John Gretton, 3rd Baron Gretton

John Henrik Gretton, 3rd Baron Gretton DL (9 February 1941 – 4 April 1989) was an English peer, owner of Stapleford Park in Leicestershire.

Gretton was born the son of The Hon. John Gretton, who became the 2nd Baron in 1947.

He was educated at Shrewsbury School. He was farming when on 17 October 1970 he married Jennifer Ann Moore, only daughter of Edmund Moore, of York. They lived at Holygate Farm, Stapleford, Leicestershire. They had two children; Sarah Margaret Gretton (born 1971) and John Lysander Gretton, who would later succeed his father as 4th Baron.

He was Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire in 1986.

He inherited the title as the 3rd Baron on the death of his father in 1982. Lord and Lady Gretton had issue:

• John Lysander Gretton, 4th Baron (17 Apr 1975- )
• Sarah Margaret (7 Dec 1971- )

Arms

References

• A & C Black (December 2012). GRETTON, Who Was Who. Bloomsbury Publishing plc Oxford University Press. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

1. Jennifer Gretton, Baroness Gretton
2. John Gretton, 2nd Baron Gretton
3. John Gretton, 4th Baron Gretton
4. Baron Gretton
5. Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire
6. Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh
7. Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne
8. Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn
9. Henry Lytton Cobbold, 3rd Baron Cobbold
10. Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry
11. John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever
12. John Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester
13. Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara
14. David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet
15. Nathaniel Rothschild, 5th Baron Rothschild
16. Stapleford Park
17. Maxwell Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook
18. Matilda Simon, 3rd Baroness Simon of Wythenshawe
19. Christopher Guest
20. Charles Nall-Cain, 3rd Baron Brocket