Submitted by legacy on
Family and Education
b. 4 Mar. 1631, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Bevil Granville (d.1643) of Stowe, Cornw. by Grace, da. of Sir George Smith of Exeter, Devon; bro. of John, 1st Earl of Bath, and Denis, dean of Durham 1684-91. educ. academy at Angers 1651. m. lic. 25 Feb. 1664, Anne (d. 20 Sept. 1701), da. and h. of Cuthbert Morley of Hawnby, Yorks., 3s. 2da.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 192; R. Granville, Hist. Granville Fam. 328, 336, 404; C66/3056; Evelyn Diary, iv. 11, 24; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 586; HMC 8th Rep. pt. 1 (1881), 115.
Offices Held

Gent. of the bedchamber to the Duke of Gloucester May-Sept. 1660; equerry ?Sept. 1660–72; groom of the bedchamber 1672 – Dec. 1688; envoy extraordinary to Genoa and Savoy 1675 – 76; jt. surveyor and receiver of green-wax fines 1677 – 79; master of the swans 1683 – 92; comptroller-gen. of wine licences 1685–90.Cal. Cl. SP, iv. 688; E. Handasyde, Granville the Polite, 5, 7, 11; CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 677; Cal. Treas. Bks. iii. 1271; v. 795; vi. 121; viii. 124; ix. 873; HMC 5th Rep. 186; N. F. Ticehurst, Mute Swan in England, 65.

Under-keeper, St. James’s Park Aug. 1660 – d.; commr. for assessment, Cornw. 1661 – 80, Westminster 1665 – 69, 1679 – 80, Surr. 1673 – 80, Cornw. and Yorks. (N. Riding) 1689 – 90, loyal and indigent officers, Cornw. 1662, jt. keeper of Petersham Walk, Surr. 1663 – d.; recorder, Doncaster 1685 – ?Oct. 1688; freeman, Liskeard, East Looe, Plymouth and Plympton Erle 1685.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 213; 1663–4, p. 75; 1685, pp. 65, 66, 87; Plymouth Municipal Recs. ed. Worth, 8.

Parlimentarian
GRANVILLE (GRENVILLE), Bernard (1631-1701), of The Mews Gatehouse, Westminster; Apps Court, Walton-on-Thames, Surr. and Marr, Yorks.
Main residences: The Mews Gatehouse, Westminster and Apps Court, Walton-on-Thames, Surr. and Marr, Yorks.
Author
J.S.C.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title

GRANVILLE (GRENVILLE), Bernard (1631-1701)

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