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GRENVILLE, James (1742-1825), of Butleigh Court, Som.
Family and Education
b. 6 July 1742, 1st s. of James Grenville. educ. Eton 1754-8; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1759; L. Inn 1760. unm. suc. fa. 14 Sept. 1783; cr. Baron Glastonbury 20 Oct. 1797.
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Ld. of Treasury Mar. 1782 – Mar. 1783; P.C. 26 Dec. 1783; member of Board of Trade 1784 – d.
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Main residence: Butleigh Court, Som.
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Commons 1754-1790
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GRENVILLE, James (1742-1825)
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GRENVILLE, Richard (1742-1823).
Family and Education
b. 6 July 1742, 2nd s.If the date of birth given in Eton Coll. Reg. is correct, Richard and his bro. James were twins. of James Grenville educ. Eton 1754-8. unm.
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Ensign 1 Ft. Gds. 1759; capt. 24 Ft. 1761; capt. and lt-col. 2 Ft. Gds. 1772; col. 1779; maj.-gen. 1782, col. 23 Ft. 1786 – d.; lt.-gen. 1796; gen. 1801.
In charge of Prince Frederick Augustus’s establishment in Hanover, c.1781–7,
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GRENVILLE, Richard (1742-1823)
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GRENVILLE, Thomas (1755-1846).
Family and Education
b. 31 Dec. 1755, 2nd s. of George Grenville, and bro. of George and William Wyndham Grenville. educ. Eton 1764-71; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1771; L. Inn 1774. unm.
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Ensign 2 Ft. Gds. 1778, lt. 1779, ret. 1780.
Envoy to Paris May-July 1782; minister extra-ordinary (with Lord Spencer) to Vienna 1793; chief justice in eyre South of Trent 1800; pres. Board of Control July – Oct. 1806; first ld. of Admiralty 1806–7.
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Commons 1754-1790
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GRENVILLE, Thomas (1755-1846)
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GRENVILLE, William Wyndham (1759-1834).
Family and Education
b. 25 Oct. 1759, 3rd s. of George Grenville, and bro. of George and Thomas Grenville. educ. Eton 1770-6; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1776-80; L. Inn. 1780. m. 18 July 1792, Anne, da. of Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford, s.p. cr. Baron Grenville 25 Nov. 1790.
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P.C. [I] 15 Sept 1782; chief sec. to ld. lt. [I] Sept. 1782 – June 1783; P.C. 31 Dec. 1783; paymaster gen. Jan. – Mar. 1784, jt. paymaster gen. Mar. 1784 – Sept. 1789; member of Board of Trade Mar. 1784 – Aug. 1789, vice-pres. 1786 – 89; member of Board of Control Sept. 1784 – Mar. 1790, pres. Mar. 1790 – June 1793; Speaker of the House of Commons Jan. – June 1789; Home sec. June 1789 – June 1791, foreign sec. June 1791 – Feb. 1801; auditor of the Exchequer 1794 – d.; first ld. of Treasury Feb. 1806-Mar. 1807.
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Commons 1754-1790
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GRENVILLE, William Wyndham (1759-1834)
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GREVILLE, Hon. Charles Francis (1749-1809).
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b. 12 May 1749, 2nd s. of Francis, 1st Earl of Warwick, by Elizabeth, da. of Lord Archibald Hamilton; bro. of George, Lord Greville and Robert Fulke Greville. educ. Edinburgh 1764-7;Mrs. Delany, Autobiog. Corresp. (ser. 2), i. 110. Grand Tour. unm.
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Ld. of Trade Jan. 1774 – Sept. 1780; ld. of the Admiralty Sept. 1780 – Mar. 1782; treasurer of the Household Apr. – Dec. 1783; vice-chamberlain 1794 – d.
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GREVILLE, Hon. Charles Francis (1749-1809)
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