Sir Gregory Page, second baronet (1689–1775) his Life
Sir Gregory Page, second baronet (1689–1775) his Life Gregory Page, second baronet ( 1689–1775 ) Sir Gregory Page was born in Greenwich, he was the elder son of Sir Gregory Page, first baronet (1668–1720) , and his wife, Mary , daughter of Thomas Trotman , a citizen of London. Both his father and his grandfather had been directors of the East India Company . The first baronet was MP for New Shoreham in 1708–13 and 1715–20: on his death in 1720 his executors sold his large shareholding in the South Sea Company , and his son was left about £600,000 . It seems likely that the Pages were obliged at the outset to accept South Sea Stock in settlement of Navy bills (in their case for victualling), this being the main purpose for which the Government founded the Company. Sir Gregory’s friend and business associate, Sir Ambrose Crawley of Greenwich, had a similar experience in supplying iron wares to the Navy and he was for a time d...