Joseph Greaves

Biography

Greaves 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. This -storey building stood in its own grounds behind wrought iron gates by the ironsmith Robert Bakewell.

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. Greaves was a High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1765.

On his death he left his lands to his wife Ann.

References

References

1. The design of the house has been assigned to William and Francis Smith but without much authority.
2. [http://www.south-derbys.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/09E3504C-1E4B-4F55-9458-4246633EABFB/0/AoTA4complete.pdf Conservation area] {{webarchive. link. (2007-11-08 , Aston on Trent, South Derbyshire)
3. [http://www.astonontrenthistory.org.uk/pages/29-bighouses.html Big Houses] {{webarchive. link. (2008-08-21 , Aston-on-Trent Local History, accessed 18 December 2008)