Grenville may refer to:

People

British Prime Ministers

George Grenville George Grenville (14 October 1712 – 13 November 1770) was a British Whig statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain. Grenville was born into an influential political family and first entered Parliament in 1741 as an ...

(1712–1770), Prime Minister 1763–1765 *

William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, (25 October 175912 January 1834) was a British Pittite Tory politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807, but was a supporter of the Whigs for the duration of ...

(1759–1834), his son, Prime Minister 1806–1807

Other people

* Anne Grenville, Baroness Grenville (1772–1864), English noblewoman and author *

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 ...

(1596–1643), English soldier * Bruce Grenville ( Bruce Ronald Henderson, 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 W ...

(1719–1769), British artist and writer * George Grenville (disambiguation) *

Georgina Grenville Georgina Grenville (born 1 October 1975 in Durban, Natal, South Africa) is a South African fashion model. Career At the age of 14 Grenville won the opening round of the South African 1990 Elite 'Look of the Year' contest. She modeled briefl ...

(born 1975), South African fashion model * Henry Grenville (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 ...

, (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 Catherine Elizabeth Grenville (born 1950) is an Australian author. She has published fifteen books, including fiction, non-fiction, biography, and books about the writing process. In 2001, she won the Orange Prize for '' The Idea of Perfectio ...

(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 James Grenville, 1st Baron Glastonbury, PC (6 July 1742 – 26 April 1825) of Butleigh Court, Somerset was a United Kingdom politician, who was a member of both houses of Parliament during his career. Background Grenville was the eldest son of ...

(1742–1825), British politician * Jane Grenville (born 1958), British archaeologist and academic * John Grenville (disambiguation) * Richard Grenville (disambiguation) * Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (disambiguation) * Thomas Grenville (disambiguation)

People with the given name Grenville

* Grenville Anderson (1951–2004), Australian auto racing driver * Grenville Astill, British archaeology at the University of Reading * Grenville Beardsley (1898–1960), American lawyer, Attorney General of Illinois *

Grenville Berkeley Grenville Charles Lennox Berkeley (alternatively Charles Lennox Grenville Berkeley) (30 March 1806 – 25 September 1896), also known as C. L. Grenville Berkeley, was a British Liberal Party politician. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the ...

(1806–1896), British politician * Grenville Booth (1925 –1990) English footballer * Grenville Clark (1882–1967) American lawyer and author * Grenville Cole (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 ...

(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 (born 1960), retired Australian Rules football player * Grenville M. Dodge (1831–1916), American Civil War officer and congressman * Grenville C. Emery (born 1843) American educator and author, founder of Harvard-Westlake School * Grenville T. Emmet (1877–1937), American lawyer and diplomat * Grenville Goodwin (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 (born 1945), British accountant and Territorial Army officer * Grenville Jones (1922–2000), Welsh political consultant and politician * Grenville Kent (born 1965), Australian author and filmmaker * Grenville Kleiser (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 (1877–1959), Welsh footballer * Grenville Pinto, Canadian violinist *

Grenville Turner Grenville Turner (born 1 November 1936, in Todmorden) is a research professor at the University of Manchester. He is one of the pioneers of cosmochemistry. Education * Todmorden Grammar School * St. John's College, Cambridge (MA) * Balliol ...

(born 1936) British physicist * Grenville Wilson (born 1932), English cricketer * Grenville Dean Wilson (1833–1897), American pianist and composer * Grenville Lindall Winthrop (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 ...

, Queensland, Australia * County of Grenville, Victoria, Australia **

Electoral district of Grenville Grenville was an Electoral districts of Victoria, electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria from 1859 to 1927. It was located in western Victoria ...

, 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 distric ...

, 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 t ...

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 ...

** Grenville, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge * Grenville Channel, a strait on the north coast of British Columbia *

Grenville County, Ontario Grenville County is a former county in the Canadian province of Ontario. It fronted on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, between the towns of Kingston and Cornwall. The county was created in 1792, and named in honour of William Grenv ...

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 Nor ...

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 The Grenville Province is a tectonically complex region, in Eastern Canada, that contains many different aged accreted terranes from various origins. It exists southeast of the Grenville Front and extends from Labrador southwestern to Lake Huron. ...

, 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 is the second largest town in Grenada, after St. George's, and it is the capital of the largest parish, Saint Andrew Parish. Grenville is located on Grenville Bay, about halfway up the east coast of the Caribbean island of Grenada and ...

* Grenville River

United States

* Grenville, New Mexico * Grenville, South Dakota *

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, Ontario, Canada * Grenville College, former boarding school in Devon, England * Grenville College, Ballarat, former private school in Australia *

Grenville orogeny The Grenville orogeny was a long-lived Mesoproterozoic mountain-building event associated with the assembly of the supercontinent Rodinia. Its record is a prominent orogenic belt which spans a significant portion of the North American continent, f ...

, geological mountain-building event * Grenville Secondary School, Grenada * , several Royal Navy ships * Grenville House, residential complex in Hong Kong * '' The Two Mrs. Grenvilles'', 1987 television miniseries