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Fulke Southwell Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville (17 February 1821 – 25 January 1883), known as Fulke Greville until 1866, was an

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politician.

Early life

Greville was the second son of Algernon Greville, Esq., of North Lodge in

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, and the former Caroline Graham. His mother was the second daughter of

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. He was a member of a junior branch of the Greville family headed by the

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Political career

Greville sat as

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for Longford County as a

from 19 July 1852 until 1869, when he was raised to the

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as Baron Greville, of Clonyn in the County of Westmeath. He had adopted the surname of Nugent-Greville by Royal Patent in 1866. He subsequently served as

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from 1871 to 1883.Recollections of troubled times in Irish politics
by

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. 1905

Personal life

On 28 April 1840 Lord Greville married Lady Rosa Emily Mary Anne Nugent, the only daughter and heir of

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, his first wife, Lady Emily Cecil (second daughter of

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). Together, they had six children: *

Algernon Greville-Nugent, 2nd Baron Greville Algernon William Fulke Greville, 2nd Baron Greville (11 February 1841 – 2 December 1909), styled Hon. Algernon Greville-Nugent from 1866 to 1883, was a British politician. Early life Algernon was the eldest of five sons of Fulke Greville-Nuge ...

(1841–1909). * Hon. George Frederick Greville-Nugent (1842–1897). * Hon. Robert Southwell Greville-Nugent (1847–1912). * Hon. Reginald James Macartney Greville-Nugent (1848–1878). * Hon. Patrick Emilius John Greville-Nugent (1852–1925), who married Ermengarda Ogilvy on 5 June 1882. * Hon. Mildred Charlotte Greville-Nugent (d. 1906), who married Alexius Huchet, Marquis de La Bêdoyére on 26 August 1869. Lord Greville died on 25 January 1883.

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