Background
Greatheed was born on 19 October 1759, the son of the Member of Parliament Samuel Greatheed of Guy"s Cliffe, near Warwick, by his wife Lady Mary Bertie, daughter of Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster.
Greatheed was born on 19 October 1759, the son of the Member of Parliament Samuel Greatheed of Guy"s Cliffe, near Warwick, by his wife Lady Mary Bertie, daughter of Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster.
When residing in Florence he became a member of the society called Gli Oziosi.