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GREVILLE, CHARLES, brother of Henry Francis Greville (qv); b. 2 Nov 1762; adm. 8 Jul 1773; left Whitsun 1775; Ensign, 39th Foot 6 Nov 1778; Lieut., 90th Foot 29 Nov 1779; 48th Foot 10 Jan 1781; Capt., 45th Foot 6 Jan 1783; half-pay 1783-9; Capt., 58th Foot 30 Dec 1795; retd. 1796; travelling in Italy 1792-3; MP Petersfield 12 Jan 1795 – 1796; Under-Secretary, Home Office 14 Mar 1796 – 1 Mar 1798; Comptroller of Cash, Excise Office, from 1799; Naval Officer, Demerara and Essequibo 1798-1827; Secretary, Island of Tobago, West Indies, 1801-27; Receiver-Gen. Taxes, Nottinghamshire; DCL Oxford 4 Jul 1793; father of Charles Greville, the diarist; m. 31 Mar 1792/3 Lady Charlotte Cavendish-Bentinck, eldest dau. of William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv); d. 26 Sep 1832.

GREY, HARRY, 4TH EARL OF STAMFORD, eldest son of Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford, and Dorothy, dau. of Right Hon. Sir Nathan Wrighte PC, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal; b. 18 Jun 1715; at Rugby Sch. 1722-6; adm. Nov 1726; in school list 1731; MP Leicestershire 16 Feb 1737/8 – 16 Nov 1739; succ. father as 4th Earl of Stamford 16 Nov 1739; DL Lincolnshire, Staffordshire 1744; m. 18 May 1736 Lady Mary Booth, only dau. of George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington; d. 30 May 1768.

GREY, HON. JOHN, brother of Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1733; left 1740; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 16 Jun 1740; one of the Clerk Comptrollers, Board of Green Cloth, Royal Household, from 6 Apr 1754; MP Bridgnorth 1754-68, Tregony 1768-74; m. 26 May 1748 Lucy, dau. of Sir Joseph Danvers, Bart., MP; d. 25 Feb 1777.

GRIFFITH-WYNNE, CHARLES WYNNE, eldest son of Hon. Charles Finch (qv); b. 4 Mar 1780; adm. 19 Feb 1790 (as Finch); in school list 1795; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 May 1797; BA 1801; MA 1808; Fellow, All Souls Coll.; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 31 May 1799; assumed surname of Griffith-Wynne instead of Finch by royal licence 26 Jun 1804; High Sheriff, Denbighshire 1815; MP Caernarvonshire 1830-2; m. May 1812 Sarah, dau. of Rev. Henry Hildyard, Stokesley, Yorks.; d. 22 Mar 1865.

GROSVENOR, RICHARD DE AQUILA, 1ST BARON STALBRIDGE, fourth son of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquis of Westminster (qv); b. 28 Jun 1837; adm. 24 Jan 1849 (G); an intimate school friend of Francis Markham (qv); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 21 Feb 1855, fellow commoner 15 Oct 1855, matr. Mich. 1855; MA 1858; MP (Liberal) Flintshire May 1861 – 22 Mar 1886; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Mar 1872 - Feb 1874; Privy Councillor 19 Mar 1872; Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Liberal Whip, House of Commons 1880-5; created Baron Stalbridge 22 Mar 1886; took Liberal Unionist whip, House of Lords; Chairman, London and North Western Railway Co. 1891-1911, having been a director since 1870; a Governor of the School 1875-1880 and from 1889; Busby Trustee from 1 Jun 1875; President, Elizabethan Club 1885-91, Vice-President from 1891; an intimate friend of Francis Markham (qv), who frequently mentions him in his Recollections; m. 1st, 5 Nov 1874 Hon. Beatrix Charlotte Elizabeth Vesey, third dau. of Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount De Vesci (I); m. 2nd, 3 Apr 1879 Eleanor Frances Beatrice, dau. of Robert Hamilton Stubber, Moyne, Queen’s Co.; d. 18 May 1912. DNB Supp.

GROSVENOR, RICHARD, 2ND MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER, eldest son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquis of Westminster (qv); b. 27 Jan 1795; styled Viscount Belgrave 1802-31, Earl Grosvenor 1831-45; adm. 2 Jun 1806; left 1812; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1812; BA 1815; MA 1818; European tour 1816-8; MP (Whig) Chester 1818-30, Cheshire 1830-2, South Cheshire 1832-4; succ. father as 2nd Marquis of Westminster 17 Feb 1845; DL Cheshire 1831, Lord Lieut. 20 May 1845 – 29 Jan 1868; Lord Steward of the Household Mar 1850- Jan 1852; Privy Councillor 22 Mar 1850; KG 6 Jul 1857; his horse Touchstone won the St. Leger 1834; Busby Trustee from 31 May 1831; m. 16 Sep 1819 Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson Gower, second dau. of George Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (qv); d. 31 Oct 1869. DNB.

GROSVENOR, ROBERT, 1ST MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER, only surviving son of Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor, and Henrietta, dau. of Henry Vernon (qv); b. 22 Mar 1767; adm. 16 Apr 1777; at Harrow Sch. 1780; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 14 Oct 1783, matr. Mich. 1784; MA 1786; Grand Tour (Italy) 1786-8, 1789-90; styled Viscount Belgrave 1784-1802; MP East Looe 22 Apr 1788-90, Chester 1790 – 5 Aug 1802; a Lord of the Admiralty 1789-91; a Commissioner, Board of Control 1793-1801; Privy Councillor 21 Jun 1793; succ. father as 2nd Earl Grosvenor 5 Aug 1802; a supporter of the younger Pitt to 1806, afterwards joined Whig party; cr. Marquis of Westminster 13 Sep 1831; KG 11 Mar 1841; Lord Lieut., Flintshire, from 1 Jun 1798; DL Cheshire 1803; commenced rebuilding Eaton Hall, Cheshire 1803; obtained an Act of Parliament to lay out Belgravia 1826; a great picture collector; horses of his won the Oaks 1805 and 1841, the St. Leger 1834, 1840, 1841, and the Two Thousand Guineas 1810; m. 28 Apr 1794 Lady Eleanor Egerton, only dau. of Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton (qv); d. 17 Feb 1845. DNB.

GROSVENOR, ROBERT, 1ST BARON EBURY, third son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquis of Westminster (qv); b. 24 Apr 1801; adm. 18 Jun 1810; left Apr 1816; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Dec 1818; BA 1821; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 7 Jul 1821; MP (Whig) Shaftesbury Apr 1822-6, Chester 1826-47, Middlesex 1847 – 15 Sep 1857; Comptroller of the Household Nov 1830 – Dec 1834; Privy Councillor 1 Dec 1830; Treasurer of the Household 1846-7; created Baron Ebury 15 Sep 1857; took Whig/Liberal whip, House of Lords, to 1886, afterwards a Liberal Unionist; a staunch Low Churchman, who made several attempts to obtain a revision of the Prayer Book; his bill for the further restriction of Sunday trading in London, introduced by him in the House of Commons 18 Apr 1855, raised a storm of opposition, culminating in Sunday riots in Hyde Park; President, Marylebone Cricket Club 1865; author, Leaves from my Journal during the Summer of 1851, and other works; JP Flintshire 1864, JP Dorset; m. 17 May 1831 Hon. Charlotte Arbuthnot Wellesley, eldest dau. of Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley PC GCB, diplomat; d. 18 Nov 1893. DNB Supp.

GROSVENOR, THOMAS, younger son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, Bart., MP, and Jane, only surviving child of Thomas Warre, Shepton Beauchamp and Swell Court, Somerset; bapt. St. John, Smith Square, Westminster 25 Mar 1734 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) May 1749 (Butler's); left 1751; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Jun 1751; MA 1754; adm. Inner Temple 11 Sep 1750; MP Chester from 10 Dec 1755; of Swell Court, Somerset; m. 21 Sep 1759 Deborah, sister of Stephen Skynner (qv); d. 12 Feb 1795.

GROSVENOR, THOMAS, son of Thomas Grosvenor (adm. 1749, qv); b. 30 May 1764; adm. 29 Nov 1773; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 1 Oct 1779; Lieut. and Capt., 20 Oct 1784; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 25 Apr 1793; Col., 3 May 1796; Brig. -Gen., 27 Aug 1800; Maj. -Gen., 29 Apr 1802; Col., 97th Foot 25 Feb 1807 – Feb 1814; Lieut. -Gen., 25 Apr 1808; Col., 65th Foot, from 8 Feb 1814; Gen., 12 Aug 1819; Field Marshal 9 Nov 1846; served in Flanders 1793, Netherlands 1794-5, and on Helder expedition 1799, where he was wounded at Zuip; commanded brigade in expeditions to Copenhagen 1807 and Walcheren 1809; MP Chester 20 Feb 1795-1826, Stockbridge 1826-30; horses of his won the Oaks 1807, 1825; m. 1st, 6 Apr 1797 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bart. MP; m. 2nd, 15 Oct 1831 Anne, dau. of George Wilbraham MP, Delamere, Cheshire; d. 20 Jan 1851. DNB.