Francis Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick
Lord Brooke as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, May 1890
Francis Richard Charles Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick (9 February 1853 – 15 January 1924), styled Lord Brooke until 1893, was a British Conservative politician.
Warwick was the son of George Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick, and his wife Lady Anne, daughter of Francis Wemyss-Charteris, 9th Earl of Wemyss, and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He entered Parliament for Somerset East in a 1879 by-election, a seat he held until 1885, and later represented Colchester from 1888 to 1892. The following year Warwick succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords. Between 1901 and 1919 he served as Lord-Lieutenant of Essex.
Lord Warwick married Frances Evelyn Maynard (10 December 1861–26 July 1938), daughter of the Hon. Charles Henry Maynard, in 1881. He died in January 1924, aged 70, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son Leopold. The Countess of Warwick died in July 1938, aged 76.
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- www.thepeerage.com
[edit] External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Warwick
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ralph Shuttleworth Allen Sir Philip Miles |
Member of Parliament for Somerset East 1879–1885 With: Sir Philip Miles |
Constituency abolished |
| Preceded by Henry John Trotter |
Member of Parliament for Colchester 1888–1892 |
Succeeded by Herbert Naylor-Leyland |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by The Lord Rayleigh |
Lord-Lieutenant of Essex 1901–1919 |
Succeeded by The Lord Lambourne |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by George Guy Greville |
Earl of Warwick 1893–1924 |
Succeeded by Leopold Greville |
