Ralph Neville-Grenville DL, JP (born Ralph Neville; 27 February 1817 – 20 August 1886) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Background

Born Ralph Neville, he was the eldest son of the Very Revd and Hon George Neville-Grenville (

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and son of

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) and his wife Lady Charlotte Neville-Grenville (née Lady Charlotte Legge, second daughter of

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). In 1854, on the death of his father he assumed the additional surname Grenville. Neville-Grenville was educated at

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and later

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, where he graduated with a

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in 1837. He served in the British Army and was lieutenant-colonel of the West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry.

Career

Neville-Grenville entered the

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as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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in 1841, representing it until 1847. He sat again for East Somerset from 1865 to 1868, and subsequently for Mid Somerset until his resignation in 1878. In 1846, Neville-Grenville was a

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. He was appointed

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in 1862 and was a deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace for the same county.

Family

On 18 September 1845, he married Julia Roberta Russell, daughter of

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. They had nine children, three daughters and six sons. A son was Admiral George Neville, and a daughter, Agnes, married William Maitland.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neville-Grenville, Ralph 1817 births 1886 deaths Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Deputy lieutenants of Somerset High sheriffs of Somerset People educated at Eton College UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 West Somerset Yeomanry officers