Background
Gresley was born at Netherseal, (then in) Leicestershire, the son of Review Sir William Nigel Gresley, 9th Baronet and his wife Georgina Anne Reid.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Gresley was born at Netherseal, (then in) Leicestershire, the son of Review Sir William Nigel Gresley, 9th Baronet and his wife Georgina Anne Reid.
Sir William was a clergyman who inherited the baronetcy on the death of a kinsman Sir Roger Gresley. Thomas Gresley succeeded his father who died on 3 September 1847. However he never took his seat and died the same year at the age of 36 at Shipley Hall.
He was buried at Caldwell where hs is commemorated by a brass.
Gresley married Laura Ann Williams on 28 February 1854. They had a son Robert, who succeeded to the baronetcy.
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Gresley was elected as a Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire at the general election in November 1868.