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| George GRENVILLE, Baron Lansdowne Adm. as nobleman (age 11) at TRINITY, 21 Aug., 1677. S. of Bernard (brother of John, Earl of Bath). B. in St Martin's, Westminster [ London ]. Matric. 1677 ; M.A. 1679 . M.P. for Fowey [ Cornwall ], 1702-10 ; for Cornwall , 1710-1 . Secretary-at-war, 1710-2 . Created a peer with the title of Baron Lansdowne, of Bideford, Devon , 1711 . Privy-councillor, 1712 ; and comptroller of the Household, 1712-3 . Treasurer of the Household, 1713 . Imprisoned in the Tower on suspicion of Jacobitism, 1715-7 . Created a duke by the titular King, James III, in 1721 . Retired to Paris [ France ], 1722 ; lived there for ten years. Poet and dramatist. Died in London , 30 Jan., 1734/5; buried at St Clement Danes [ London ]. Brother of Bevill (1677). ( D.N.B. ; G.E.C. ) | George GRENVILLE, Baron Lansdowne Approx. lifespan: 1666–1734 Adm. as nobleman (age 11) at Trinity College 1677:08:21 s. of Bernard GRENVILLE ( brother of John GRENVILLE Earl of Bath). b. in St Martin's Westminster, [ London ] Matric. 1677 M.A. 1679 M.P. for Fowey, [ Cornwall ] 1702-10 ; for Cornwall 1710-11 Secretary-at-war 1710-12 Created a peer with the title of Baron Lansdowne, of Bideford, Devon 1711 Privy-councillor 1712 ; and comptroller of the Household 1712-13 Treasurer of the Household 1713 Imprisoned in the Tower on suspicion of Jacobitism 1715-17 Created a duke by the titular King, James III, in 1721 Retired to Paris, [ France ] 1722 ; lived there for ten years. Poet and dramatist. Died in London 1734/5:01:30 ; buried at St Clement Danes, [ London ] brother of Bevill GRENVILLE (1677) ( D.N.B. ; G.E.C. ) |