GREIG, John James. Ensign 24 foot 15 May 1828, lieut. 1834 to 4 Aug. 1843 when placed on h.p.; head constable of Liverpool 1852, resigned 22 July 1881; C.B. 14 Oct. 1867. d. Bournemouth 2 or 4 Dec. 1882 aged 76.
GREIG, Woronzow. Barrister I.T. 14 May 1830, went Northern circuit; one of secretaries of statistical soc.; F.R.S. d. Surrey lodge, Lambeth 20 Oct. 1865 aged 60.
GRELLIER, James. Veterinary surgeon royal waggon train 16 May 1805 to 29 Dec. 1807 when placed on h.p.; proprietor and editor of the Manx Sun for many years from 1821. d. Hills house, Douglas, Isle of Man 9 May 1860 aged 83.
GRENFELL, John Pascoe (son of John Granville Grenfell of city of London). b. Battersea 20 Sept. 1800; entered naval service of H.E.I.C. 1811; joined naval service of Chilian republic as a lieut. and took part in war of independence 1819–23; served in Brazilian war against Portugal 1823 and lost his right arm in action off Buenos Ayres 29 July 1826; commanded fleet on lakes of province of Rio Grande del Sol, defeated the rebels 1835–36 and was made a rear admiral 1844; consul general for Brazil in England, at Liverpool 1846–51 and 1852 to death; in command of Brazilian fleet in the war with Argentine republic, forced the passage of the Parana 1851; vice admiral 1852, admiral; had a pension for the loss of his arm. d. Prince’s park, Liverpool 20 March 1869. Register and Mag. of Biography, May 1869, pp. 391–92; I.L.N. xxi, 492–93 (1852), portrait.
GRENFELL, Sidney. b. 1807; entered navy 25 June 1822; captain 15 Jany. 1850; R.A. 6 April 1860; retired admiral 21 March 1878; C.B. 13 March 1867. d. Castlepark, Exmouth 5 March 1884.
GRENVILLE, Very Rev. George Neville (3 son of 2 Baron Braybrook 1750–1825). b. Stanlake, Berkshire 17 Aug. 1789; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1810; master of Magdalen coll. Cam. 1813–53; R. of Hawarden, Flintshire 1814–34; vice chancellor of Cam. 1818; took surname of Grenville by r.l. 7 July 1825; chaplain in ord. to George iv. and Victoria; dean of Windsor 1846 to death. d. Butleigh court near Glastonbury 10 June 1854. G.M. xlii, 72–3 (1854).
GRENVILLE, Ralph Neville (eld. son of the preceding). b. 27 Feb. 1817; ed. at Eton and Magd. coll. Camb., M.A. 1837; M.P. Windsor 1841–7 as Ralph Neville; M.P. East Somerset 1865–8; M.P. Mid Somerset 1868–78; a lord of the treasury 1846–7; took additional name of Grenville on death of his father 1854; sheriff of Somerset 1862; author of Cathedrals 1871. d. Butleigh court near Glastonbury 20 Aug. 1886.
GRESLEY, Rev. John Morewood (son of Rev. Wm. Gresley 1760–1829, R. of Seale, Leics.) b. 6 July 1816; ed. at St. Mary hall, Ox., B.A. 1840, M.A. 1845; C. of Seale 1841–7, R. of Seale 1847 to death; master of Etwall hospital, Derby; edited publications of Anastatic soc. from its foundation 1854 to 1859 when it was incorporated with the Ilam Anastatic drawing soc.; author of Plain sermons on present events 1850–1. d. Overseale, Leics. 15 May 1866.
GRESLEY, Sir Thomas, 10 Baronet (1 son of Rev. Sir William Nigel Gresley, 9 bart. d. 1847). b. Nether Seal hall, Leics. 17 Jany. 1832; educ. Rugby; cornet 1 dragoon guards 18 Jany. 1850, captain 1853–58 when he sold out; aide-de-camp to lord lieut. of Ireland; lieut. col. 1 bat. Derbyshire rifle volunteers 1860; M.P. South Derbyshire 21 Nov. 1868. d. Shipley hall, Derbyshire 18 Dec. 1868. Reg. and Mag. of Biog. i, 150, 356 (1869).
GRESLEY, Rev. William (1 son of Richard Gresley of Stowe house, Staffs., barrister 1776–1850). b. Kenilworth 16 March 1801; educ. Westminster and Ch. Ch. Oxf., student 1819, B.A. 1823, M.A. 1825; C. of Drayton-Bassett near Tamworth 1828–30; C. of St. Chad’s, Lichfield 1830–7; preb. of Lichfield cath. 1840 to death; P.C. of All Saints, Boyne Hill, Berks. 1857 to death; an extreme high churchman; author of Ecclesiastes Anglicanus, a treatise on the art of preaching 1835; Portrait of an English churchman 1838, 8 ed. 1839; The siege of Lichfield 1840; Bernard Leslie, a tale 2 parts 1842–59; The ordinance of confession 1851; Thoughts on religion and philosophy 1875 and 60 other books. d. Boyne hill 19 Nov. 1876. Ch. of E. photographic portrait gallery 1859, portrait 38; Scepticism of the Nineteenth century (1879), memoir pp. v-xiii, portrait.