Henry Grenfell
Henry Riversdale Grenfell (5 April 1824 – 11 September 1902)[1] was a British banker and Liberal Party politician.
Biography
His Cornish grandfather Pascoe Grenfell was a tin and copper manager and Member of Parliament (MP), while his father, Charles Pascoe Grenfell, was a director of the Bank of England from 1830 to 1864. His maternal grandfather was William Philip Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton.
He was MP for Stoke-upon-Trent between 1862 and 1868.
He was a leading member of the Bimetallic League,[citation needed] and Governor of the Bank of England between 1881 and 1883[2] following a periods as its Deputy Governor.[3]
His son, Edward Grenfell also became a Member of Parliament and Bank of England director, and was the partner of Junius Spencer Morgan in the firm of Morgan, Grenfell & Company.
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
- ^ "Governors of the Bank of England" (PDF). Bank of England. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "Deputy Governors of the Bank of England" (PDF). Bank of England. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Grenfell
- Lundy, Darryl. "Henry Riversdale Grenfell". The Peerage.
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