Family and Education
b. 9 Mar. 1666, 2nd s. of Bernard Granville‡ of Birdcage Walk, Westminster, and Apps Court, Walton-on-Thames, Surr. and Anne Morley; brother of Bevill‡ and Bernard Granville‡; nephew John Granville, earl of Bath; cos. Charles Granville, later 2nd earl of Bath, John Granville, Bar. Granville of Potheridge. educ. travelled abroad (France) 1676-7; Trinity, Camb. 1677, MA 1679; Acads. Paris 1682-7. m. 15 Dec. 1711 (jointure £12,000 p.a.), Lady Mary Villiers (d.1735), wid. of Thomas Thynne of Old Windsor, Berks., da. Edward Villiers, earl of Jersey, and Barbara Chiffinch 4da. d. 29 Jan. 1735. admon. 6 May 1737 to Richard Mills. PROB 6/113, ff. 62-6.
Offices Held
Sec. at war 1710 – 12; comptroller of the Household 1712 – Aug. 1713; treas. of the Household Aug. 1713–14; PC 18 Aug. 1712 – Aug. 1714.
Gov. Pendennis Castle 1703 – 14; recorder, Launceston 1710 – 19; freeman and high steward, Barnstaple 1713 – ?14.
Commr. taking subscriptions to S. Sea Co. 1711.
Parlimentarian
GRENVILLE
Likenesses
line engraving by M. Vandergucht, aft. Sir G. Kneller, NPG 27316; line engraving aft. C. D'Agar, BM 1864.0813.121.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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