Henry Grenville

Henry Grenville (11 September 1717 – 22 April 1784)^[1] was a British diplomat and politician.

Grenville was born into a family of politicians. His father was Sir Richard Grenville, MP; one of his elder brothers was Earl Temple, a government minister. Another brother, Thomas, was also an MP, and the third, James, was Lord of Trade and Cofferer of the Household. Another brother, George Grenville, rose to become Chancellor of the Exchequer under William Pitt the Elder and was later Prime Minister himself in 1763–1765.

Henry Grenville was MP for Bishop's Castle from 1759 to 1761.^[1] In the 1768 general election, he was elected to parliament for the constituency of Buckingham on George Grenville's slate.

Henry Grenville was Governor of Barbados from 1746. He was appointed British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople on 1 May 1761, but did not arrive until 21 February 1762. He was recalled only three years later on 31 May 1765, during the reign of Sultan Mustafa III.

He left Turkey to return to England on 13 October 1765 to become Commissioner of Customs before retiring to Bath, where he died in 1784.

Grenville married Margaret Eleanor Banks.^[2] Their daughter Louisa married the statesman and scientist Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope.

References

1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
↑ Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux (1847). Lives of Men of Letters and Science: Who Flourished in the Time of George III. C. Knight. p. 381.

Sources

Turkey: Its History and Progress – the journals and correspondence of Sir James Porter. London, Hurst and Blackett. 1854.
Wood, Alfred C. (1935). A History of the Levant Company. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[rayment-b3-1] 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)

[2] Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux (1847). Lives of Men of Letters and Science: Who Flourished in the Time of George III. C. Knight. p. 381.

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Governors of Barbados
Barbados (1627–1833)	H. Powell W. Deane C. Wolferstone J. Powell R. Wheatley^* W. Tufton Henry Hawley Richard Peers^* William Hawley^* Henry Huncks Philip Bell Francis Willoughby George Ayscue Daniel Searle^* Thomas Modyford^* Humphrey Walrond^* Francis Willoughby Henry Willoughby^* William Willoughby^* Samuel Barwick^* Henry Hawley^* William Willoughby Christopher Codrington^* Peter Colleton^* Jonathan Atkins^* John Witham^* Richard Dutton Edwyn Stede^* James Kendall Francis Russell Francis Bond^* Ralph Grey John Farmer^* Bevil Granville Mitford Crow George Lillington^* Robert Lowther William Sharpe^* John Frere^* Samuel Cox^* Henry Worsley Thomas Catesby Paget James Dotin^* Walter Chetwynd Emanuel Howe James Dotin^* Orlando Bridgeman Humphrey Howarth Thomas Gage Robert Byng James Dotin^* Thomas Robinson Henry Grenville Charles Pinfold Samuel Rous^* William Spry Samuel Rous^* Edward Hay^* John Dotin^* James Cunninghame John Dotin^* David Parry William Bishop^* George Poyntz Ricketts William Bishop^* Francis Mackenzie John Spooner^* George Beckwith James Leith John Foster Alleyne^* Stapleton Cotton John Skeete^* Samuel Hinds^* Henry Warde James Frederick Lyon
Barbados and the Windward Islands (1833–1885)	Lionel Smith Evan MacGregor Charles Henry Darling Charles Grey William Reid William Colebrooke Francis Hincks James Walker Rawson William Rawson Sanford Freeling^* John Hennessy George Strahan D. J. Gamble^* William Robinson
Barbados (1885–1966)	Charles Lees Walter Sendall James Hay Frederick Hodgson Gilbert Carter Leslie Probyn Charles O'Brien William Robertson Harry Newlands Mark Young Eubule Waddington Henry Bushe Hilary Blood Alfred Savage Robert Arundell John Stow
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^* Served as Acting Governor of Barbados.

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