Thomas Newcomen Archibald Grove (1855 – 4 June 1920), commonly known as Archibald Grove, was a British magazine editor and

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politician.

Early life

He was the second son of Captain Edward Grove and Elizabeth née Watts, following private education he attended

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, matriculating 21 January 1875, then later was entered as a student to the

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on 19 April 1883. He married Kate Sara (widow of Edmund Gurney) in 1889.

The ''New Review''

In 1889 Grove became the founding editor of the ''New Review''. He launched the publication at the low price of sixpence, as he sought "to place within the reach of all a critical periodical of the first order". The ''Review'' was initially successful, with contributors such as Rider Haggard,

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and

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, while some of Tennyson's poems first appeared there. However, by 1892 he had been forced to double the cover price, and was suffering competition from newer and illustrated periodicals such as ''

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'', '' The Idler'' and the ''

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''. At the end of 1894 he sold the magazine.

Residences

In the 1890s Grove commissioned Edwin Lutyens to design his house, Berry Downe Court, near Overton, Hampshire. In 1904 he bought of land near

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. He again engaged Lutyens, but his design was not built due to Grove's financial difficulties. A more modest house, "Pollards Park" was constructed, where he lived until his death.

Politics

Grove was a member of the

, and unsuccessfully contested the constituency of Winchester in

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. In 1891 he was chosen to contest West Ham North. When the general election was held in July 1892, Grove unseated the sitting Conservative Party MP,

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by the narrow margin of 33 votes. At the ensuing general election in 1895, he was defeated by Ernest Gray of the Conservative Party, who also had the support of the

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. The next general election was called in 1900. Grove was unanimously chosen by the local Liberal Association to contest the constituency of

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. However, the "khaki" election was held at the height of the

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, which benefitted the Conservative candidate

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, who won the seat. He contested South Northamptonshire again at the

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. There was a swing to the Liberals, and Grove returned to the

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. In September 1908, Grove announced that he would not be standing for election again due to ill health. He accordingly retired from politics at the

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After parliament

In 1916 Grove was a member of the executive committee of the Anglo-Russian Trade Bureau. He died in

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, Surrey in June 1920.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grove, Archibald 1855 births 1920 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1906–1910 Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple British magazine publishers (people)