GREGORY, George (1670-1746), of Nottingham.

Gregory came of one of the leading families of Nottingham, which he represented as a Whig, with the support of successive Dukes of Newcastle. Obtaining a place after George I’s accession, he voted with the Government in all recorded divisions, except on the repeal of the Occasional Conformity and Schism Acts in 1719, when he was absent. In 1727 he reluctantly stood down to facilitate a compromise and was returned by the Duke of Newcastle for Boroughbridge, a proposal to bring him in for Retford having fallen through owing to local opposition.Geo. Gregory to St. Andrew Thornhaugh, 18 July, Sir Robt. Sutton to Wm. Levinz, 11 Aug. 1727, Foljambe mss. He never again represented Nottingham, where his vote for the excise bill made him unpopular,John Plumptre to Newcastle, 21 July 1733, Add. 32688, f. 30. but continued to correspond with Newcastle about Nottinghamshire affairs.

He was buried at St. Mary’s, Nottingham, 10 Apr. 1746.