchester 1840 where he erected churches of St. John, Longsight, and St. John, Miles Platting, and bank for Sir B. Heywood & Co.; hon. sec. Royal Instit. Manchester; F.R.I.B.A. d. York place, Manchester 29 April 1855. bur. St. Michael’s churchyard, Dumfries. Builder, May 1855 p. 222.
GREGER, Max. b. Budapest 1821; original importer of Hungarian wines into England 1861; carried on business at 7 Mincing lane, London; resided in London 1863–80; introduced the wine flagon system 1872; dissolved partnership with C. W. Wilson 1 June 1881, business converted into limited liability co. capital £200,000 in 1881; given order of Gold Crown & Cross 1874; knight of order of Franz Joseph 1875; created Count de Budavolgy by the Emperor of Austria 1878. d. Villa Budavolgy; Budapest 19 April 1886 aged 66. London Figaro 1 May 1886 p. 7, portrait; Wine Trade Review 15 May 1886 p. 278.
GREGG, Right Rev. John (6 son of Richard Gregg of Cappa near Ennis, co. Clare). b. Cappa 4 Aug. 1798; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, scholar 1822, B.A. 1825, M.A., B.D. and D.D. 1860; C. of French church, Portarlington 1826–8; V. of Kilsallaghan, Dublin 1828–36; chaplain of Bethesda chapel, Dublin 1836–9; minister of Trinity ch. Dublin 1839–62; archdeacon of Kildare 1857–62; bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 13 Feb. 1862 to death; new cathedral of St. Finbarre, Cork built cost £100,000, 1870; one of the most earnest evangelical leaders of Irish ch.; author of A missionary visit to Achill and Erris 1850; The life of faith, sermons and lectures 2 series 1883–5 and 30 other addresses, charges, sermons and children’s books. d. the Palace, Cork 26 May 1878. bur. Mount Jerome cemetery, Dublin. Memorials of life of J. Gregg, D.D. (1879), portrait; I.L.N. lxxii, 519, 533 (1878), portrait.
GREGG, Rev. Tresham Dames. Educ. Dublin univ., B.A. 1826, M.A. 1830, B.D. and D.D. 1853; chaplain of St. Nicholas within, Dublin; committed to Dublin bridewell for refusing to give bail in a convent case 3 May 1841, committal found to be illegal 8 May; author of Free thoughts on protestant matters 1846; A methodization of the Hebrew verbs 1852, 3 ed. 1861; The life and death of Edward VI, a drama 1857; Mary Tudor, a drama 1858; The time of the restoration of all things 1868 and 20 other books. d. Sandymount, Dublin 28 Oct. 1881 aged 82. Authentic Report of case of Rev. T. D. Gregg 1841.