Tuesday, 8 April 2014
471 Algernon Greville
Constituency : Westmeath 1865-74
Algernon succeeded Richard Levinge at Westmeath.
Algernon was the son of Fulke Greville, MP for County Longford. He purchased a commission as cornet and sub lieutenant in the First Regiment of Life Guards and rose to captain before retiring in 1868.
Algernon was a Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria from 1868 to 1873 when he resigned to become a government whip. In 1869 his father became Baron Greville.
Algernon succeeded his father in 1883. He died in 1909 aged 67.
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