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John Gretton, 2nd Baron Gretton

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John Frederic Gretton, 2nd Baron Gretton OBE (15 August 1902 – 26 March 1982), 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, daughter of Dayrolles Blakeney Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry. Lord Gretton was educated at Eton.

He was elected to the House of Commons for Burton in 1943 (succeeding his father), a seat he held until 1945. Two years later he succeeded his father as second Baron Gretton and entered the House of Lords.

Lord Gretton married on 6 May 1930 Anna Helena, known as Margaret, elder daughter of Captain Henrik Loeffler, of 51 Grosvenor Square, London. She was a JP in 1943 for Staffordshire and lived at the Rectory, Ufford, near Stamford, Lincolnshire.

  • John Henrik Gretton, 3rd Baron
  • Anthony David Erik (25 Jul 1945 – 13 Nov 1982)
  • Mary Ann Maud Sigrid (5 Jan 1939- )
  • Elizabeth Margaret (25 Jul 1945- )
  • He died in March 1982, aged 79, and was succeeded in the barony by his son John Henrik Gretton.

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