Ralph Neville-Grenville
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Ralph Neville-Grenville DL, JP (born Ralph Neville; 27 February 1817 – 20 August 1886)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.
Background
Born Ralph Neville, he was the eldest son of the Very Revd and Hon George Neville-Grenville (Dean of Windsor and son of Richard Griffin, 2nd Baron Braybrooke) and his wife Lady Charlotte Neville-Grenville (née Lady Charlotte Legge, second daughter of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth).[2] In 1854, on the death of his father he assumend the additional surname Grenville.[3] Neville-Grenville was educated at Eton College and later Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1837.[4] He served in the British Army and was lieutenant-colonel of the West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry.[2]
Career
Neville-Grenville entered the British House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Windsor in 1841, representing it until 1847.[1] He sat again for East Somerset from 1865 to 1868, and subsequently for Mid Somerset until his resignation in 1878.[5] In 1846, Neville-Grenville was a Lord of the Treasury.[6] He was appointed High Sheriff of Somerset in 1862 and was a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for the same county.[2]
Family
On 18 September 1845, he married Julia Roberta Russell, daughter of Sir Robert Frankland Russell, 7th Baronet at All Souls Church, Langham Place.[7] They had nine children, three daughters and six sons.[8]
References
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External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ralph Neville-Grenville
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Windsor 1841 – 1847 With: John Ramsbottom 1841–1845 George Alexander Reid 1845–1847 |
Succeeded by George Alexander Reid Lord John Hay |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for East Somerset 1865 – 1868 With: Richard Horner Paget |
Succeeded by Ralph Shuttleworth Allen Richard Bright |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Mid Somerset 1868 – 1878 With: Richard Horner Paget |
Succeeded by Richard Horner Paget William Stephen Gore-Langton |
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1817 births
- 1886 deaths
- Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
- British Yeomanry officers
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Deputy Lieutenants of Somerset
- High Sheriffs of Somerset
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- People educated at Eton College
- UK MPs 1841–47
- UK MPs 1865–68
- UK MPs 1868–74
- UK MPs 1874–80
- West Somerset Yeomanry officers
