John Gregory Crace

John Gregory Crace (26 May 1809 – 13 August 1889) was a British interior decorator and author.

Early life and education The Crace family had been prominent London interior decorators since Edward Crace (1725–1799), later keeper of the royal pictures to George III, established a business in 1768. John Gregory Crace, Edward Crace's great-grandson, was the elder of two surviving sons of Frederick Crace (1779–1859), interior decorator to the then Prince Regent and a collector of maps and prints. His mother, Augusta Harrop Gregory, was the daughter of John Gregory, a London magistrate and treasurer of the Whig Club. He witnessed fighting in the streets of Paris during the July Revolution of 1830. Another son, Everard Crace, became a silk weaver. A third son, Edward Kendall Crace, became an Australian pastoralist.

He died at his home in Half Moon Lane, Herne Hill on 13 August 1889 and was buried at the Gothic-inspired West Norwood Cemetery under a slate-faced monument.