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.
Offices Held
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.
Parlimentarian
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
GRENVILLE, William Wyndham (1759-1834)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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