Fulke Greville (1717–1806) of

Wilbury House Wilbury House or Wilbury Park is an 18th-century Neo-Palladian country house in the parish of Newton Tony, Wiltshire in South West England, about northeast of Salisbury. It is a Grade I listed building, and the surrounding park and garden are Gra ...

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, Wiltshire, England, was an English landowner and diplomat. He was the son of

Algernon Greville Algernon Frederick Greville (29 December 1798 – 15 December 1864) was an English soldier, cricketer, and officer of arms who served as private secretary to the Duke of Wellington. Life He was commissioned an ensign in the Grenadier Guards on ...

and Mary Somerset, daughter and coheiress of Lord Arthur Somerset, the youngest son of

Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort, Knight of the Garter, KG, Privy Council of England, PC (162921 January 1700) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1667, when ...

. His father was a son of

Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke Fulke may refer to: *Fulke d'Aunou, also written Fulco and Foulques (1004-1080?), Baron of Aunou-le-Faucon, Normandy. Second cousin of William of Normandy and one of 30 knights named as present with William at the Battle of Hastings (1066), he was a ...

.''Burkes Peerage'' (1939 edition), ''s.v.'' Warwick, Earl. For a time around 1731 he was educated as a gentleman commoner at

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. His wife was the poet

Frances Greville Frances Greville née Macartney (c 1724 – 1789) was an Irish poet and celebrity in Georgian England. She was born in Longford, Ireland in the mid-1720s; one of four daughters of James Macartney and Catherine (née Coote), daughter of the ...

,Betty Rizzo, ‘Greville , Frances (1727?–1789)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008

accessed 15 September 2008. daughter and coheir of James Macartney (1692–1770), James Macartney, Irish MP for Longford and Granard and his wife Catherine Coote. They eloped on 26 January 1748. They had several children, including: * Frances Anne Greville (born November 1748), married John Crewe, later Lord Crewe and was a noted political hostess *Capt. William Fulke Greville (8 November 1751 – 1837), grandfather of George Greville and father of

Fulke Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville Colonel Fulke Southwell Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville (17 February 1821 – 25 January 1883), known as Fulke Greville until 1866, was an Irish Liberal politician. Early life Greville was the second son of Algernon Greville, Esq., of North L ...

*Lt-Col.

Henry Francis Greville Lt-Col. Henry Francis Greville (10 August 1760 – 13 January 1816) was a British impresario. Early life and military career He was the son of Member of Parliament Fulke Greville and poet Frances Greville. In 1777 he was appointed an ensign in the ...

(10 August 1760 – 13 January 1816) *Capt. Charles Greville (2 November 1762 – 26 August 1832), father of the diarist

Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (2 April 1794 – 17 January 1865) was an English diarist and an amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1819 to 1827. His father Charles Greville was a second cousin of the 1st Earl of Warwick, and ...

, Algernon Frederick Greville, and

Henry William Greville Henry William Greville (28 October 1801 – 12 December 1872) was an English aristocrat and diarist. He was the youngest son of Charles Greville, grandson of the fifth Lord Warwick, by Lady Charlotte Cavendish Bentinck, eldest daughter of Will ...

He served as

Sheriff of Wiltshire This is a list of the Sheriffs and (after 1 April 1974) High Sheriffs of Wiltshire. Until the 14th century, the shrievalty was held '' ex officio'' by the castellans of Old Sarum Castle. On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Go ...

in 1744, and as

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for

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from 1747 to 1754. In 1765, he was appointed envoy extraordinary to the

Elector of Bavaria The following is a list of rulers during the history of Bavaria. Bavaria was ruled by several dukes and kings, partitioned and reunited, under several dynasties. Since 1949, Bavaria has been a democratic state in the Federal Republic of Germa ...

and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Imperial Diet of

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. He was the author of ''Maxims Characters and Reflections'' (1756).

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