Ralph Neville-Grenville DL, JP (born Ralph Neville; 27 February 1817 – 20 August 1886) [1] was a British Conservative Party politician.
Born Ralph Neville, he was the eldest son of the Very Revd and Hon George Neville-Grenville ( Dean of Windsor and son of Richard Griffin, 2nd Baron Braybrooke) and his wife Lady Charlotte Neville-Grenville (née Lady Charlotte Legge, second daughter of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth). [2] In 1854, on the death of his father he assumed the additional surname Grenville. [3] Neville-Grenville was educated at Eton College and later Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1837. [4] He served in the British Army and was lieutenant-colonel of the West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry. [2]
Neville-Grenville entered the British House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Windsor in 1841, representing it until 1847. [1] He sat again for East Somerset from 1865 to 1868, and subsequently for Mid Somerset until his resignation in 1878. [5] In 1846, Neville-Grenville was a Lord of the Treasury. [6] He was appointed High Sheriff of Somerset in 1862 and was a deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace for the same county. [2]
On 18 September 1845, he married Julia Roberta Russell, daughter of Sir Robert Frankland Russell, 7th Baronet at All Souls Church, Langham Place. [7] They had nine children, three daughters and six sons. [8] A son was Admiral George Neville.
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Ralph Neville-Grenville DL, JP (born Ralph Neville; 27 February 1817 – 20 August 1886) [1] was a British Conservative Party politician.
Born Ralph Neville, he was the eldest son of the Very Revd and Hon George Neville-Grenville ( Dean of Windsor and son of Richard Griffin, 2nd Baron Braybrooke) and his wife Lady Charlotte Neville-Grenville (née Lady Charlotte Legge, second daughter of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth). [2] In 1854, on the death of his father he assumed the additional surname Grenville. [3] Neville-Grenville was educated at Eton College and later Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1837. [4] He served in the British Army and was lieutenant-colonel of the West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry. [2]
Neville-Grenville entered the British House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Windsor in 1841, representing it until 1847. [1] He sat again for East Somerset from 1865 to 1868, and subsequently for Mid Somerset until his resignation in 1878. [5] In 1846, Neville-Grenville was a Lord of the Treasury. [6] He was appointed High Sheriff of Somerset in 1862 and was a deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace for the same county. [2]
On 18 September 1845, he married Julia Roberta Russell, daughter of Sir Robert Frankland Russell, 7th Baronet at All Souls Church, Langham Place. [7] They had nine children, three daughters and six sons. [8] A son was Admiral George Neville.
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