GREVILLE, William (c. 1694-1727)

Like his brother, Brooke succeeded to the peerage while still underage, and while a student at Oxford. Control of the family estates and any concomitant electoral interest was probably left in the hands of trustees until he reached his majority. In 1713 it was reported that he required the permission of an uncle (probably Dodington Greville^‡) before he was able to take up residence at Warwick Castle. Verney ms mic. M636/55, Sir T. Cave to R Verney, 10 Aug. 1713. Brooke died in his early thirties and also left a minor to succeed him. Full details of his career following the Hanoverian succession will be considered in the next part of this work.