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The Greetham Family's Connections with the Sea.Moses Greetham ‘The Younger’ Born 22 August 1762 at Portsea; died 23 July 1831 at Wymering, Portsmouth.
Son of Moses Greetham (1737-1822) and his first wife Mary (Lamburn) M Greetham and Sons were listed as attorneys in 1823-24 with an office in High Street, Old Portsmouth. In 1828 and 1844, Moses and George Lamburn Greetham were shown at the same address as law agents to government departments, coroners to the Admiralty and notaries. Moses the Younger was also involved in the trial of William Bligh and the mutiny trial of his crew as ‘Judge Advocate for the time being’. One biography of Bligh notes him as Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet in 1813. Officially he held the position from 1804 to 1823, although he was recorded in this post as early as 1799 and as late as 1831. His predecessor as Deputy Judge Advocate was his godfather, Thomas Binsteed, who shared various property development interests with Moses Snr. Charles Greetham and Moses the Younger handled the legal work involved in their transactions. Moses the Younger is buried at Wymering Churchyard, Portsmouth, where his gravestone records that he was ‘late of East Cosham’.
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