Grenville Parish is a civil parish

Civil parish

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 in Queens County

Queens County, Prince Edward Island

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, Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

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, that was named by Samuel Holland

Samuel Holland

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, during his 1864-1866 survey of the newly acquired British

United Kingdom

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 colony. It was named during the period that George Grenville

George Grenville

George Grenville was a British Whig statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain. Grenville was born into an influential political family and first entered Parliament in 1741 as an MP for Buckingham...

 was prime minister of Great Britain, as was Grenville Bay (New London Bay). The communities of North Granville and South Granville are derived from this name, but adopted the spelling more commonly in use when Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville

Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville

Granville George Leveson Gower, 2nd Earl Granville KG, PC FRS , styled Lord Leveson until 1846, was a British Liberal statesman...

 gained prominence as the British Secretary of State for the Colonies

Secretary of State for the Colonies

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 in 1868-1870.

It contains the following townships:

• Lot 20
  Lot 20, Prince Edward Island
  Lot 20 is a township in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of Greenville Parish....
  
  
• Lot 21
  Lot 21, Prince Edward Island
  Lot 21 is a township in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of Greenville Parish....
  
  
• Lot 22
  Lot 22, Prince Edward Island
  Lot 22 is a township in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of Greenville Parish....
  
  
• Lot 23
  Lot 23, Prince Edward Island
  Lot 23 is a township in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of Greenville Parish....
  
  
• Lot 67
  Lot 67, Prince Edward Island
  Lot 67 is a township in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of Greenville Parish....