Gretton
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- Gretton, GloucestershireGretton, GloucestershireGretton is a small village located at the foot of the western scarp of the Cotswolds, about 9 miles north of Cheltenham in the English county of Gloucestershire....
, England - Gretton, NorthamptonshireGretton, NorthamptonshireGretton is a village in the English midlands county of Northamptonshire. It is in Rockingham Forest and overlooks the valley of the River Welland and the neighbouring county of Rutland. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,240 people.It is near the town of Corby and the...
, England- formerly main settlement of Gretton Rural DistrictGretton Rural DistrictGretton was a rural district in Northamptonshire, England from 1894 to 1935. It was formed from the Northamptonshire part of the Uppingham rural sanitary district .It consisted of the following...
and location of Gretton railway stationGretton railway stationGretton railway station was a railway station near Gretton, Northamptonshire. It was on the now freight-only Oakham to Kettering Line of the Midland Railway. The steps up to the former platforms can still be seen, but the station building itself is in private ownership.Former Services-References:...
- formerly main settlement of Gretton Rural District
- Gretton, ShropshireGretton, ShropshireGretton is a small hamlet in the English county of Shropshire. It lies in the civil parish of Cardington immediately to the east of Cardington village.-External links:...
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People
- Baron GrettonBaron GrettonBaron Gretton, of Stapleford in the County of Leicester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1944 for the brewer and Conservative politician John Gretton. He was head of the brewery firm of Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Ltd of Burton upon Trent and also represented...
, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom - George GrettonGeorge GrettonGeorge Lidderdale Gretton WS is a Scottish lawyer and academic and, as of May 2006, a Commissioner of the Scottish Law Commission. He is married with three children....
, (b.1950), Scottish lawyer and academic - Jennifer Gretton, Baroness GrettonJennifer Gretton, Baroness GrettonJennifer Ann Gretton, Baroness Gretton, JP is the current Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire.She was born in St Ives, Cornwall, and married the 3rd Lord Gretton. Since her husband's death in 1989, Lady Gretton has run the family's Stapleford Park Estate, in Stapleford, Leicestershire.Jennifer, Lady...
, (b.1943), Local digntary in Leicestershire, England - Peter Gretton, (1912-1992), Admiral in the Royal Navy
- Rob GrettonRob GrettonRob Gretton was the manager of Joy Division and New Order. He was also a partner in Factory Records, proprietor of the Rob's Records label and a co-founder along with Tony Wilson of The Haçienda nightclub in Manchester, England. In 1977, Gretton became a leading figure in the Manchester punk...
, (1953-1999), Musicians' manager - William GrettonWilliam GrettonWilliam Gretton , was the master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.Gretton was the son of John Gretton of Bond Street, London, born in 1736, and educated at St. Paul's School and Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1758 and proceeded M.A. in 1761...
, (1736-1813), a master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.