Francis Jacob Grose

- 1769

• Name	Francis Jacob Grose
  Birth	of Berne, Switzerland   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1769	London, England   [4]
  Person ID	I19525	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2018

  
  

  Family	Anne Bennett   d. 1773
  Children	+ 1. Jacob Grose,   b. of Appleshaw, Hampshire, England
  Family ID	F11831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2018

  
  

• Notes

  "The elder Grose, a native of Berne in Switzerland, came to England early in the eighteenth century (pedigree in the College of Arms), and was a well-to-do jeweller living at Richmond in Surrey. He fitted up the coronation crown of George III, and collected prints and shells, which were sold in 1770." [Dictionary of National Biography entry on his son, the antiquary Francis Grose] According to the Wikipedia article about Francis Grose, Francis Jacob Grose and his wife lived in Broad Street, St-Peter-le-Poer, London.

  
  

• Sources

  [S154] The Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1915. [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing., country only. [S2536] Unsigned review of A History of the College of Arms by Mark Noble (1804), The Eclectic Review 2:302, 1806. [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing.