Background
He was the eldest son of Gregory Page (died 1693) and his second wife Elizabeth Burton. Page Junior followed his father"s footsteps as a brewer and merchant, building a vast fortune in trade with South and East Asia.
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Career
Page Senior was a wealthy London merchant, shipwright and director of the British East India Company, who owned a brewery in Wapping. He was an Alderman of the City of London in 1687. Elizabeth Burton was a widow from Stepney.
He was elected to Parliament as Whig member for New Shoreham in West Sussex at a by-election in December 1708.
He retained the seat, whose prime industry was shipbuilding, over two parliaments, despite accusations that he had bribed voters for their support. He stood down at the British general election, 1713, and was created a baronet on 3 December 1714.
He returned to Parliament, again for New Shoreham, in the British general election, 1715, and again sat as a Whig, supporting the Hanoverian government until his death. He died on 25 May 1720, and was buried in linen on 2 June 1720 at Greenwich.
His widow died at Greenwich on 4 March 1729 aged 56.
She was buried in a vault at Bunhill Fields on the outskirts of the City of London. Her epitaph hinted at a painful illness, which was possibly Meigs" syndrome. The epitaph reads in part:
In 67 months, she was tap"d 66 times, Had taken away 240 gallons of water, without ever repining at her case, or ever fearing the operation.
The first baronet"s second son, Thomas, married a sister of Viscount Howe and was buried, without issue, at Greenwich on 4 November 1763.
Gregory, the second baronet, died in 1776, when the baronetcy became extinct. The estate passed to Sir Gregory Turner, 3rd Baronet, who took the name Page-Turner in consequence.
He was the grandson of the first baronet"s daughter Mary (buried 18 February 1724 at Greenwich), who had married the first Turner baronet, Edward Turner. She died without issue on 2 January 1735.
His coat of arms was Azure a fess indented between three martlets Or.
Membership
2nd Parliament of Great Britain. 3rd Parliament of Great Britain. 5th Parliament of Great Britain]
The first baronet"s other daughter Sophia was the first wife of Lewis Way (a member of the Inner Temple, director of the South Sea Company and president of Guy"s Hospital).
