Three successive generations of the same English family were each named Gregory Page. A wealthy family whose fortune was not inherited but initially accumulated through trade, the Pages were strongly associated with the development of south-east London during the 18th century. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Greater London and the Regions of England. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

Gregory Page (1626– November 1693) was a wealthy London merchant, shipwright and director of the British East India Company. Events September 30 - Nurhaci , chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... Events January 11 - Eruption of Mt. ... Greater London and the Regions of England. ... The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as John Company, was a joint-stock company of investors, which was granted a Royal Charter by Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600, with the intent to favor trade privileges in India. ...

His son (c.1669-25 May 1720), also named Gregory Page, followed in his father's footsteps as a merchant. He was elected MP for Shoreham in West Sussex in December 1708, a seat he retained until 1713. Created a baronet (3 December 1714), Page regained the seat in 1715 and held it until his death. Events Samuel Pepys stopped writing his diary. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ... MP may stand for: Member of Parliament military police magic points (in roleplaying games) Northern Mariana Islands (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code and USPS state code) milepost multiprocessing in computers Minimalist Program (linguistics) Modus ponens Megapixel M.P is also a drummer of an alternative rock band School... Shoreham is the name of several different places: Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex, England Shoreham, Kent in England Shoreham, Michigan in the U.S. Shoreham, New York in the U.S. Shoreham, Vermont in the U.S. Shoreham, Victoria in Australia Five ships of the Royal Navy have also... West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. ... Events April 11 - War of the Spanish Succession: Treaty of Utrecht June 23 - French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada first Orrery built by George Graham Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713... A baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart, modern abbreviation Bt) is the holder of a title, similar to a knighthood except that it is hereditary, known as a baronetcy. ... December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events August 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. ... Events September 1 - King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, leaving the throne of his exhausted and indebted country to his great-grandson Louis XV. Regent for the new, five years old monarch is Philippe dOrléans, nephew of Louis XIV. September - First of the...

His wife, Dame Mary Page, with whom he had four children, died on 11 March 1728 aged 56 and was buried at Bunhill Fields in the City of London, with an epitaph that hinted at a painful illness (possibly Paracentesis or Meigs' syndrome): In 67 months she was tapped 66 times … 240 gallons of water drawn without ever repining at her case or ever fearing the operation (240 imperial gallons is equivalent to 1,100 litres). March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... Events Astronomical aberration discovered by the astronomer James Bradley Swedish academy of sciences founded at Uppsala Births February 21 - Emperor Peter III of Russia, husband of Catherine the Great (d. ... Bunhill Fields Cemetery is in the City of London, England. ...

Page was succeeded by his eldest son, the second baronet, also named Sir Gregory Page (c.1695-4 August 1775). A minor in the care of two guardians, he inherited several properties and a substantial fortune in shares in South Sea Stock, which were sold just before the so-called ‘South Sea Bubble’ burst in the autumn of 1720, ruining thousands of investors. Events July 17- The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament. ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... Events February 9 - American Revolutionary War: British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion March 23 - American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech - give me liberty or give me death in Williamsburg, Virginia. ... Hogarthian image of the South Sea Bubble by Edward Matthew Ward, Tate Gallery More well known than The South Sea Company is perhaps the South Sea Bubble (1711 - September 1720) which is the name given to the economic bubble that occurred through overheated speculation in the company shares during 1720. ...

Page invested a substantial part of his fortune into further properties, particularly in south-east London. In 1723, he built a manor house in the Westcombe Park area, just north of Blackheath, but later preferred to live in a huge mansion at Wricklemarsh in nearby Lee. This was designed by architect John James, built for £90,000, lavishly furnished and hung with paintings by Rubens, van Dyck and Titian (among others), and stood in a 250 acre (1 km²) park, once the property of Sir John Morden. This area later formed part of the site of the Blackheath housing estate created by John Cator. Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general. ... Westcombe Park is a largely residential area close to the Blackheath Standard area of Blackheath in the London Borough of Greenwich. ... Blackheath is a place in London, divided between the London Borough of Lewisham and the London Borough of Greenwich (the borough boundary runs across the middle of the heath, with the Village in Lewisham and the Blackheath Standard area and Westcombe Park in Greenwich), whose name derives from the dark... Lee is a place in the London Borough of Lewisham in south-east London. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person licensed in the art of planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings, or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan. ... John James (1672-1746) was an architect particularly associated with Twickenham in west London and the design of church buildings - a vocation perhaps partly explained by his being the son of a Hampshire parson, also named John James. ... Pieter Pauwel (Peter Paul) Rubens (June 28, 1577 - May 30, 1640) was a Flemish baroque painter. ... Self Portrait With a Sunflower Sir Anthony (Antoon) van Dyck (*March 22, 1599 - December 9, 1641) was a Flemish painter — mainly of portraits — who became the leading court painter in England. ... Titian. ... John Cator (1728-1806) was a wealthy timber merchant and landowner responsible for the layout of much of the areas around Blackheath, London and Beckenham in north-west Kent during the late 18th century. ...

In 1733, for £19,000, Page bought the dilapidated Elizabethan manor house at Well Hall Place, Eltham, demolishing it to build a new mansion home, Page House (eventually demolished in 1931). Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ... Eltham (pronounced el·təm) is a place in south-east London in the London Borough of Greenwich. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...