George Gregory (Sussex MP)

George Burrow Gregory (29 January 1813 – 5 March 1892) was an English lawyer and Conservative politician.

As depicted by "Spy" (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, April 1880

Life and politics

Gregory was the son of John Swarbreck Gregory, a lawyer who was a member of the first council of the Law Society.[1] He was educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] He became a partner in firm of Gregory, Rowcliffe, Rowcliffe, and Rawle, solicitors[3] and was treasurer of Foundling Hospital from 1857 to 1892.[4]

In 1868 Gregory was elected Member of Parliament for East Sussex until it was replaced under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. He was then elected MP for East Grinstead and held the seat for a year until 1886.[5]

Burrow died at the age of 79.

Burrow married Maria Teresa Price in 1847.

References
  1. The Charter of the Law Society Archived 21 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Gregory, George Burrow (GRGY830GB)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
  4. The Foundling Hospital, Survey of London: volume 24: The parish of St Pancras part 4: King’s Cross Neighbourhood (1952), pp. 10-24. Date accessed: 30 April 2009
  5. "Leigh Rayment". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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