Sir Fulke Greville (1536 – 15 November 1606) of Beauchamp Court near

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in Warwickshire, was an English gentleman.

Origins

He was born in 1536, the son of Sir Fulke Greville (d. 10 November 1559) by his wife

Elizabeth Willoughby, 3rd Baroness Willoughby de Broke Elizabeth Willoughby, 3rd Baroness Willoughby de Broke, ''de jure'' 11th Baroness Latimer (c.1512 – c. 15 November 1562) was an English noblewoman and wife of Sir Fulke Greville. Life Elizabeth Willoughby was the eldest daughter of Edward Will ...

(d.1562), grand daughter and heiress of

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, the wealthiest heiress of her time.

Inheritance

His mother Elizabeth Willoughby survived her sisters, who had no children. By modern law, this would mean that she would have become ''

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'' Baroness Willoughby de Broke (and Baroness Latimer), both ancient titles created by writ and thus able to pass to females. Thus her son Fulk Greville would in turn have inherited from her as 4th Baron Willoughby de Broke and 12th Baron Latimer but this right was not established in law until 1696, by his great-grandson, the 11th Baron Willoughby de Broke.

Marriage and children

In 1553 he married Anne Neville (d.1583), a daughter of

Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland KG (21 February 1498 – 24 April 1549), was an English peer and soldier. He was the grandson of Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland, and the father of Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland. Family ...

, a distant cousin. They had the following children: * Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke *

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(1561–1631/2), who married Sir Richard Verney,

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in 1572.

Life, Death & succession

Educated at

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, Greville was treasurer of the Navy until April 1604, and was keen on falconry. In 1602 one of the falcons was found at Seaton in Devonshire. Its silver rings were engraved with Greville's name and the device of the stern of a ship.''Trevelyan Papers'', vol. 3 (London, 1872), 43–4.
/ref> On his death on 15 November 1606 at Beauchamp Court near Alcester, his estate (including any claim to the titles) passed to his eldest son, Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke. After the murder of his son in 1628, they passed to his daughter Margaret Greville, 6th Baroness Willoughby de Broke, wife of Sir Richard Verney of

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in Warwickshire.The modern day line of this family came through 4th Baron Greville Ronald Fulke Greville, born 1912, died 1987 with no issue. There was a second son Peter Charles Algernon Ascroft Greville, born 1916 at Ankerwycke Priory, died 2007 who should have gained the title 5th Baron Greville. His eldest son Christopher Brooke Fulke Greville born 1951 may become the 6th Baron Greville. Debretts & Burkes Peerage 2003.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Greville, Fulke, Sir 1536 births 1606 deaths Nobility from Wiltshire Willoughby family 16th-century English nobility 17th-century English nobility 16th-century English knights High sheriffs of Warwickshire

Fulke Fulke may refer to: *Fulke Lovell (d. 1285), English bishop *Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554–1628), English poet, dramatist, and statesman * Fulke Greville (1717–1806), English landowner and diplomat *Fulke Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Grev ...

Sheriffs of Warwickshire Willoughby de Broke, Fulke Greville, 4th Baron