Algernon Greville, 2nd Baron Greville


Algernon William Fulke Greville, 2nd Baron Greville, styled Hon. Algernon Greville-Nugent from 1866 to 1883, was a British politician.

Early life

Algernon was the eldest of five sons of Fulke Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville and his wife Lady Rosa Nugent. His brothers were Hon. George Greville-Nugent MP, Hon. Robert Southwell Greville-Nugent, Capt. Hon. Reginald Greville-Nugent, and Hon. Patrick Greville-Nugent, of Clonyn Castle, the High Sheriff of Westmeath. His paternal grandparents were Algernon Greville, of North Lodge in Hertford and the former Caroline Graham.

Career

In 1859, he purchased a commission as cornet and sub-lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards, rising to the rank of captain before he retired in 1868.
He entered the House of Commons as a Liberal in 1865 for Westmeath, which he represented until 1874. He was appointed a Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria in 1869, resigning in 1873. From 1873 to 1874, he was a Lord of the Treasury in Gladstone's government.

Greville barony

He and his father adopted the surname of Greville-Nugent in 1866. On 15 December 1869, his father was created Baron Greville, of Clonyn in the County of Westmeath. Greville-Nugent succeeded to his father's barony in 1883 and resumed the use of the surname of Greville alone.

Personal life

On 16 December 1863, Greville married Lady Beatrice Violet Graham. His maternal grandparents were James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose and the former Hon. Caroline Agnes Horsley-Beresford. Together, they were the parents of four children:
His eldest son, Ronald, died without issue in 1908, so he was succeeded by his second son Charles upon his own death in 1909.