Background
She was born in Street Ives, Cornwall, and married John Gretton, 3rd Baron Gretton.
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She was born in Street Ives, Cornwall, and married John Gretton, 3rd Baron Gretton.
Since her husband"s death in 1989, Lady Gretton has run the family"s Stapleford Park Estate, in Stapleford, Leicestershire. Lady Gretton has two children: Honorary Sarah Margaret Gretton (born 1971) who is married with two children.
And John Lysander Gretton, 4th Baron Gretton (born 1975) who is married with one son.
Lady Gretton became a Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire in 2001, and was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire on 1 February 2003. She became a Dame of the Order of Street John in 2004.
The Gretton family also own the Stapleford Miniature Railway. The 2nd Lord Gretton installed the Stapleford Miniature Railway at Stapleford Park in 1958 which operated until 1982.
Lady Gretton became President of LOROS (a charity providing hospice care in Leicestershire) in 1999 with the railway opening twice yearly since 1995 in support of the hospice.
Lady Gretton is also President of the Melton Mowbray and District Model Engineering Society. In 2008, she was awarded honorary Doctor of Laws at the University of Leicester. In 2012, she was awarded the degree Honorary Doctor of Letters by De Montfort University.
Lady Gretton has been a Member of the Committee of Somerby Parochial Church Council since 1991, Church Warden of All Saints Church Somerby 1992-1995, and has been a member of the Leicester Cathedral Council since 2003.