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(née Macartney). His parents lived at Wilbury House, Newton Tony,

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. He was educated at

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. From 1778 to 1796, he was an officer in various Regiments of Foot. On 31 March 1793, he married Lady Charlotte Cavendish-Bentinck, the third child and first daughter of

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. They had four children: *Harriet Catherine Greville, who married Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere * Charles Cavendish Fulke GrevilleChristopher Hibbert (2004
"Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke (1794–1865)"
''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press. * Algernon Frederick Greville, Private Secretary to the Duke of Wellington * Henry William Greville He served as the Member of Parliament for Petersfield from 1795 to 1796. He was Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs from March 1796 to March 1798; Comptroller of Cash at the Excise Office from 1799; Receiver-General Taxes, for Nottinghamshire; Naval Officer for Demerara and Essequibo from 1798; and Secretary, Registrar and Clerk of Council for

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from 1801. He died on 26 August 1832, aged 69, in Hanover Square, London.'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' ''

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'' (London, England), Monday, September 03, 1832; Issue 19262.

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