Grenville Parish was created as a

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in Queens County,

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, during the 1764–1766 survey of Samuel Holland. It contains the following townships: * Lot 20 * Lot 21 * Lot 22 * Lot 23 * Lot 67

Naming history

This parish was named in honour of

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from 1763 to 1765 at the time of the survey. Prime Minister Grenville was also honoured with the naming of Grenville Bay in the parish, which has since been renamed New London Bay. The communities of Granville (North Granville) and South Granville are derived from this name as well. They adopted the present spelling when

Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (11 May 1815 – 31 March 1891), styled Lord Leveson until 1846, was a British Liberal statesman and diplomat from the Leveson-Gower family. He is best remembered for his service as Secret ...

gained prominence as the British

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in 1868–1870.

References

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