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GREVILLE, George Guy, Lord Brooke (1818-1893), of Warwick Castle, Warws.
Family and Education
b. 28 Mar. 1818, o.s. of Henry Richard Greville MP, 3rd earl of Warwick, and Sarah, wid. of John George Monson, 3rd bar. Monson, and o. da. of John Savile MP, 2nd earl of Mexborough [I]. educ. privately at Warwick Castle; St. John’s, Oxf., MA 1839. m. 18 Feb. 1852, Anne, da. of Francis Charteris, 9th earl of Wemyss. 4s. 1da. styled Lord Brooke 1818-53. suc. fa. as 4th earl of Warwick 10 Aug. 1853. d. 2 Dec. 1893.
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High sheriff Cambs. and Huntingdon 1846.
A.d.c. to Queen, 1878 – d.
Cornet Warws. yeoman cav. 1839; lt.-col. 1848 – 80; hon. col. 1880 – d.
Main residence: Warwick Castle, Warws.
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DOUGLAS, Sir Charles Eurwicke (1806-1887), of 27 Wilton Crescent , Middlesex
Family and Education
b. 12 May 1806, illegit. s. of Charles Philip Yorke MP (d. 1834).There is no mention of Yorke having any children in Burke’s peerage (under earls of Hardwicke), but Lodge’s peerage, baronetage and knightage (1912), i. 966 indicates that he died without legitimate children. Douglas is erroneously described as the son of a baronet in W.D. Jones and A.B. Erickson, The Peelites, 1846-1857 (1972), 227, and as an illegitimate son of viscount Goderich in B. Trinder, (ed.), A Victorian MP and his constituents: the correspondence of H.W. Tancred, 1841-1859, viii (1969), p. xxxvii; idem, Victorian Banbury, xix (1982), 124. educ. Harrow, 1818; St. John’s, Camb., BA 1828, MA 1831. m. 15 Dec. 1832, Jane, eld. da. of Sir Charles des Voeux, bt. 1s. Kntd. 12 Oct. 1832; K.C.M.G. 1859. d. 21 Feb. 1887.
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Private secretary to secretary of state for colonies, Nov. 1830-Apr. 1833.
Commr. Greenwich hospital Aug. 1845-July 1846.
King-at-arms, Order of St. Michael and St. George, 1832–59.
Main residence: 27 Wilton Crescent, Middlesex.
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HARRIS, Richard (1777-1854), of The Crescent , Leicester, Leicestershire; 36 Woburn Square , London
Family and Education
b. 10 Oct. 1777. 1st s. of Richard Harris, of Leicester, and Eleanor, da. of Valentine Smith, of Melton Mowbray, Leics. educ. Mr. Robinson’s Sabbath and night sch., Leicester. m. (1) 21 Jan. 1799, Elizabeth (d. 1800), da. of Mr. Correy, of Leicester. (2) 18 Sept. 1801, Fanny (d. 1842), da. of William Dove, of Kingsthorpe, Northants. 2s. d. 2 Feb. 1854.
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Mag. Leicester 1836.
Cllr. Leicester 1835 – 38; ald. 1838; Mayor 1843.
Leics. supplementary militia 1797 – 1802.
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Main residences: The Crescent, Leicester, Leicestershire and 36 Woburn Square, London.
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HARRIS, John Dove (1809-1878), of Ratcliffe Hall , Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake, nr. Loughborough, Leicestershire; 130 Cambridge Street, Warwick Square, London
Family and Education
b. 1 Apr. 1809, 2nd, but 1st surv. s. of Richard Harris MP, of the Crescent, Leicester, Leics., and Fanny, da. of William Dove, of Kingsthorpe, Northants. m. 31 Mar. 1831, Emma, da. of George Shirley, of Tamworth, Staffs. 1 da. suc. fa. 2 Feb. 1854. d. 20 Nov. 1878.
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Mag. Leicester 1857; Deputy Lieut. Leics. 1865; J.P. Leics.
Cllr. Leicester 1839 – 50; ald. 1850 – 72; mayor 1850, 1856.
Main residences: Ratcliffe Hall, Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake, nr. Loughborough, Leicestershire and 130 Cambridge Street, Warwick Square, London.
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