Baron Greville, of Clonyn, County Westmeath, was a title in the

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. It was created on 15 December 1869 for the

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politician Fulke Greville-Nugent,

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for

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from 1852 to 1869. Born Fulke Southwell Greville he was the grandson of

Fulke Greville Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, ''de jure'' 13th Baron Latimer and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke KB PC (; 3 October 1554 – 30 September 1628), known before 1621 as Sir Fulke Greville, was an Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman wh ...

, son of the Honourable

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, second son of Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke (from whom the Greville Earls of Warwick are also descended; see this title for earlier history of the Greville family). Lord Greville married Lady Rosa Emily Mary Anne Nugent (died 1883), only daughter

George Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath George Thomas John Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath (17 July 1785 – 5 May 1871), styled Lord Delvin between 1792 and 1814 and known as The Earl of Westmeath between 1814 and 1821, was an Anglo-Irish peer. Background Nugent was born in Clo ...

, and assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Nugent in 1866. Through this marriage, The Nugent family seat of

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came into this branch of the Greville family. Lord Greville was succeeded by his son in 1883. The second Baron was married to the writer

Violet, Lady Greville Beatrice Violet Greville, Baroness Greville (born Lady Beatrice Violet Graham; 13 February 1842 – 29 February 1932) was a British aristocrat, novelist and playwright. Life Greville was born at the now demolished Sulby Hall at Sulby, Northampto ...

. He was a Liberal politician and served as Private Secretary to Prime Minister

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from 1872–73 and as a

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from 1873–74. In 1883, Lord Greville resumed by Royal licence the surname of Greville only. His eldest son the Honourable

Ronald Greville Hon. Ronald Henry Fulke Greville MVO (14 October 1864 – 5 April 1908) was an English Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford East from 1896 to 1906. Early life Greville was born 14 October 1864 the elde ...

represented Bradford East in Parliament but predeceased his father. On the second Baron's death, the title consequently passed to his only surviving son, the third Baron. He was Military Secretary to the

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, from 1904–08. He was succeeded by his only son, the fourth Baron. He never married. Upon his death in 1987 the barony became extinct. The Honourable Reginald Greville-Nugent, younger son of the first Baron, was also a politician. His son, Reginald Maugham, was a writer of

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and British Consul-General in Senegal. Dame

Margaret Greville Dame Margaret Helen Greville, ( Anderson; 20 December 1863 – 15 September 1942), was a British society hostess and philanthropist. She was the wife of the Hon. Ronald Greville (1864–1908). Family background Born Margaret Helen Anderson, she ...

, wife of the Hon. Ronald Greville, eldest son of the second Baron, was a society hostess and philanthropist.

Barons Greville (1869)

Fulke Southwell Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville Colonel Fulke Southwell Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville (17 February 1821 – 25 January 1883), known as Fulke Greville until 1866, was an Irish Liberal politician. Early life Greville was the second son of Algernon Greville, Esq., of North L ...

(1821–1883) * Algernon William Fulke Greville, 2nd Baron Greville (1841–1909) ** Hon. Ronald Henry Fulke Greville (1864–1908) * Charles Beresford Fulke Greville, 3rd Baron Greville (1871–1952) *Ronald Charles Fulke Greville, 4th Baron Greville (1912–1987) *Peter Charles Algernon Ascroft Greville, 5th Baron Greville (1916–2007) *Christopher Brooke Fulke Greville, 6th Baron Greville (1951–)

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* *''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1968 edition). * {{DEFAULTSORT:Greville Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1869 Noble titles created for UK MPs

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Barons Greville (1869)

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