Samuel Greg
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Samuel Greg was an Irish-born businessman and industrialist of the Industrial Revolution and a pioneer of the factory system. Born in Belfast, Ireland, he moved to England and built Quarry Bank Mill i
c. 1820 portrait
Hannah Greg (née Lightbody)
Quarry Bank Mill
Some of the houses built by Greg for mill workers
Robert Hyde Greg
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Robert Hyde Greg, was an English industrialist, economist, antiquary, and briefly a Member of Parliament.
Samuel Greg
…and weaving business in the United Kingdom. Greg never recovered from the attack and died two years later. Of Hannah and Samuel's thirteen children Robert Hyde Greg continued in the textile business and became a Member of Parliament for Manchester in 1839 opposed to extension of the franchise and to factory…
Robert Hyde Greg, portrait c.1845