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GRANVILLE, Sir Bevill (1665-1706).

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bap. 10 Mar. 1665, 1st s. of Bernard Granville I* and bro. of Bernard II* and George Granville*. educ. travelled abroad (France) 1676; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1677, MA 1679; acads. at Paris 1682–5. unm. Kntd. 28 May 1686; suc. fa. 1701. Westminster City Lib. St. Martin-in-the-Fields par. reg.; E. Handasyde, Granville the Polite, 7, 10.
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Capt. 10 Ft. 1685, maj. 1687, col. 1693–1703; maj.-gen. 1704; gov. Pendennis Castle 1696–1703; gov. Barbados 1703–6. Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 33.

Freeman, Portsmouth 1686. R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 368.

Master of the swans 1690–d. Post Man, 20–22 Apr. 1690; N. F. Ticehurst, Mute Swan in Eng. 65.

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GRANVILLE (GRENVILLE), Bevil (1665-1706).
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GRANVILLE, Bernard II (c.1670-1723), of Coulston, Wilts. and Poland Street, Westminster

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b. c. 1670, 3rd s. of Bernard Granville I* and bro. of Sir Bevill* and George Granville*. m. 1692, Mary (d. 1747), da. of Sir Martin Westcombe, 1st Bt., of Buckland, Glos., consul at Cadiz, 2s. 2da. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 192; M. Delany, Autobiog. and Corresp. i. 9; R. Granville, Granville Fam. 434.
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Capt. 10 Ft. 1692; maj. of ft. Townshend’s regt. 1706, Honywood’s 1710–14, lt.-col. 1707; lt.-gov. Kingston-upon-Hull July 1711–14.

Carver to the Queen 1702–14. R. O. Bucholz, Augustan Court, 262.

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GRANVILLE, Bernard II (c.1670-1723), of Coulston, Wilts. and Poland Street, Westminster
Main residences: Coulston, Wilts.; Poland Street, Westminster.
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GRANVILLE, Bernard I (1631-1701), of Birdcage Walk, Westminster, and Apps Court, Walton-on-Thames, Surr.

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b. 4 Mar. 1631, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Bevill Granville† of Stowe, Cornw. by Grace, da. of Sir George Smyth of Exeter, Devon. educ. Angers acad. 1651. m. lic. 25 Feb. 1664, Anne (d. 1701), da. and h. of Cuthbert Morley of Hawnby, Yorks., 3s. 2da. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 192; R. Granville, Granville Fam. 327, 336, 404, 406.
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Underkeeper, St. James’s Park 1660–d.; gent. of bedchamber to Duke of Gloucester 1660; equerry of horse Sept. 1660–72; jt. keeper of Petersham Walk, Surr. 1663–d.; groom of bedchamber 1672–88; envoy extraordinary to Florence, Genoa and Savoy 1675–6; jt. surveyor and receiver of green wax fines 1678–9; master of the swans 1683–92; comptroller-gen. of wine licences 1685–90. CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 213; 1663–4, p. 75; Cal. Treas. Bks. iii. 1271; v. 795; vi. 121; viii. 124; ix. 873; N. F. Ticehurst, Mute Swan in Eng., 65.

Freeman, Liskeard, Plymouth and Plympton Erle 1685, Portsmouth 1686; recorder, Doncaster 1685–?Oct. 1688. CSP Dom. 1685, pp. 65, 66, 87; Plymouth Municipal Recs. ed. Worth, 8; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 368.

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GRANVILLE (GRENVILLE), Bernard (1631-1701), of The Mews Gatehouse, Westminster; Apps Court, Walton-on-Thames, Surr. and Marr, Yorks.
Main residences: Birdcage Walk, Westminster; Apps Court, Walton-on-Thames, Surr.
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GRANTHAM, Richard (1677-1723), of Goltho Hall, Lincs.

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bap. 8 Oct. 1677, 2nd s. of Vincent Grantham of Goltho Hall by Margaret, da. of Sir Richard Fanshawe of Ware Park, Herts. educ. ?Eton 1690. m. Elizabeth, s.p. IGI, Lincs.; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 424 [erroneously printed as Robert]; PCC 27 Richmond.
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Freeman, Lincoln 1710, chamberlain 1715; trustee, rebuilding St. Peter-at-Arches, Lincoln 1719. Lincs. Peds. 424.

Commr. forfeited estates [S] 1716–d. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxxi. 83.

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GRANTHAM, Richard (d.1723), of Goltho Hall, Lincs.
Main residence: Goltho Hall, Lincs.
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GRANT, Alexander (aft.1673-1719), of Castle Grant, Elgin.

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b. aft. 1673, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Ludovick Grant (d. 1716), MP [S], of Castle Grant (formerly Freuchie) by his 1st w. Janet, da. and h. of Alexander Brodie, MP [S], of Lethen, Auldearn, Nairn; bro. of Sir James Grant, 6th Bt.†; m. (1) 3 Dec. 1698 (with £5,000), Elizabeth (d. 1708), da. of James Stuart, Ld. Doune (1st s. d.v.p. of Alexander, 5th Earl of Moray [S]), s.p.; (2) 31 May 1709 (with £8,000), Anne (d. 1717), da. of John Smith I*, and maid of honour to Queen Anne, s.p. suc. fa. in estates and as chief of Grant 1710. Hist. Scot. Parl. 296–8; W. Fraser, Chiefs of Grant, i. 326–7, 337, 369–70; Scots Peerage ed. Paul, vi. 323; vii. 477, 480; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxiii. 161.
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Burgess, Elgin, 1689, Edinburgh 1695, Glasgow 1715; bailie, regality of Grant 1700; sheriff, Inverness 1703–17; ld. lt. Banff, Elgin and Inverness 1715–17. Recs. of Elgin (New Spalding Club), ii. 464; Scot. Rec. Soc. lix. 216; lvi. 314; Spalding Club, Misc. iii. 175.

Commr. justiciary for Highlands [S] 1701, 1702; col. of ft. 1706–13 (regt. disbanded), 1715–18 (regt. disbanded), half-pay 1713–15; commr. union with England 1706, exchequer [S] 1707–8; PC [S] 1707–8; brig.-gen. 1711; gov. and storekeeper, Sheerness 1715–17; acting lt.-gov. Edinburgh Castle Sept. 1715. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxvii. 477; xxix. 600; Fraser, 355; HMC Townshend, 161.

MP [S] Inverness-shire 1702–7.

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GRANT, Alexander (c.1674-1719), of Grant, Elgin.
Main residence: Castle Grant, Elgin.
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GRAHME (GRAHAM), James (1650-1730), of Levens Hall, Westmld.

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bap. 3 Apr. 1650, 2nd s. of Sir George Grahme, 2nd Bt., of Netherby, Cumb. by Lady Mary, da. of James Johnston, 2nd Earl of Hartfell and 3rd Earl of Annandale [S]; bro. of Sir Richard Grahme, 3rd Bt.†, 1st Visct. Preston. educ. Westminster; Christ Church, Oxf. 1666. m. (1) lic. 23 Nov. 1675, Dorothy (d. 1700), maid of honour to Duchess of York, and from 1671 Queen Catherine of Braganza, da. of Hon. William Howard (4th son of Thomas, 1st Earl of Berkshire), 3s. d.v.p. 2da. (1 ); (2) lic. 4 Mar. 1702, Elizabeth (d. 1709), da. of Isaac Barton of All Hallows, Barking, Essex, merchant, wid. of George Bromley of the Middle Temple, s.p. Scots Peerage ed. Paul, vii. 101–2; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 573; J. Bagot, Col. James Grahme, 3.
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Capt. Douglas’s ft. (French army) 1671–3, R. English regt. (French army) 1673–4; capt. of ft. Earl of Carlisle’s (Charles Howard†) regt. 1673, Duke of York’s regt. 1675; capt. Coldstream Gds. 1675–8; lt.-col. of ft. Ld. Morpeth’s (Edward Howard†) regt. 1678–9; keeper of privy purse to Duchess of York by 1679 and to James II as Duke of York and King 1679–88; keeper of Pirbright Walk, Windsor Forest 1680; ranger and keeper of Bagshot park, Windsor Forest 1682–9; master of buckhounds 1685–9. DNB; Scots Peerage, 102; Bagot, 38; Cal. Treas. Bks. vii. 655; Evelyn Diary, iii. 529–30.

Freeman, Portsmouth, 1678, New Windsor, 1685, Appleby 1703; burgess, Edinburgh 1679, Stirling and Linlithgow 1681; alderman, New Windsor 1685– Oct. 1688, Appleby 1703; mayor, New Windsor, 1686–7, Appleby 1705–6, 1717–18. R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 363; Bagot, 38; First Hall Bk. (Windsor Hist. Recs. i), 51, 169; Cumbria RO (Kendal), Appleby bor. recs. WSMB/A, min. bk. 3, 4 Oct. 1703.

Freeman, E. I. Co. 1689. Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Arch. and Antiq. Soc. ser. 2, lxxxv. 135.

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GRAHME (GRAHAM), James (1650-1730), of Bagshot, Surr. and Levens, Westmld.
Main residence: Levens Hall, Westmld.
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GRAHME, Henry (aft.1676-1707).

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b. aft. 1676, 1st s. of James Grahme* by his 1st w. m. 23 May 1705, Mary Tudor (d. 1726), illegit. da. of Charles II by Mary Davies, wid. of Edward Radcliffe, 2nd Earl of Derwentwater, s.p. Scots Peerage ed. Paul, vii. 99.
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Groom of bedchamber to Prince of Denmark 1702–6. Luttrell, Brief Relation, v. 189; vi. 66.

Freeman, Appleby 1704. Cumbria RO (Kendal), Appleby bor. recs. WSMB/A, min. bk. 3, 18 Oct. 1704.

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GRAHAM (GRAEME), Mungo (1670-1754), of Gorthy, Perth.

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bap. 23 Dec. 1670, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Mungo Graham of Gorthy by his 2nd w. Mary, da. of Sir William Murray, 1st Bt., MP [S], of Ochtertyre, Perth. educ. St. Andrews Univ. (St. Salvator’s Coll.) 1687; ?travelled abroad. unm. suc. fa. 1671. Hist. Scot. Parl. 292–3; L. G. Graeme, Or and Sable, 464–7; Ramsay of Ochtertyre, Scotland and Scotsmen in 18th Cent. ii. 295.
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Commr. justiciary for Highlands [S] 1702, Equivalent [S] 1707–9; receiver-gen. and cashier of customs and salt duties [S] Jan. 1715–33; trustee, fisheries and manufactures [S] 1727–d. CSP Dom. 1702–3, p. 354; Boyer, Anne Annals, vi. 234; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxiii. 234; xxix. 245; xxx. 548; Cal. Treas. Bks. and Pprs. 1731–4, p. 521; J. S. Shaw, Management of Scot. Soc. 69, 74.

MP [S] Perthshire 1702–7.

Commr. visitation, Glasgow Univ. 1717, 1718, vice-rector Jan.– Dec. 1718, rector Dec. 1718–20; burgess, Edinburgh 1720. Recs. Glasgow Univ. (Maitland Club, lxxii), ii. 566–7; iii. 336, 342, 400; Scot. Rec. Soc. lxii. 83.

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GRAHAM (GRAEME), Mungo (1670-1754), of Gorthy, Perth.
Main residence: Gorthy, Perth.
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GRACEDIEU, Sir Bartholomew (d. 1715), of St. Magnus the Martyr, London

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3rd s. of Thomas Gracedieu of St. Botolph Bishopsgate, Citizen and merchant. m. Frances (d. 1720), 2da. (1 d.v.p.) 1 other ch. Kntd. 17 Nov. 1697. PCC 116 King; London Rec. Soc. ii. 125; info. from Dr P. L. Gauci.
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Member, Vintners’ Co. 1679, master 1698; common councilman, London 1693, sheriff 1697–8. A. Crawford, Hist. Vintners’ Co. 288.

Agent for Jamaica 1693–1704. Info. from Dr Gauci.

Commr. taking subscriptions to land bank 1696. CJ, xii. 509.

Member, New England Co. 1698. W. Kellaway, New England Co. 294.

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GRACEDIEU, Sir Bartholomew (d. 1715), of St. Magnus the Martyr, London
Main residence: St. Magnus the Martyr, London.
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GOWER, William (b. c.1662 ), of Ludlow, Salop.

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b. c. 1662, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Abel Gower of Boughton, nr. Worcester, and Napton-on-the-Hill, Warws. by Mary Hodges. educ. New Inn c.1673; I. Temple c.1676, called 1685. m. (1) 7 Apr. 1683, Sarah (d. 1686), da. of Thomas Lambe, Haberdasher, of St. Clement Eastcheap, London, 2da.; (2) bef. 1693 (with £400), Jane (d. 1736), da. of James Stedman of Strata Florida, Card., 3s. 7da. Cal. I. Temple Recs. iii. 194; PCC 137 Hare; W. Wales Hist. Recs. viii. 100–1; Salop Par. Reg. Soc. Hereford dioc. xiii. 566; J. R. Phillips, Hist. Cilgerran, 110; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 2, v. 95.
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Freeman, Ludlow 1689; common councilman 1689–90, 1696–?d.; bailiff 1710. Salop RO, Ludlow bor. recs. min. bks. 1684–90, 1690–1712.

Keeper, Ludlow Castle 1703–4; commr. of appeals in excise Jan.–Dec. 1714. Cal. Treas. Bks. xviii. 383; xix. 286; xxviii. 79; xxix. 193.

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GOWER, William (b. c.1662 ), of Ludlow, Salop.
Main residence: Ludlow, Salop.
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GOWER, William (b. c.1662)

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