GRENVILLE, William Wyndham (1759-1834), of Dropmore Lodge, Bucks.

Family and Education

b. 25 Oct. 1759, 3rd s. of George Grenville of Wotton, and bro. of Thomas Grenville. educ. Eton 1770-6; Christ Church, Oxf. 1776-80; L. Inn 1780. m. 18 July 1792, Hon. Anne Pitt, da. of Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford, s.p. cr. Baron Grenville 25 Nov. 1790.

Offices Held

Chief sec. to ld. lt. [I] Aug. 1782 – May 1783; PC [I] 15 Sept. 1782; PC 31 Dec. 1783; paymaster-gen. Jan. – Mar. 1784; jt. paymaster-gen. Mar. 1784 – Sept. 1789; member of Board of Trade Mar. 1784 – Aug. 1786, vice-pres. Aug. 1786 – Aug. 1789; commr. Board of Control Sept. 1784 – Mar. 1790, pres. Mar. 1790 – June 1793; sp. mission to The Hague July – Sept. 1787, to Paris Sept. 1787 – Jan. 1788; sec. of state for Home affairs June 1789 – June 1791; sec. of state for Foreign affairs Apr. 1791 – Feb. 1801; ranger, St. James’s and Hyde Parks 1791 – 94; auditor of Exchequer 1794 – d.; first ld. of Treasury Feb. 1806 – Mar. 1807; commr. of Treasury [I] 1806; commr. for building new churches 1818.

Gov. Levant Co. 1800; high steward, Bristol 1810.

Maj. Bucks. yeomanry 1798, lt.-col. S. Bucks. 1803.

Speaker of House of Commons Jan. – June 1789.

Parlimentarian

GRENVILLE, William Wyndham (1759-1834).

Main residence: Dropmore Lodge, Bucks.

Author

D.R.F.

Volume

Commons 1790-1820

Web Title

GRENVILLE, William Wyndham (1759-1834)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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Religion

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