Baron Gretton, of Stapleford in the County of Leicester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1944 for the brewer and Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician John Gretton

John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton

John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton PC CBE , was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Gretton won two gold medals in the 1900 Olympic Games.-Biography:...

. He was head of the brewery firm of Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Ltd of Burton upon Trent

Burton upon Trent

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 and also represented Derbyshire South, Rutland

Rutland (UK Parliament constituency)

Rutland was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Rutland. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford constituency, along with Stamford in Lincolnshire...

 and Burton

Burton (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in Parliament. His son, the second Baron, also represented Burton in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 as a Conservative. the title is held by the latter's grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1989. His mother, Jennifer Gretton, Lady Gretton, has been Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire

Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire. Since 1703, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Leicestershire.*Henry Grey, 3rd Marquess of Dorset 1549–1551*Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon 1551–1552...

 since 2003.

The family seat is Stapleford Park

Stapleford Park

Stapleford Park is a Grade I listed country house in Stapleford near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, England, now used as a hotel. It was originally the seat of the Sherard family, later the Earls of Harborough and from 1894, of Baron Gretton....

, Leicestershire

Leicestershire

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.

Barons Gretton (1944)

• John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton
  John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton
  John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton PC CBE , was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Gretton won two gold medals in the 1900 Olympic Games.-Biography:...
  
   (1867–1947)
• John Frederic Gretton, 2nd Baron Gretton
  John Gretton, 2nd Baron Gretton
  John Frederic Gretton, 2nd Baron Gretton OBE , was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.Gretton was the son of John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, and Hon. Maud Helen de Moleyns. He was elected to the House of Commons for Burton in 1943 , a seat he held until 1945...
  
   (1902–1982)
• John Henrik Gretton, 3rd Baron Gretton (1941–1989)
• John Lysander Gretton, 4th Baron Gretton (b. 1975)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son the Hon. John Frederick Bruce Gretton. (b. 2008)