Leopold Greville, 6th Earl of Warwick

The Right Honourable The Earl of Warwick CMG MVO
In The Sketch, 29 August 1900
Personal details
Born	Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville (1882-09-10)10 September 1882
Died	31 January 1928(1928-01-31) (aged 45) Hove, East Sussex, England
Spouse	Elfrida Marjorie Eden ​ ​ (m. 1909)​
Children	Charles Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick
Parent(s)	Francis Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick Daisy Maynard
Alma mater	Eton College
Military service
Branch/service	The King's Royal Rifle Corps
Rank	Brigadier-general
Commands	4th Canadian Infantry Brigade 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Battles/wars	Second Boer War First World War

Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville, 6th Earl of Warwick, CMG, MVO (10 September 1882 – 31 January 1928), styled Lord Brooke between 1893 and 1924, was a British officer.[1]

Early life

Greville was born on 10 September 1882, the son of Francis Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick and his wife, the former Daisy Maynard. He was likely the only child of Lady Warwick who was fathered by the Earl.[1][2]

He was educated at Eton,[1] he eventually ran away from the school, supposedly selling his fur coat and gun to travel to join the Second Boer War.[3]

He succeeded his father in the earldom in January 1924.[2]

Military service

Lord Brooke was a second lieutenant in the 7th (Militia) Battalion of The King's Royal Rifle Corps, and was seconded for service with a line battalion in March 1900.[4] He fought in the Second Boer War (1899–1901), and was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in the Life Guards on 3 November 1900. From August 1901 he served as Aide-de-Camp to Lord Milner, High Commissioner for South Africa,[5] an appointment he held until the conclusion of the war in 1902. He was also a Reuters correspondent during the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905). In 1907 he was Aide-de-Camp to the Inspector-General of the Forces. In 1905 he was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO).[1]

During the First World War he was Aide-de-Camp to the General Officer Commanding of the British Expeditionary Force from 1914 until 1915. He was then promoted to Brigadier General later that year and commanded 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade and then 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade until wounded on 12 September 1916. After recovering, he served in Paris with the Canadian Mission.[6][7]

Death

He died at a nursing home in Hove on 31 January 1928.[2]

Personal life

Marjorie Eden, Lady Brooke, later Countess of Warwick (1887–1943) (John Singer Sargent)

On 29 April 1909, Lord Warwick married Elfrida Marjorie Eden (1887–1943). She was the only daughter of Sir William Eden, 7th Baronet and Sybil Frances Grey (a daughter Sir William Grey KCSI by his second wife). Together, Lord Warwick and Elfrida were the parents of three children:[7]

• Charles Guy Fulke Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick (1911–1984).[8]
• Richard Francis Maynard Greville (1913–1968),[9] who served as a Governor of University College Hospital from 1952 to 1968.[7]
• John Ambrose Henry Greville (1918–1942), who was killed in action.[7]

After his death, his widow, the Countess of Warwick served as Mayor of Warwick in 1929, 1930 and 1931 before her death on 10 February 1943.[7]

Selected works

• An Eye-witness in Manchuria (1905). London: E. Nash.

References

1. Hesilrige, Arthur G. M., ed. (1921). Debrett's Peerage, and Titles of Courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 907. Retrieved 13 November 2023 – via Google Books.
2. "Obituary: The Earl of Warwick". The Daily Telegraph. 1 February 1928. p. 13. Retrieved 13 November 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Gliddon, Gerald (2002). The Aristocracy and the Great War. Gliddon Books. pp. 112, 394. ISBN 9780947893354. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
4. "No. 27171". The London Gazette. 6 March 1900. p. 1533.
5. "No. 27351". The London Gazette. 3 September 1901. p. 5812.
6. Canadian Expeditionary Force Service File RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1097 - 43
7. "Warwick, Earl of (GB, 1759)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
8. Bowman, Martin (2015). RAF Fighter Pilots in WWII. Pen and Sword. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-4738-6571-6.
9. Beauclerk-Dewar, Peter de Vere; Powell, Roger S. (2006). Right Royal Bastards: The Fruits of Passion. Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-9711966-8-1.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Warwick

Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Francis Greville	Earl Brooke Earl of Warwick 1924–1928	Succeeded by Charles Greville