GREGORY, Barnard. b. 1796; editor of The Satirist, or The Censor of the Times, first number 10 April 1831, in connection with which paper he libelled and black mailed many persons, especially Charles, duke of Brunswick and Luneburg; imprisoned in 1839 and 1850 for libels; The Satirist suppressed 15 Dec. 1849 being No. 924; played Hamlet at Covent Garden 13 Feb. 1843 when there was a riot headed by the Duke of Brunswick; acted at the Haymarket, Victoria and Strand theatres in 1846; author of four dramas; edited The Penny Satirist 10 vols. 1837–46. d. The Priory, 22 Aberdeen place, St. John’s Wood, London 24 Nov. 1852. The Theatre, Sep. 1878 pp. 117–21; The Town, ii, 515, 531 (1839).
GREGORY, Francis Thomas (son of Capt. Joshua Gregory of 78 highlanders). Went to Western Australia 1829; assistant surveyor of W.A., explored the Murchison, Lyons and Gascoyne rivers 1857; sent by imperial government to north west coast in search of lands fit for growing cotton, when he discovered the Nicol bay pearl fisheries and the De Grey, Ashburton and Fortescue rivers 1861; surveyor general W.A.; noticed the existence of payable coal fields in Western Australia and made a geological map of the colony; assessing commissioner Queensland, then crown lands commissioner and postmaster general 188-, member legislative council 1879; F.R. Geog. Soc., gold medallist 1863; author with A. C. Gregory of Journals of Australian explorations, Brisbane 1884. d. Harlaxton estate, Queensland 24 Oct. 1888. Times 12 Nov. 1888 p. 7; J. E. T. Wood’s Hist. of discovery of Australia, ii, 409–32 (1865).
GREGORY, George (2 son of Rev. Wm. Gregory, R. of St. Andrews, Canterbury, who d. 13 Jany. 1803). b. the Precincts, Canterbury 16 Aug. 1790; ed. at King’s sch. Canterbury and Univ. of Edin.; M.D. 12 Sep. 1811; M.R.C.S. Eng. 2 July 1812; assist. surgeon to the forces in Mediterranean 1813–16 when placed on h.p.; L.R.C.P. 1816, F.R.C.P. 1839; practised in London 1816 to death; physician to small pox and vaccination hospital 1824 to death; author of The Elements of the theory and practice of physic 2 vols. 1820, 6 ed. 1846; Lectures on the eruptive fevers 1843. d. 6 Camden sq. Camden town, London 25 Jany. 1853. Munk’s College of physicians, iii, 152 (1878).
GREGORY, Richard Lemmon. Librarian first at Choat’s and then at Loder’s at Brighton for many years; was a cricketer and a runner when aged 80; well known as Dick Gregory. d. his son’s residence 8 Bond st. Brighton 13 May 1851 aged 84. J. G. Bishop’s A peep into the past, Brighton (1880) 126–27.
GREGORY, William (4 son of James Gregory, professor of medicine 1753–1821). b. Edinburgh 25 Dec. 1803; educ. Edin. univ.; pupil of Liebig at Giessen; professor of medicine and chemistry King’s coll. Aberdeen 1839; professor of chemistry Edin. univ. 1844 to death; edited many of Liebig’s works 1839–51; introduced a process for making muriate of morphia which came into general use; author of Outlines of chemistry 1845, 2 ed. 1847, divided into 2 volumes 1853; Letters to a candid enquirer on animal magnetism 1851 and 8 other books. d. Princes st. Edinburgh 24 April 1858. Proc. R. Soc. of Edin. iv, 121–2 (1862); S. Muspratt’s Chemistry vol. i (1853), portrait.
GREGSON, Samuel. b. Lancaster 1795; contested Lymington 1837; M.P. for Lancaster 1847, unseated on petition 1848; M.P. again 1852 to death; chairman of East India and China association; author of Indian fibres 1854. d. 32 Upper Harley st. London 8 Feb. 1865.
GREGSON, William. b. Liverpool 1790; ed. at Brasen. coll. Ox., B.A. 1810, M.A. 1813; barrister L.I. 12 June 1815; private sec. to Sir Robert Peel; drafted bills for home office from 1820; under sec. of state for home dept. 3 Jany. 1834 to 18 April 1835; one of founders of Marlborough college 1843 and of Training college at Highbury 1850; one of earliest promoters of ragged school movement 1844. d. 12 Duke st. south, Edge hill, Liverpool, Feb. 1863.
GREIG, Sir Hector. b. 1789; superintendent of quarantine at Malta; chief sec. at Malta to 1854; C.M.G. 9 Feb. 1833, K.C.M.G. 26 Jany. 1839; d. 8 Ovington ter. Brompton, London 5 Oct. 1873.
GREIG, Irwin Montgomery. b. 24 June 1834; educ. at Addiscombe; 2 lieut. Bombay engineers 9 Dec. 1852, col. 1882–86; superintending engineer of southern division 1879, of northern division 1879, and of central division 1880–6; employed on irrigation works, and on construction of roads and bridges; was in the expedition into Arabia 1858; field engineer in Abyssinian campaign 1868; M.G. 6 Nov. 1886; A.I.C.E. Dec. 1873. d. 6 Hyde park mansions, London 4 July 1887. Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. xc, 449–50 (1887).
GREIG, John. b. Moffat, Dumfriesshire 6 Aug. 1779; went to western New York 1800 and studied law with Nathaniel W. Howell, admitted to the bar 1804 and was a partner with Howell till 1820; entertained all strangers of distinction at his residence; bore a striking resemblance to Sir W. Scott; regent of the state university 1825 and chancellor 1845 to death; representative to Congress 1841. d. Canandaigua, state of New York 1 April 1858.