Fulke Greville (1717–1806)
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Fulke Greville (1717–1806) of Wilbury House, Newton Toney, Wiltshire, England, was an English landowner and diplomat. He was the son of
Algernon Greville Algernon Frederick Greville (29 December 1798 – 15 December 1864) was an English soldier, cricketer, and officer of arms who served as private secretary to the Duke of Wellington. Early life Greville was born on 29 December 1798. He was t ...
and Mary Somerset, daughter and coheiress of Lord Arthur Somerset, the youngest son of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort. His father was a son of Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke.''Burkes Peerage'' (1939 edition), ''s.v.'' Warwick, Earl. For a time around 1731 he was educated as a gentleman commoner at
Winchester College Winchester College is an English Public school (United Kingdom), public school (a long-established fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) with some provision for day school, day attendees, in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It wa ...
. His wife was the poet Frances Greville,Betty Rizzo, ‘Greville, Frances (1727?–1789)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008

accessed 15 September 2008.
daughter and coheir of James Macartney (1692–1770), James Macartney, Irish MP for Longford and Granard and his wife Catherine Coote. They eloped on 26 January 1748. They had several children, including: * Frances Anne Greville (born November 1748), married John Crewe, later Lord Crewe and was a noted political hostess *Capt. William Fulke Greville (8 November 1751 – 1837), grandfather of George Greville and father of Fulke Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville *Lt-Col.
Henry Francis Greville Lt-Col. Henry Francis Greville (10 August 1760 – 13 January 1816) was a British impresario. Early life and military career He was the son of Member of Parliament Fulke Greville (1717–1806), Fulke Greville and poet Frances Greville. In 1777 he ...
(10 August 1760 – 13 January 1816) *Capt. Charles Greville (2 November 1762 – 26 August 1832), father of the diarist Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville, Algernon Frederick Greville, and Henry William Greville He served as
Sheriff of Wiltshire This is a list of the sheriffs and (after 1 April 1974) high sheriffs of Wiltshire. Until the 14th century, the shrievalty was held ''ex officio'' by the castellans of Old Sarum Castle. On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Gove ...
in 1744, and as Member of Parliament for Monmouth Boroughs from 1747 to 1754. In 1765, he was appointed envoy extraordinary to the
Elector of Bavaria The following is a list of monarchs during the history of Bavaria. Bavaria was ruled by several dukes and kings, partitioned and reunited, under several dynasties. Since 1918, Bavaria has been under a republican form of government, and from 19 ...
and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Imperial Diet of Ratisbon. He was the author of ''Maxims Characters and Reflections'' (1756).


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Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive (ECPA)
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