Grenville may refer to:

People

British Prime Ministers

* George Grenville (1712–1770), Prime Minister 1763–1765 * William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759–1834), his son, Prime Minister 1806–1807

Other people

Anne Grenville, Baroness Grenville Anne Grenville, Baroness Grenville (, September 1772 – June 1864) was an English noblewoman and author, and a member of the Pitt family, which at the time dominated British politics. Biography Anne Pitt was the daughter of Thomas Pitt, 1st Ba ...

(1772–1864), English noblewoman and author * Bevil Grenville (1596–1643), English soldier * Bruce Grenville (

Bruce Ronald Henderson Bruce Ronald Henderson, also known as Bruce Grenville and Martin Renwick (born 1950), is a New Zealand anarchist, hoaxer and producer of artistamps. He is particularly known for the creation of the fictional Sultanate of Occussi-Ambeno. Early life ...

, born 1950), New Zealand anarchist and hoaxer *

Elizabeth Grenville Elizabeth Grenville (; 1719 – 5 December 1769) was a British artist and writer. She was the wife of George Grenville, prime minister from 1763 to 1765; the daughter of Sir William Wyndham, a prominent Tory politician; and the mother of Wi ...

(1719–1769), British artist and writer * George Grenville (disambiguation) * Georgina Grenville (born 1975), South African fashion model *

Henry Grenville Henry Grenville (11 September 1717 – 22 April 1784) was a British diplomat and politician. Grenville was born into a family of politicians. His father was Sir Richard Grenville, MP; one of his elder brothers was Earl Temple, a governmen ...

(1717–1784), British diplomat and politician *

Hester Grenville, 1st Countess Temple Hester Grenville, 1st Countess Temple, 2nd Viscountess Cobham (''née'' Temple; –1752) was an English noblewoman. She was the mother and grandmother of the Prime Ministers George Grenville and William Grenville. Life and family She was t ...

, (c. 1690 – 1752) *

Honor Grenville, Viscountess Lisle Honor Grenville, Viscountess Lisle (c. 1493–1495Byrne, vol.1, p. 305, Honor's birthyear was estimated at 1493–95 – 1566) was a Cornish lady whose domestic life from 1533 to 1540 during the reign of King Henry VIII is exceptional ...

, (c. 1493–5 – 1566) * Kate Grenville (born 1950), Australian author *

James Grenville James Grenville (12 February 1715 – 14 September 1783) was a British politician. He was born at Wotton House, Buckinghamshire in 1715 into the influential Grenville political family and was one of five brothers who went into politics. He was ...

(1715–1783), British politician * James Grenville, 1st Baron Glastonbury (1742–1825), British politician *

Jane Grenville Jane Clare Grenville, (born 17 June 1958) is a British archaeologist and academic, specialising in the archaeology of medieval buildings. Her early career was in field archaeology, heritage, and building conservation. In 1991, she joined the Uni ...

(born 1958), British archaeologist and academic * John Grenville (disambiguation) *

Richard Grenville (disambiguation) Sir Richard Grenville (1542–1591) was an English sailor and soldier. Richard Grenville may also refer to: People Grenville of Devon and Cornwall * Richard de Grenville (died after 1142), one of the Twelve Knights of Glamorgan * Richard Grenvill ...

* Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (disambiguation) *

Thomas Grenville (disambiguation) Thomas Grenville (1755–1846) was a British politician and bibliophile. Thomas Grenville may also refer to: *Thomas Grenville (Royal Navy officer) (1719–1747), British politician and naval officer *Sir Thomas Grenville (died 1513) Sir Tho ...

People with the given name Grenville

Grenville Anderson Grenville Anderson (26 November 1951 – 31 May 2004) was an Australian auto racing driver, considered one of the icons of Australian sedan racing. He is the only driver in Australian speedway history to win four Australian Super Sedan Champions ...

(1951–2004), Australian auto racing driver *

Grenville Astill Grenville Astill is a professor in the department of archaeology at the University of Reading. Astill is a specialist in Medieval urbanisation, the medieval countryside and landscape archaeology, monasticism and technology and industry. He recei ...

, British archaeology at the University of Reading *

Grenville Beardsley Grenville Beardsley II (January 12, 1898 – June 3, 1960) was Attorney General of Illinois from 1959 to 1960.'Illinois Blue Book 1959-1960,' Biographical Sketch of Grenville Beardsley, pg. 98 Early life and education Beardsley was born in ...

(1898–1960), American lawyer, Attorney General of Illinois * Grenville Berkeley (1806–1896), British politician *

Grenville Booth Grenville Booth (2 April 1925 – May 1990) was an English footballer. Booth made eight appearances for his hometown club of Chester in 1948–49, having progressed through the club's junior ranks.Sumner (1997), p. 135 The following season saw hi ...

(1925 –1990) English footballer *

Grenville Clark Grenville Clark (November 5, 1882 – January 13, 1967) was a 20th-century American Wall Street lawyer, co-founder of Root Clark & Bird (later Dewey Ballantine, then Dewey & LeBoeuf), member of the Harvard Corporation, co-author of the book '' Wo ...

(1882–1967) American lawyer and author *

Grenville Cole Grenville Arthur James Cole FRS, FGS, MRIA (21 October 1859 – 20 April 1924) was an English geologist. He was from 1890 the Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in the Royal College of Science for Ireland, and from 1905 he became the fifth Dir ...

(1859–1924), British geologist *

Grenville Cross Ian Grenville Cross (, born 15 June 1951) is a British barrister who was appointed Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of Hong Kong on 15 October 1997, and held this post for over 12 years, until 21 October 2009. He was the first DPP to be a ...

(born 1951), British barrister *

Grenville Davey Grenville Davey (28 April 1961 – 28 February 2022) was a British sculptor and winner of the 1992 Turner Prize. Davey was a visiting professor of the University of the Arts London and programme leader, MA Fine Art at the University of Eas ...

(born 1961), English sculptor *

Grenville Dietrich Grenville Dietrich (born 5 March 1960) is a retired Australian Rules football player who played for the North Adelaide and West Torrens football clubs in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) between 1982 and 1988. Early lif ...

(born 1960), retired Australian Rules football player *

Grenville M. Dodge Grenville Mellen Dodge (April 12, 1831 – January 3, 1916) was a Union Army officer on the frontier and a pioneering figure in military intelligence during the Civil War, who served as Ulysses S. Grant's intelligence chief in the Western Thea ...

(1831–1916), American Civil War officer and congressman *

Grenville C. Emery Grenville C. Emery (July 19, 1843 – May 9, 1927) was an educator, author, head master and founder of what is now the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California. Biography Emery was born July 19, 1843, in Ripley, Maine, to John G. Emery ...

(born 1843) American educator and author, founder of Harvard-Westlake School *

Grenville T. Emmet Grenville Temple Emmet (August 2, 1877 – September 26, 1937) was an American attorney and diplomat. He practiced law with Franklin D. Roosevelt and served as United States Ambassador to the Netherlands and Austria. Early life Emmet was born in ...

(1877–1937), American lawyer and diplomat *

Grenville Goodwin Grenville W. "Gren" Goodwin (1898 – 27 August 1951) was Mayor of Ottawa for several months in 1951. His hometown was Prescott, Ontario and he was an optometrist by profession. He moved to Ottawa in 1911. He served in France during World ...

(c. 1898–1951), former Mayor of Ottawa *

Grenville Hair Kenneth Grenville Arthur Hair (16 November 1931 – 7 March 1968) was a footballer who played his entire professional career for Leeds United between 1948 and 1964. He later became the manager of Wellington Town and Bradford City. He died of a ...

(1931–1968), English footballer *

Grenville Johnston Lieutenant Colonel Grenville Shaw Johnston, (born 28 January 1945) is a retired British accountant and Territorial Army officer. He is the former Lord Lieutenant of Moray. Early life Johnston was born on 28 January 1945 in Nairn, Scotland. At a ...

(born 1945), British accountant and Territorial Army officer *

Grenville Jones Thomas Grenville Jones (23 July 1922 – 2 February 2000), was a Welsh political consultant and Liberal Party politician. Background He was educated at Llandrindod Wells, Tonbridge School and St. Catharine's College, Cambridge.The Times House of ...

(1922–2000), Welsh political consultant and politician *

Grenville Kent Grenville J. R. Kent (born 1965) is an Australian academic, film producer, author, and Christian communicator. He is the producer of ''Big Questions'', a forthcoming documentary series examining faith, and the "10 Questions for God" series of boo ...

(born 1965), Australian author and filmmaker *

Grenville Kleiser Grenville Kleiser (1868– 1935) was a North American author. He was the author of a long list of inspirational books and guides to oratorical success and personal development. Kleiser also worked as an instructor in Public Speaking at Yale Div ...

(1868–1953) Canadian author * Grenville Lewis (1875–1964), American college football coach and businessman * Grenville Mellen (1799–1841), American poet and lawyer *

Grenville Millington Grenville Rodney Millington (born 10 December 1951 in Queensferry, Flintshire) is a former professional footballer who played in The Football League as a goalkeeper. He enjoyed a long career with Chester and was voted the club's BBC Cult Hero i ...

(born 1951), Welsh footballer *

Grenville Morris Arthur Grenville Morris (13 April 1877 – 27 November 1959) was a Welsh footballer who played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest. He is the club's all-time highest scorer with 217 goals. He also played for Aberystwyth Town and Swindon ...

(1877–1959), Welsh footballer *

Grenville Pinto Grenville Pinto is a Canadian violinist, recording artist, entertainer and composer based in Toronto, Ontario. He was trained under the Royal Conservatory of Music and was also a member of the Philharmonic Orchestra in Hamilton.Grenville Turner (born 1936) British physicist * Grenville Wilson (born 1932), English cricketer * Grenville Dean Wilson (1833–1897), American pianist and composer *

Grenville Lindall Winthrop Grenville Lindall Winthrop (1864-1943) was an American lawyer and art collector from New York City. A direct descendant of John Winthrop, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, he restored historic buildings in Lenox, Massachusetts an ...

(1864–1943), American lawyer and art collector

Places

Australia

Cape Grenville Cape Grenville (), is a small, east-facing promontory along the Queensland, Australia coast of Cape York Peninsula. It lies between Shelburne Bay to the north and Temple Bay to the south. The nearest significant settlement is Weipa, along the w ...

, Queensland, Australia *

County of Grenville, Victoria The County of Grenville is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It is located to the north-east of Lake Corangamite and includes Cressy. Ballarat is on its north-eastern ...

, Australia ** Electoral district of Grenville, Victoria, Australia, 1859–1927 **

Shire of Grenville The Shire of Grenville was a local government area southwest of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1861 until 1994. History Grenville was first incorporated as a road district o ...

, Victoria, Australia, 1861–1994

Canada

Grenville, Quebec Grenville is a village municipality in the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality of the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It is located opposite Hawkesbury, Ontario, on the Ottawa River. History Although Grenville was already shown on the ...

Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Quebec Grenville-sur-la-Rouge is a municipality in the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It is a predominantly Francophone community situated along the southern border of Quebec between Montreal and Ott ...

Grenville, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge Grenville is a borough of the municipality of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge in Quebec, Canada, located on the left bank of the Ottawa River. History Prior to April 24, 2002, it was an independent township municipality. On that date it merged with the v ...

Grenville Channel Grenville Channel is a strait on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, between Pitt Island and the mainland to the south of Prince Rupert. It is part of the Inside Passage shipping route, about long and is wide at its narrowest point. ...

, a strait on the north coast of British Columbia * Grenville County, Ontario **

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, commonly known as Leeds and Grenville, is a county in Ontario, Canada, in the Eastern Ontario subregion of Southern Ontario. It fronts on the Saint Lawrence River and the international boundary between ...

Grenville (electoral district) Grenville was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Grenville South and Leeds North and Grenville North ...

Grenville (provincial electoral district) Grenville was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. In 1867 at the time of confederation A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a union of sovereign groups or states united for purposes of common action. Usually creat ...

Grenville Parish, Prince Edward Island Grenville Parish was created as a civil parish in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada, during the 1764–1766 survey of Samuel Holland. It contains the following townships: * Lot 20 * Lot 21 * Lot 22 * Lot 23 * Lot 67 Naming histo ...

, Canada * Grenville Province, a geological region in eastern Canada *

Mount Grenville Mount Grenville is the highest summit of the Homathko Icefield of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains, east of the head of Bute Inlet , image = Bute Inlet.jpg , image_size = 260px , alt = , caption ...

, British Columbia

Grenada

* Grenville, Grenada *

Grenville River The Grenville River is a river of Grenada. See also *List of rivers of Grenada This is a list of rivers of Grenada. Rivers in Grenada flow towards the Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Ka ...

United States

Grenville, New Mexico Grenville is a village in Union County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 38 at the 2010 census. The village lost population for much of the twentieth century, but recent economic success bodes well. Geography Grenville is located at ...

Grenville, South Dakota Grenville is a town in Day County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 48 at the 2020 census. Grenville was laid out in 1914, and named for the greenery of the original town site. Geography According to the United States Census Bu ...

Point Grenville Point Grenville is a headland of Washington state. The point was named ''Punta de los Mártires'' ("Point of the Martyrs") during the 1775 expedition of Bruno de Heceta Bruno de Heceta (Hezeta) y Dudagoitia (1743–1807) was a Spanish Basque expl ...

, a headland of Washington State

Other uses

Grenville Christian College Grenville Christian College is a former private boarding school located in the rural community of Maitland, some northeast of Brockville, Ontario, on the bank of the St. Lawrence River. " The independent university preparatory school was compo ...

, Ontario, Canada *

Grenville College Grenville College was an independent boarding and day school situated in Bideford, Devon, England. In 2009 the school merged with neighbouring Edgehill College to become the Kingsley School. History Grenville College was founded in 1954 as a bo ...

, former boarding school in Devon, England * Grenville College, Ballarat, former private school in Australia * Grenville orogeny, geological mountain-building event *

Grenville Secondary School Grenville Secondary School is a co-educational institution located in Grenville, St. Andrews parish, Grenada. Founded in 1983, it has a student population of 400 to 500 students and a teaching Teaching is the practice implemented by a ''te ...

, Grenada * , several Royal Navy ships *

Grenville House Grenville House is a mid-rise (14 floors) apartment complex at 1-3 Magazine Gap Road in the Mid-levels area of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong and completed in 1971. From 1997 to 2006 a four bedroom unit belonging to Tung Chee-hwa served as the offic ...

, residential complex in Hong Kong * ''

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles ''The Two Mrs. Grenvilles'' is a 1987 television miniseries based on Dominick Dunne's 1985 novel of the same name and dramatizing the sensational killing of William Woodward, Jr. by his wife, Ann Woodward in 1955. Directed by John Erman, the min ...

'', 1987 television miniseries