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John Granville, 1st Baron Granville of Potheridge
PC (12 April 1665 – 3 December 1707), styled The Honourable John Granville until 1703, was an English soldier, landowner and politician.
Background and education
Granville was the second son of
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, by
Jane Wyche, daughter of
Sir Peter Wyche. He was the grandson of
Sir Bevil Grenville
Sir Bevil Grenville (23 March 1596 - 5 July 1643) was an English landowner and soldier who sat as a Member of Parliament for various constituencies between 1620 to 1642, although during those years there were few parliamentary sessions. When t ...
and the younger brother of
Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath
Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath ( bapt. 31 August 1661 – 4 September 1701) was an English soldier, politician, diplomat, courtier and peer.
Born with the courtesy title of Lord Lansdown in 1661, he was the eldest son of John Granville, 1st E ...
.
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He was educated at
Christ Church, Oxford.
Political career
Granville fought alongside his elder brother in the
Imperial Army during the
Battle of Vienna in 1683.
Two years later he was returned to Parliament for
Launceston, a seat he held until 1687.
He welcomed the
Glorious Revolution of 1688 and led a force of Grenadiers in support of
William of Orange at the
Siege of Cork
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In a combined land and sea operation, W ...
in September, 1690. He had been appointed
Captain of Deal Castle
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in February, 1690, but lost the position for political reasons, along with his colonelcy in the Guards and his captaincy of a man-of-war, in December of that year.
In 1689 he was elected to Parliament for
Plymouth.
He notably made four speeches attacking the conditions of the
Royal Navy
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and was a member of the committee set up to make recommendations on relieving wounded seamen.
He continued to sit for Plymouth until 1698, and then represented
Newport until 1700,
Fowey from January to December 1701 and
Cornwall
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from 1701 to 1703.
He was in opposition during the whole reign of
William III.
When
Queen Anne succeeded to the throne in 1702, Granville was sworn of the
Privy Council.
In 1703 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Granville of Potheridge, of
Potheridge
Potheridge (''alias'' Great Potheridge, Poderigge, Poderidge or Powdrich) is a former Domesday Book estate in the parish of Merton, in the historic hundred of Shebbear, 3 miles south-east of Great Torrington, Devon, England. It is the site ...
in the County of Devon,
and appointed
Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall
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*John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath 1556–? ...
,
Lord Warden of the Stannaries
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and
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance
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, posts he held until 1705.
The latter year he again went into opposition.
Family
Lord Granville of Potheridge married Rebeccah Child, daughter of
Sir Josiah Child, 1st Baronet
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, and widow of
Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester
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He was the eldest surviving son of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort and Mary Capell, and was styled Lord Herbert of Raglan ...
, in 1703. They had no children. He died in December 1707 after an
apoplectic seizure, aged 42. As he had no children the barony died with him. He was buried at
St Clement Danes,
London
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.
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