| Gresley baronets | |
|---|---|
.svg) Escutcheon of the Gresley baronets of Nether Seale | |
| 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] |
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]
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.
- ^ a b Burke, John (1833). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. H. Colburn. p. 547.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
WW13was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage 1900