Fulke Greville (1717–1806)

Fulke Greville (1717–1806) of Wilbury House, Newton Toney, Wiltshire, England, was an English landowner and diplomat.

He was the son of Algernon Greville and Mary Somerset, daughter and coheiress of Lord Arthur Somerset, the youngest son of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort. His father was a son of Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke.[1] For a time around 1731 he was educated as a gentleman commoner at Winchester College.[2]

His wife was the poet Frances Greville,[3] daughter and coheir of James Macartney, Irish MP for Longford and Granard and his wife Catherine Coote. They eloped on 26 January 1748. They had several children, including:

Fulke's daughter Frances Anne Crewe

He served as Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1744,[4] and as Member of Parliament for Monmouth Boroughs from 1747 to 1754. In 1765, he was appointed envoy extraordinary to the Elector of Bavaria and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Imperial Diet of Ratisbon.[5][6]

He was the author of Maxims Characters and Reflections (1756).

Further reading

  • Lancaster, Geoffrey (2015). The First Fleet Piano: Volume One: A Musician's View. ANU E Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-922144-65-2. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

References

  1. ^ Burkes Peerage (1939 edition), s.v. Warwick, Earl.
  2. ^ Giddlings, Tim (July 2019). "Gentlemen Commoners, 1730s". In Foster, Richard (ed.). 50 Treasures from Winchester College. SCALA. p. 104. ISBN 9781785512209.
  3. ^ a b Betty Rizzo, ‘Greville, Frances (1727?–1789)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008) [1], accessed 15 September 2008.
  4. ^ "Extracts from The Gentleman's Magazine relating to Wiltshire, volume XIV, 1744". Wiltshire Notes and Queries: 364. Feb.—His Majesty in Council appointed Fulk Greville, of Newton Toney, Esq., Sheriff of Wilts.
  5. ^ J. Haydn, Book of Dignities (1851), 78.
  6. ^ "No. 10576". The London Gazette. 23 November 1765. p. 1. Whitehall November 23. The King has been pleased to appoint, ... Fulk Greville, Esq; Envoy Extraordinary to the Elector of Bavaria, and Minister to the Diet at Ratisbon.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Monmouth Boroughs
1747–1754
Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Envoy to Bavaria
1764–1769
Succeeded by