Charles Greville (1762–1832)

Charles Greville (b Wilbury House, Cholderton, Wiltshire[1] 2 November 1762– d Hanover Square, London 26 August 1832)[2] was a British politician.[3]

Greville was the fifth child and fourth son of Fulke Greville and his wife Frances née Macartney. He was educated at Westminster School. From 1778 to 1796 he was an officer in various Regiments of Foot. On 31 March 1793 he married Lady Charlotte Cavendish Bentinck, the third child and first daughter of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland. They had four children.

He served as the Member of Parliament for Petersfield from 1795 to 1796. He was Under-Secretary of State for Home affairs from March 1796 to March 1798; Comptroller of Cash at the Excise Office from1799-d; Receiver-General Taxes, Notts for Nottinghamshire; Naval Officer for Demerara and Essequibo from 1798; and Secretary, Registrar and Clerk of Council for Tobago from 1801.[7]

References
  1. "Wilbury House, Cholderton - 1001245". Historic England. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
  2. 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, September 03, 1832; Issue 19262. British Library Newspapers Archive, Part II: 1800–1900.
  3. "GREVILLE, Charles (1762–1832), of Shepperton, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
  4. Christopher Hibbert (2004) "Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke (1794–1865)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press.
  5. "Greville, Algernon Frederick (1789–1864) private secretary to Duke of Wellington". The National Archives. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
  6. Emmanuel Cooper, The Sexual Perspective: Homosexuality and Art, London, 1986
  7. 'Commerce' The Morning Chronicle (London, England), Tuesday, December 1, 1801; Issue 10150. British Library Newspapers Archive, Part I: 1800–1900.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Marquess of Titchfield		 Member of Parliament for Petersfield
1795–1796
With: William Jolliffe		 Succeeded by
Hylton Jolliffe


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