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Greville, Baron (UK, 1869 - 1987)

Polesden Lacey, near Great Bookham, Surrey, the home of the Hon Mrs Ronald Greville, the famous

Edwardian society hostess. King Edward VII was a close friend of Mrs Greville and frequently visited

Polesden Lacey. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother spent part of her honeymoon here with her

husband, the then Duke of York. The house is now owned by the National Trust.

Creation: let.pat. 15 Dec 1869

Extinct: 9 Dec 1987

Family name: Greville-Nugent later Greville

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Arms:

Sable on a Cross within a Bordure both engrailed Or five Pellets

Crest:

Out of a Ducal Coronet Gules a Swan rising Argent

Supporters:

On either side a Swan wings inverted Argent ducally gorged Gules charged on the breast with a Pellet

Motto:

 Vix Ea Nostra Voco

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Fulke Southwell [Greville later Greville-Nugent], 1st Baron Greville

2nd son of Algernon Greville, of North lodge, Barnet, co. Hertford, by his wife Caroline Graham, dau. of Sir Bellingham Graham, 6th Bt.

born

17 Feb 1821

mar.

28 Apr 1840 Lady Rosa Emily Mary Anne Nugent (b. May 1814; d. 17 Jan 1883), only surv. dau. and hrss. of George Thomas John [Nugent], 1st Marquess of Westmeath, by his first wife Lady Emily Anne Bennet Elizabeth Cecil, 2nd dau. of James [Cecil], 1st Marquess of Salisbury

children

1. Hon Algernon William Fulke Greville-Nugent later Greville, later 2nd Baron Greville

2. Hon George Frederick Greville-Nugent later Greville, Member of Parliament for Co. Longford 1870-74 (b. 11 Sep 1842; dsp. 11 May 1897), mar. 17 Aug 1870 Cecil Aitcheson Hankey (dsp. 9 Jun 1925), 1st dau. of Lt Gen Henry Aitcheson Hankey

3. Hon Robert Southwell Greville-Nugent (b. 26 Mar 1847; d. 10 Feb 1912)

4. Capt Hon Reginald James Macartney Greville-Nugent (b. 27 Nov 1848; dsp. 28 Feb 1878), mar. Oct 1871 Louisa Maud Buller-Yarde-Buller (mar. (2) 17 Jul 1879 J C Hope-Vere of Craigie; dsp. 20 Apr 1882), sister of John [Buller-Yarde-Buller later Yarde-Buller[, 1st Baron Churston, and dau. of Sir Francis Buller-Yarde-Buller, 2nd Bt., by his wife Elizabeth Lydia Halliday, dau. of John Halliday, of Dilhorne Hall, co. Stafford

5. Hon Patrick Emilius John Greville-Nugent, of Clonyn Castle, co. Westmeath, High Sheriff of Westmeath 1884 (b. 6 Aug 1852 ; d. 27 Feb 1925), mar. 5 Jun 1882 Ermengarde Ogilvy (d. 9 Jul 1949), dau. and hrss. of Augustus Ogilvy, of Cove, co. Dumfries, and had issue:

1a. Rosemary Ermengarde Greville-Nugent (b. 17 Mar 1883 ; dvp. 20 Nov 1922)

1. Hon Mildred Charlotte Greville-Nugent (d. 1 Aug 1906), mar. 26 Aug 1869 Alexis Huchet, Marquis de la Bedoyére, and had issue

died

26 Jan 1883

created

15 Dec 1869 Baron Greville, of Clonyn in the County of Westmeath

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Liberal) for Co. Longford 1852-69; took the additional surname of Nugent by Royal Licence 1866; Lord Lieutenant of Westmeath 1871-83

Algernon William Fulke [Greville-Nugent later Greville], 2nd Baron Greville

born

11 Feb 1841

mar.

16 Dec 1863 Lady Beatrice Violet Graham (b. 13 Feb 1842; d. 29 Feb 1932), 2nd dau. of James [Graham], 4th Duke of Montrose, by his wife Hon Caroline Agnes Horsley-Beresford, 3rd dau. of John [Beresford later Horsley-Beresford], 2nd Baron Decies

children

1. Capt Hon Ronald Henry Fulke Greville MVO MP, of Polesden Lacey, Great Bookham, co. Surrey, Member of Parliament (Conservative) for East Bradford 1896-1906, High Sheriff of Westmeath 1899 (b. 14 Oct 1864; dvp. and sp. 5 Apr 1908), mar. 25 Apr 1891 Dame Margaret Helen Anderson DBE (b. 1863; dsp. 15 Sep 1942), dau. of William Anderson and step-daughter of Rt Hon Sir William McEwan MP, the brewer and philanthropist, of Polesden Lacey, co. Surrey

2. Hon Charles Beresford Fulke Greville, later 3rd Baron Greville

1. Hon Camilla Dagmar Violet Greville (d. 7 Jul 1938), mar. (1) 21 Jan 1890 (div. 1908) Capt Hon Alistair George Hay (b. 18 Apr 1861 ; mar. (2) 1909 Hyacinthe Farrer, yst. dau. of Capt John Farrer, of Roscrea, co. Tipperary; d. 15 Apr 1929), 4th son of George [Hay-Drummond later Hay], 12th Earl of Kinnoull, by his wife Lady Emily Blanche Charlotte Somerset, 1st dau. of Henry [Somerset], 7th Duke of Beaufort, and (2) 4 Jul 1911 Comte Hervé de Bernis, son of the Marquis de Bernis, and had issue by her first husband

2. Hon Veronique Lillian Violet Greville (b. 1870; d. 19...), mar. 10 Jul 1907 Cmdr Herbert Victor Creer RAN, of Englefield Green, co. Surrey, son of Capt Joseph Creer, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and had issue

died

2 Dec 1909

suc. by

son

note

Capt, 1st Life Guards; Member of Parliament (Liberal) for Westmeath 1863-73; Groom-in-Waiting 1868-73 ; a Lord of the Treasury 1873-74; he and his brother George resumed the name of Greville only by Royal Licence 1883

Charles Beresford Fulke [Greville], 3rd Baron Greville, OBE

born

3 Mar 1871

mar.

24 Nov 1909 Olive Kerr (widow of Henry Kerr, of New York, USA; d. 1 Oct 1959), dau. of J W Grace, of Leybourne Grange, co. Kent

only child

1. Hon Ronald Charles Fulke Greville, later 4th Baron Greville

died

14 May 1952

suc. by

son

note

ADC to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1895-93 and to the Governor of Bombay 1900-04; Military Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia 1904-08; Capt, 7th Hussars 1899-1905; Maj, Lovat Scouts, World War I 1914-18; Chairman, St George's Hospital 1914-43; OBE 1919

Ronald Charles Fulke [Greville], 4th Baron Greville

born

11 Apr 1912

died

9 Dec 1987

note

On the death of the 4th Baron Greville the Barony of Greville became extinct.

 First written 1 Jul 2004

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