Hon. Ronald Henry Fulke Greville MVO (14 October 1864 – 5 April 1908)[1] was an English Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford East from 1896 to 1906.
Ronald Greville | |
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Member of Parliament for Bradford East | |
In office 1896–1906 | |
Preceded by | Henry Byron Reed |
Succeeded by | William Priestley |
Personal details | |
Born | Ronald Henry Fulke Greville 14 October 1864 |
Died | 5 April 1908 | (aged 43)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | |
Relations | Charles Greville, 3rd Baron Greville (brother) |
Parent(s) | Algernon Greville, 2nd Baron Greville Lady Beatrice Violet Graham |
Residence | Polesden Lacey |
Education | Rugby School |
Early life
Greville was born 14 October 1864 the eldest of four children of politician Algernon Greville, 2nd Baron Greville (1841–1909) and the writer Lady Beatrice Violet Graham.[2]
His paternal grandparents were Fulke Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville and his wife, Lady Rosa Nugent (the only daughter and heir of the George Nugent, 1st Marquess of Westmeath).[3] His maternal grandparents were James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose and the former Hon. Caroline Agnes Horsley-Beresford (third daughter of John Horsley-Beresford, 2nd Baron Decies).[4]
Career
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Greville was educated at Rugby School and entered the Army, at first in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and then the 1st Life Guards.[2] Greville resigned his commission as a captain in 1896 when he was elected as a Member of Parliament.[2][5]
Political career
Greville first stood for Parliament at the 1895 general election, as an unsuccessful candidate in the Liberal-held Barnsley division of the West Riding of Yorkshire.[6] After the death of Henry Byron Reed, the Conservative MP for the Eastern division of Bradford, Greville was selected as the Conservative candidate for the resulting by-election in November 1896. He won the contest, and was re-elected in 1900, holding the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1906 general election.[7]
Personal life
On 25 April 1891, he married Margaret Helen Anderson (1863–1942).[4] Margaret was the illegitimate daughter of William McEwan, a multimillionaire brewer (later elected as an MP for Edinburgh Central)[8][9] and his mistress, Helen Anderson, a cook who married McEwan after her first husband's death in 1885.[10] After their marriage, they lived at Polesden Lacey, in Great Bookham, Surrey, a gift from his wife's father.[4]
On 5 April 1908, when Greville was 43, he died from pneumonia following an operation, predeceasing his own father and never acceding to the peerage.[2] As Ronald had no children, after his father's death the following December 1909,[11] his younger brother Charles became the 3rd Baron Greville.[12]
He was High Sheriff of Westmeath in 1899.[citation needed]