About James Gresham
Lived 1617 – 1689 (aged 71–72). James Gresham was a politician.
James Gresham (born about 1617 – d Haslemere 1689) was an English politician in the second half of the 17th century.
Gresham was born in Fulham in about 1617. He came to live in Haslemere in 1650. He was called to the bar in 1652. He became a JP in 1660 and in 1676 he presented an almshouse to the town.
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(c.1617-89) of Haslemere, Surr
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