James Gresham (MP) explained

James Gresham (born about 1617 – d Haslemere 1689) was an English politician in the second half of the 17th century.^[1]

Gresham was born in Fulham in about 1617. He came to live in Haslemere in 1650. He was called to the bar in 1652. He became a JP in 1660 and in 1676 he presented an almshouse to the town.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
2. Web site: Gresham, John (d.1612), of Leicestershire.. History of Parliament Online. 2 August 2020.