Sir Bernard Grenville (1567 – 1636) was an English politician.

Origins

He was the eldest surviving son of Richard Grenville (d. 1591),

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s of

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in Devon and of

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in the parish of

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, Cornwall and of

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, Devon, whom he succeeded in 1591 when he was lost on the ''Revenge''. He studied at

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where he matriculated in Michaelmas term 1584.

Career

Grenville came into the main family estates by a deed of 1586 and an indenture of 6 February 1591. He was knighted in 1608. He was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall for 1596–97, and a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall in 1598. He was a

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to King Charles I in 1628. He was elected a

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for Bodmin, Cornwall, in 1597.

Marriage and children

He married Elizabeth Bevill, only daughter and heiress of Phillip Bevill of Brinn and Killigarth, by whom he had four sons and a daughter, including: *Sir

Bevil Grenville Sir Bevil Grenville (23 March 1596 - 5 July 1643) was an English landowner and soldier who sat as a Member of Parliament for various constituencies between 1620 to 1642, although during those years there were few parliamentary sessions. When t ...

(1596–1643), a

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soldier in the

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, killed in action at the

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in 1643. He served as MP for

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in 1621–1625 and 1640–1642, and for Launceston in 1625–1629 and 1640. He was the father of John Grenville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628–1701). *

Sir Richard Grenville, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Grenville (26 June 1600 – 21 October 1659) was a professional soldier from Cornwall, who served in the Thirty Years War, and 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. He was the younger brother of Sir Bevil Grenville, who died a ...

(1600–1658) He died on 16 June 1636, probably at Tremeer and was buried on 26 June at St James the Great church,

, Cornwall.Cornwall, England, Extracted Parish Records atabase on-line Provo, UT, USA:

References

* 1567 births 1636 deaths Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall Deputy Lieutenants of Cornwall High Sheriffs of Cornwall English MPs 1597–1598 Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber Alumni of King's College, Cambridge {{16thC-England-MP-stub