Terry F on 6 Jul 2007  •  Link

(Sir) Edward Gregory, jun.
Clerk employed by the committee investigating the Chatham Chest, 1663-4; purser of the ship Sovereign, 1664; Clerk of the Cheque, Chatham, 1665-89; Navy Commissioner at Chatham, 1689-1703. Kt. 1689. (L&M Companion, etc.)

San Diego Sarah on 2 Dec 2024  •  Link

A speculation, not backed by any historical investigation on my part, but Edward Gregory Jr., is not a common name, like Smith or Jones, and this Sir Edward is clearly well educated and has connections, or he wouldn't have had those positions.
Perhaps he was the same man, or a relative, of this "Edward Gregory":

In 1660 a grant of 4,000l. to 'Edward Gregory' was explained by Charles II to be meant for the benefit of John Pakington III, 2nd Bart., MP, but was passed in another name 'lest the example should be prejudicial.'

This is the same Sir John Pakington, MP for Worcestershire, who probably forged letters in 1661 to justify a crack-down on discenters.
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…

Why did Pakington deserve an anonymous gift?
He and his wife had supported King Charles I's chaplain, Henry Hammond, in his last decade of life, and been the unofficial center of High Church Anglicanism at their home, Westwood Park, Worcs., throughout the
Commonwealth.

John Pakington III had married Dorothy Coventry, daughter of his childhood guardian, Lord Coventry. This means he was brother-in-law to William and Thomas Coventry, and well-known to Anthony Ashley-Cooper, their cousin.

For more, see
https://www.historyofparliamenton…
https://books.google.com/books?pg…

Rev. Henry Hammond (1605 – 25 April, 1660) was a fervant Royalist, and also the brother of the regicide Judge Thomas Hammond.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen…

It was a smaller circle of influence than we are accustomed to today.

San Diego Sarah on 2 Dec 2024  •  Link

Rev. Hammond was also the uncle of the Gov. Hammond of Carisbrooke Castle. What a family!