Fulke Greville (1717–1806)
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Fulke Greville of Wilbury, Newton Toney, Wiltshire was the son of Algernon Greville
and Mary daughter and coheir of Lord Arthur Somerset, the youngest son of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort
. His father was a son of Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke.
His wife was the poet Frances Greville
, daughter and coheir of James Macartney, Irish MP for Longford and Granard. They eloped on 26 January 1748. They had several children, including:
He served as Member of Parliament
for Monmouth Boroughs
from 1747 to 1754. In 1765, he was appointed envoy extraordinary to the Elector of Bavaria and minister Plenipotentiary to the Imperial Diet of Ratisbon
.
He was author of Maxims Characters and Reflections (1756).
He served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire
in 1744.
Algernon Greville
Algernon Frederick Greville was an English soldier and cricketer who served as private secretary to the Duke of Wellington....
and Mary daughter and coheir of Lord Arthur Somerset, the youngest son of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort
Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort
Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort, KG, PC was an English peer. He was styled Lord Herbert from 1646 until 3 April 1667, when he succeeded his father as 3rd Marquess of Worcester....
. His father was a son of Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke.
His wife was the poet Frances Greville
Frances Greville
Frances Greville was an Irish poet and celebrity in Georgian England.She was born in Longford, Ireland in the mid-1720s; by the early 1740s, she was in London, accompanying Sarah Lennox, Duchess of Richmond...
, daughter and coheir of James Macartney, Irish MP for Longford and Granard. They eloped on 26 January 1748. They had several children, including:
- Frances Anne Greville (born November 1748), married John CreweJohn Crewe, 1st Baron CreweJohn Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe , of Crewe Hall in Cheshire, was a British politician. He is chiefly remembered for his sponsorship of Crewe's Act of 1782, which barred customs officers and post office officials from voting....
, later Lord CreweBaron CreweBaron Crewe, of Crewe in the County of Chester, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 25 February 1806 for the politician and landowner John Crewe, of Crewe Hall, Cheshire. This branch of the Crewe family descended from Sir Ranulph Crewe , Speaker of the House of... - Capt. William Fulke Greville (8 November 1751–1837), grandfather of George Greville and father of Fulke Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron GrevilleFulke Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron GrevilleColonel Fulke Southwell Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville was an Irish politician, born Fulke Southwell Greville.-Biography:...
- Lt-Col. Henry Francis Greville (10 August 1760 – 13 January 1816)
- Capt. Charles Greville (2 November 1762 – 26 August 1832), father of Charles Cavendish Fulke GrevilleCharles Cavendish Fulke GrevilleCharles Cavendish Fulke Greville was an English diarist and an amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1819 to 1827...
, Algernon Frederick GrevilleAlgernon GrevilleAlgernon Frederick Greville was an English soldier and cricketer who served as private secretary to the Duke of Wellington....
, and Henry William GrevilleHenry William GrevilleHenry William Greville , was an English diarist.Greville, youngest son of Charles Greville, grandson of the fifth Lord Warwick, by Lady Charlotte Cavendish Bentinck, eldest daughter of William Henry, third duke of Portland, born on 28 Oct. 1801, was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church,...
He served as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Monmouth Boroughs
Monmouth Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)
Monmouth Boroughs was a parliamentary constituency consisting of several towns in Monmouthshire...
from 1747 to 1754. In 1765, he was appointed envoy extraordinary to the Elector of Bavaria and minister Plenipotentiary to the Imperial Diet of Ratisbon
Reichstag (Holy Roman Empire)
The Imperial Diet was the Diet, or general assembly, of the Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire.During the period of the Empire, which lasted formally until 1806, the Diet was not a parliament in today's sense; instead, it was an assembly of the various estates of the realm...
.
He was author of Maxims Characters and Reflections (1756).
He served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire
High Sheriff of Wiltshire
This is a list of High Sheriffs of Wiltshire.Until the 14th century the shrievalty was held ex officio by the castellans of Old Sarum.-To 1400:*1066: Edric*1067-1070: Philippe de Buckland*1085: Aiulphus the Sheriff*1070–1105: Edward of Salisbury...
in 1744.