Francis Richard Charles Guy Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick (9 February 1853 – 15 January 1924), styled Lord Brooke until 1893, was a

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politician.

Early life

Greville was the son of

George Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick George Guy Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick, 4th Earl Brooke (28 March 1818 – 2 December 1893), styled Lord Brooke from 1818 to 1853, was an English British Tory Party, Tory politician, bibliophile and collector. Early life Greville was born in ...

, and his wife, Lady Anne, daughter of

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, and was educated at

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and

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. On 28 February 1874, he was appointed a

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sub-lieutenant in the

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. Brooke was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Warwickshire on 3 March 1875 and promoted to captain in the Yeomanry on 26 August 1876.

Career

He entered Parliament for

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in an 1879 by-election, a seat he held until 1885, and later represented

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from 1888 to 1892. The following year, Greville succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the

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. In August 1901, he was appointed

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, serving as such until 1919. He was appointed deputy lieutenant of the county on 8 July 1919. In November 1901 he was appointed Honorary Colonel of the new Essex Imperial Yeomanry Regiment, and in late 1901 he was elected Mayor of

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for the following year. He was a senior

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under the

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, and rose to the office of Deputy Grand Master under the Grand Mastership of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later King

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. He was also a member of the

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(AOD); in August 1905 he was one of the British aristocrat members of the Order who participated in the first ceremony organized by the AOD at

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Personal life

Lord Warwick married Frances Evelyn Maynard (10 December 1861 – 26 July 1938), daughter of Charles Henry Maynard, in 1881. They had five children: * Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville, 6th Earl of Warwick (10 September 1882 – 31 January 1928) * Lady Marjorie Blanche Eva Greville (25 October 1884 – 25 July 1964);

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* Charles Algernon Cromartie Greville (22 November 1885 – 28 March 1887) * Maynard Greville (21 March 1898 – 21 February 1960) * Lady Mercy Greville (3 April 1904 – 21 November 1968). She married first

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and later, in 1936, Patrick Gamble. The youngest two children were reputedly fathered by one of the countess' lovers, millionaire bachelor

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. Francis Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick died in January 1924, aged 70, and is buried in the

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. He was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son Leopold. The Countess of Warwick died in July 1938, aged 76.

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