John Gretton, 2nd Baron Gretton

Who was John Gretton, 2nd Baron Gretton?

John Frederic Gretton, 2nd Baron Gretton OBE, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.

Gretton was the son of John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, and Hon. Maud Helen de Moleyns, daughter of Dayrolles Blakeney Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry . He was elected to the House of Commons for Burton in 1943, a seat he held until 1945. Two years later he succeeded his father as second Baron Gretton and entered the House of Lords.

Lord Gretton married Margaret, daughter of Captain Henrik Loeffler, in 1930. He died in March 1982, aged 79, and was succeeded in the barony by his son John Henrik Gretton.