Edward Charles Grenfell, 1st Baron St Just (29 May 1870 – 26 November 1941), was a British banker and politician. His father, Henry Riversdale Grenfell, was

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between 1881 and 1883.

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, was his first cousin. He was educated at Harrow School and

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, where he was secretary of the

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. On graduation, he immediately entered a career in banking with a position in

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, and subsequently with Smith Ellison, moving to J. S. Morgan & Co. in 1900. In 1904 Grenfell became a partner in the bank and in 1910, when

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restructured his London bank, it was renamed Morgan, Grenfell & Co. to reflect his position as senior partner. He was a director of the Bank of England from 1905 to 1940. Grenfell married Florence Emily Henderson in 1913. In May 1922 he was elected a Unionist

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for the

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in a

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and held the seat until 1935, when he was raised to the peerage as Baron St Just, of

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in the County of Cornwall. This led to the 1935 City of London by-election, at which there was no contest. Lord St Just died on 26 November 1941, aged 71, and was succeeded in the barony by his only child Peter George Grenfell (1922–1984).

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at ''Grenfell Family History Site'' * *

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