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

Early life

Greville was the son of George Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick, 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 Lord-Lieutenant of Essex, 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 Freemason 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); Charles Duncombe, 2nd Earl of Feversham * 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 Joseph Laycock. 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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