Gresley baronets
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The Baronetcy of Gresley of Drakelow was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for George Gresley of Drakelow Hall, Derbyshire who was later High Sheriff of Derbyshire and Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme.[3]
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Gresley baronets | |
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Creation date | 1611[1] |
Status | extinct |
Extinction date | 1976[2] |
Seat(s) | Drakelow Hall |
Motto | Meliore fide quam fortuna, With better fidelity than fortune[1] |
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The Gresley Baronetcy was the sixth oldest baronetcy in Britain until it became extinct on the death of the 13th and last Baronet in 1976.