LORD BYRON and his TIMES
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| NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Gresley Sir Roger (1799-1837) 8th Baronet Politician DNB: Gresley [Greisley], Sir Roger, eighth baronet (1799–1837), politician LBT ID: RoGresl1837 | B/BAP: 1799-12-27 DIED: 1837-10-12 |
| SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com | |
The son of the seventh baronet (d. 1808); he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and
was MP for Durham City (1830-31), New Romney (1831), and South Derbyshire (1835-37); he
wrote pamphlets opposing Catholic emancipation. He was groom of the bedchamber to the duke
of Sussex. | |
