Background
The son of a clergyman, Gregory was born in Ireland but moved to Liverpool upon his father"s death in 1766.
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The son of a clergyman, Gregory was born in Ireland but moved to Liverpool upon his father"s death in 1766.
University of Edinburgh.
He held a Doctor of Divinity degree. He served as a curate in Liverpool while also contributing to periodicals and magazines. He moved to London in 1782 where he was curate at Saint Giles, Cripplegate.
He went on to carry out the curacy and lectureship of Saint Botolph"s, the lectureship of Saint Luke"s, one of the weekly lectureships of Street Antholin"s, and a small prebend in Saint Paul"s, which he relinquished for the rectory of Stapleford in Hertfordshire.
He occasionally preached at the Foundling Hospital. He died suddenly after a brief illness on 12 March 1808.
At the time of his death he held the positions of the Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Landaff, Prebendary of Saint Paul"s, Vicar of West Ham, and Lecturer at Saint Giles.