Joseph Greaves was a High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1765.
Biography
editGreaves 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 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
edit- ^ The design of the house has been assigned to William and Francis Smith but without much authority.
- ^ Conservation area Archived 2007-11-08 at the Wayback Machine, Aston on Trent, South Derbyshire
- ^ a b Big Houses Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine, Aston-on-Trent Local History, accessed 18 December 2008