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GRANVILLE (GRENVILLE), Charles, Lord Lansdown (1661-1701).
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bap. 31 Aug. 1661, 1st s. of John, 1st Earl of Bath by Jane, da. of Sir Peter Wyche, merchant, of London; bro. of John Granville. educ. travelled abroad 1676-8. m. (1) lic. 22 May 1678, Lady Martha Osborne (d. 11 Sept. 1689), da. of Sir Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, s.p.; (2) 10 Mar. 1691, Isabella, da. of Henry de Nassau, 1st Lord of Auverquerque, Count of Nassau, master of the horse to William III, 1s. summ. to Lords in his fa.’s barony as Lord Granville, 16 July 1689; suc. fa. as 2nd Earl of Bath 22 Aug. 1701.CSP Dom. 1675-6, p. 559.
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Gent. of the bedchamber 1683 – 85, 1692 – 93; envoy extraordinary to Spain 1685–9.
Freeman, Plymouth 1684, Bodmin, Liskeard, Plympton Erle and Tintagel 1685; commr. for assessment, Cornw. 1689; jt. ld. lt. Devon and Cornw. 1691 – 93; j.p. Cornw. by 1701–d.
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GRANVILLE (GRENVILLE), Bevil (1665-1706).
Family and Education
b. 3 Mar. 1665, 1st s. of Bernard Granville, and bro. of Bernard Granville, and George Granville, 1st Baron Granville of Bideford. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1677; academies at Paris 1682-5. unm. Kntd. 28 May 1686; suc. fa. 1701.Westminster City Lib., St. Martin in the Fields par. reg.; E. Handasyde, Granville the Polite, 10.
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Capt. Earl of Bath’s regt. (later 10 Ft.) 1685, maj. 1687, col. 1693 – 1703; gov. Pendennis Castle 1696 – 1703, Barbados 1703 – 06; maj.-gen. 1704.
Master of the swans 1692–d.
Freeman, Portsmouth 1686; j.p. Cornw. by 1701–d.
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GRANVILLE (GRENVILLE), Hon. John (1665-1707), of Stowe, Cornw.
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b. 12 Apr. 1665, 2nd s. of John, 1st Earl of Bath; bro. of Charles Granville, Lord Lansdown. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1680. m. 15 Apr. 1703, Rebecca, da. of (Sir) Josiah Child, 1st Bt., of Wanstead, Essex, wid. of Charles Somerset, Mq. of Worcester, s.p. suc. fa. in Potheridge estate 1701; cr. Baron Granville of Potheridge 13 Mar. 1703.
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Freeman, Plympton Erle 1685; commr. for assessment, Devon 1690; chief commr. for Plymouth dock 1692 – ?96; j.p. Cornw. by 1701 – d.; ranger of St. James’s Park 1701 – d.; recorder, Launceston 1701 – d.; ld. prop. Carolina 1701 – d.; ld. warden of the stannaries and steward of the duchy of Cornw. (jt.) 1701 – 02, (sole) 1702 – 05; ld. lt. and custos rot. Cornw. 1702–5.
Capt. Earl of Bath’s regt. (later 10 Ft.) 1687 – Dec. 1688; capt. and brevet col. 1 Ft. Gds. 1689 – 90; gov. Deal by Apr.-Dec. 1690.
Commr. of public accounts 1696 – 97; lt. of the Ordnance 1072 – 75; PC 18 June 1702–22 May 1707.
Main residence: Stowe, Cornw.
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GRANVILLE (GRENVILLE), Hon. John (1665-1707)
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GRATWICK, Francis (d.1670), of Tortington, Suss.
Family and Education
2nd s. of William Gratwick of Tortington by Amphillis, da. of Sir Benjamin Tichborne, 1st Bt., of Tichborne, Hants. m. Barbara, wid. of John Venables of Western Court, Bishop’s Sutton, Hants, s.p. suc. bro. c.1665.Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 56; PCC Adm. Act Bk. 1669, f. 12v; PCC 383 Wootton; VCH Hants, iii. 43.
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Commr. for assessment, Suss. 1664–9.
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Main residence: Tortington, Suss.
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GRATWICK, Francis (-d.1670)
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GREGORY, William (1625-96), of How Caple, Herefs.
Family and Education
b. 1 Mar. 1625, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Robert Gregory, vicar of Fownhope, 1619-43, by 1st w. Anne, da. of John Harvey of Bradstone, Glos. educ. Hereford Cathedral sch.; Staple Inn; G. Inn, entered 1640, called 1651; All Souls, Oxf. 1644. m. 1653, Catherine, da. and h. of James Smith of Tillington, Herefs., wid. of John Carpenter of The Homme, Dilwyn, Herefs., and of Humphrey Tomkyns, merchant, of London, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. suc. fa. 1643. Kntd. 26 July 1679.W. R. Williams, Parl. Hist. Herefs. 94; Cooke, Herefs. iii. 233; C. J. Robinson, Mansions and Manors of Herefs. 293, 310.
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?Clerk to county committee, Herefs. 1644; dep. steward, Hereford by 1653 – 82, common councilman c. 1662 – 82; commr. for assessment, Herefs. Jan. 1660–80, Hereford Jan. 1660–1, 1663 – 80, Glos. and Gloucester 1679 – 80, Herefs. and Hereford 1689 – 90, Glos. 1689, Serjeants’ Inn 1690, militia, Herefs. Mar. 1660; j.p. Herefs. Mar. 1660 – Mar. 1688, Oct. 1688 – d., chairman quarter sessions by 1663 – ?79; commr. for inquiry, Kingswood chase 1671; recorder, Gloucester 1672 – 87; bencher, G. Inn 1673, reader 1675.
Serjeant-at-law 1677; baron of the Exchequer 12 July 1679–86; j.c.p. 18 Apr. – 8 May 1689; j.K.b. 8 May 1689 – d.
Speaker of House of Commons 17 Mar. – 27 May 1679.
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Main residence: How Caple, Herefs.
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GREGORY, William (1625-96)
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