Algernon William Fulke Greville Vanity Fair 31 December 1881

Algernon William Fulke Greville, 2nd Baron Greville (11 February 1841 – 2 December 1909), styled Hon. Algernon Greville-Nugent from 1866 to 1883, was a British politician.

Early life

Algernon was the eldest of five sons of

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and his wife Lady Rosa Nugent. His brothers were Hon. George Greville-Nugent MP (who married Cecil Aitcheson Hankey, a daughter of Lt Gen

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), Hon. Robert Southwell Greville-Nugent (who died unmarried), Capt. Hon. Reginald Greville-Nugent (who married Louisa Maud Buller-Yarde-Buller, sister of

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and daughter of

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), and Hon. Patrick Greville-Nugent, of

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, the

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(who married Ermengarde Ogilvy. His sister was Hon Mildred Charlotte Greville-Nugent, who married Alexis Huchet, Marquis de la Bedoyére. His mother was the only daughter and heir of

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and, his first wife, Lady Emily Cecil (second daughter of

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). His paternal grandparents were Algernon Greville, of North Lodge in Hertford and the former Caroline Graham (daughter of

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Career

In 1859, he purchased a commission as cornet and sub-lieutenant in the

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, rising to the rank of captain before he retired in 1868. He entered the

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as a

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in 1865 for

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, which he represented until 1874. He was appointed a

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in 1869, resigning in 1873. From 1873 to 1874, he was a

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in Gladstone's government.

Greville barony

He and his father adopted the surname of Greville-Nugent in 1866. On 15 December 1869, his father was created Baron Greville, of Clonyn in the County of Westmeath. Greville-Nugent succeeded to his father's barony in 1883 and resumed the use of the surname of Greville alone.

Personal life

On 16 December 1863, Greville married the writer Lady Beatrice Violet Graham. Her parents were the politician

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and the racehorse owner, former Hon. Caroline Agnes Horsley-Beresford (third daughter of

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). Together, they were the parents of four children: His wife had a fifth child with William Henry John North. North was the 11th baron North, he had his own land and he was the

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. He and Violet separated and his wife continued her relationship with North for the rest of her life. Greville refused to divorce her. Their four children were: * Hon. Ronald Henry Fulke Greville (1864–1908), who married Margaret Helen Anderson, only daughter and heiress of

William McEwan William McEwan () (16 July 1827 – 12 May 1913) was a Scottish politician and brewer. He founded the Fountain Brewery in 1856, served as a member of parliament (MP) from 1886 to 1900, and funded the construction of the McEwan Hall at the Univ ...

MP. * Charles Beresford Fulke Greville, 3rd Baron Greville (1871–1952), who married American heiress Olive Grace Kerr. * Hon. Camilla Dagmar Violet Greville (1866–1938), who married Hon. Alistair George Hay, son of the

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, on 21 January 1890. They divorced in 1908. * Hon. Lilian Veronique Greville (1869–1956), who married Cmdr. Herbert Victor Creer in 1907. His eldest son, Ronald, died without issue in 1908, so he was succeeded by his second son Charles upon his own death in 1909.

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