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     John Lysander Gretton, 4th Baron Gretton was born on 17 April 1975.¹ He is the son of John Henrik Gretton, 3rd Baron Gretton and Jennifer Ann Moore.² He married Sarah Attard, daughter of Freddy Attard and Lyndy (?).³
     John Lysander Gretton, 4th Baron Gretton was educated at Shrewsbury School, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.¹ He succeeded to the title of 4th Baron Gretton, of Stapleford, co. Leicester [U.K., 1944] in 1989.¹ He was educated at Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.¹ He lived in 2003 at Somerby House, Somerby, Leicestershire, England.¹

     John Gretton was born in 1793.¹ He married Mary Sutton in July 1832.¹ He died on 30 December 1867.¹
     John Gretton lived at Bladon House, Burton-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England.¹

     John Gretton was born on 27 April 1836.¹ He was the son of John Gretton and Mary Sutton.^2,1 He married Marianne Louisa Molineux, daughter of Major John Richard Molineux, on 27 June 1866.¹ He died on 2 October 1899 at age 63.¹
     At Appleby Magna School (an unknown value).¹ He was educated at University College London, London, England.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Leicestershire.¹ He lived in 1894 at Stapleforth Park, Leicestershire, England, which he bought from James Hornsby.¹

     
     Major John Richard Molineux lived at Brook House, Compton, Sussex, England.¹

     Marianne Louisa Molineux was the daughter of Major John Richard Molineux.² She married John Gretton, son of John Gretton and Mary Sutton, on 27 June 1866.¹ She died on 5 January 1891.¹
     From 27 June 1866, her married name became Gretton.

     John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton was born on 1 September 1867.¹ He was the son of John Gretton and Marianne Louisa Molineux.² He married Hon. Maud Helen Eveleigh-De Moleyns, daughter of Sir Dayrolles Blakeney Eveleigh-de Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry and Harriet Elizabeth Frances Wauchope, on 24 April 1900.³ He died on 2 June 1947 at age 79.¹
     John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton was educated at Harrow School, Harrow on the Hill, London, England.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Derby South between 1895 and 1906.¹ He was decorated with the Territorial Decoration (T.D.).¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Derbyshire.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Leicestershire.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Derbyshire.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Leicestershire.¹ He was decorated with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Officers' Decoration (V.D.).¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel in 1907 in the service of the 6th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Rutland between 1907 and 1918.¹ He was chairman of Bass, Ratcliff and Gretton, brewers between 1908 and 1945 at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in 1914.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Burton between 1918 and 1943.¹ He was invested as a Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1919.¹ He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1926.¹ He was invested as a Officer, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (O.St.J.).¹ He was created 1st Baron Gretton, of Stapleford, co. Leicester [U.K.] on 27 January 1944.¹

     Hugh Frederick Gretton was born on 12 May 1869.¹ He was the son of John Gretton and Marianne Louisa Molineux.² He died on 19 July 1928 at age 59.¹
     Hugh Frederick Gretton gained the rank of Major in the service of the Derbyshire Yeomanry.¹ He lived at Donington Hall, Leicestershire, England.¹

     Captain Rupert Harold Gretton was born on 8 November 1886.¹ He was the son of John Gretton and Marianne Louisa Molineux.² He died on 18 December 1915 at age 29 at Ypres, Belgium, killed in action.¹
     Captain Rupert Harold Gretton was educated at Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Bedfordshire Regiment.¹

     Katherine Louisa Gretton was the daughter of John Gretton and Marianne Louisa Molineux.² She married Sir John Montagu Burgoyne, 10th Bt., son of Colonel Sir John Montagu Burgoyne, 9th Bt. and Mary Henrietta Gore-Langton, on 8 October 1903.¹ She died on 26 November 1938, without issue.¹
     From 8 October 1903, her married name became Burgoyne.

     Robert Whitaker is the son of Evald Mattievich Whitaker.¹ He married Katharine Fortescue, daughter of Hon. Martin Denzil Fortescue and Prudence Louisa Rowley, on 9 September 1995.¹