Joseph Greaves
Template:Use dmy dates Joseph Greaves was a High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1765.
Biography
Greaves was the son of another Joseph Greaves from Ingleby and Foremark who has bought purchased land in Aston-on-Trent in Derbyshire. It was his father who had commissioned the building of Aston Lodge.[1] This <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />2+1⁄2-storey building stood in its own grounds behind wrought iron gates by the ironsmith Robert Bakewell.[2]
When Greaves' father died in 1749 he inherited the large five-by-three-bay house which was then less than twenty years old. Greaves married Ann Boothby from Ashbourne, the sister of Sir Brook Boothby.[3] Greaves was a High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1765.
On his death he left his lands to his wife Ann.[3]
References
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- ↑ The design of the house has been assigned to William and Francis Smith but without much authority.
- ↑ Conservation area Template:Webarchive, Aston on Trent, South Derbyshire
- ↑ a b Big Houses Template:Webarchive, Aston-on-Trent Local History, accessed 18 December 2008
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