Gresham baronets


The Gresham Baronetcy, of Lympsfield in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created by Charles II on 31 July 1660, soon after his restoration to the throne, for [Sir Sir Marmaduke Gresham, 1st Baronet|Marmaduke Gresham, 1st Baronet|Marmaduke Gresham], who had been a Member for East Grinstead of the Convention Parliament which led the king's restoration. A descendant of Sir John Gresham, a 16th-century Lord Mayor of London, he was later a member of parliament for Bletchingley.
The second Baronet also represented Bletchingley in parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1801.

Gresham baronets, of Lympsfield (1660)