George Neville-Grenville (17 August 1789 – 10 June 1854), named George Neville until 1825,''Burke's Peerage 2003'', page 490 was

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in the mid nineteenth century.

Early life

Neville was born a younger son of the Hon Richard Griffin MP (later 2nd Baron Braybrooke) and the Hon Mrs Griffin (née Catherine Grenville and later Lady Braybrooke, a daughter of prime minister

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); his elder brother was (later)

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. He was educated at

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and

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Career

In 1813, he was nominated by his father, as owner of Audley End, as Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He served in this role for forty years. An

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, he was also registrar of the

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. On being appointed

in 1846, Neville-Grenville offered to resign the mastership of Magdalene, but was blocked by the Visitor, his brother

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, who had earmarked the post for his fourth son Latimer Neville, then aged 19. The Master's health was in decline: by 1850, although still only sixty years of age, he was "a wreck". With some diplomacy needed to manage the Fellowship, the transition was achieved in 1853, and Latimer Neville became Master at the age of 26.

Personal life

In 1816 he married Lady Charlotte Legge, daughter of

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and Lady Frances Finch (second daughter of

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and Lady Charlotte Seymour, herself the daughter of

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). Together, they were the parents of: *

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(1817–1886), a Tory MP who married Julia Roberts Frankland-Russell, fourth daughter of Sir Robert Frankland-Russell, 7th Baronet and Louisa Anne Murray (a daughter of Rt. Rev. Lord George Murray,

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) in 1845. * William Frederick Neville (1818–1882), Vicar of Butleigh and Prebendary of Wells; he married Fanny Grace Blackwood in 1847. * Frances Catherine Neville, who married the Rev. Edmund Peel, in 1849. * Georgiana Neville (1821–1882) * Cicely Neville (1821–1898) * Seymour Neville (b. 1823), Rector of Ockham; he married Agnes Mary Proby, youngest daughter of Rev. Charles Privy, Canon of Windsor and Vicar of Twickenham, in 1859. * Edward Neville (b. 1824), a Lt.-Col. who married Georgiana Frances Corbett, daughter of Vincent Corbett, in 1866. * Harriet Louisa Neville, who married the Rev. Charles Arundell St John-Mildmay, third son of

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, in 1854. * Adelaide Neville (d. 1837) * Capt Glastonbury Neville (1829–1858), who was killed in action at Barodia, near Ratghur. * William Wyndham Neville (1834–1858) Neville-Grenville died at his seat, Butleigh Court near

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, on 10 June 1854.DEATH OF THE DEAN OF WINDSOR.

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(London, England), Monday, June 12, 1854; pg. 5; Issue 25098. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II

References

1789 births Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Masters of Magdalene College, Cambridge Deans of Windsor Honorary Chaplains to the King 1854 deaths Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge Registrars of the Order of the Garter Younger sons of barons People educated at Eton College {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub