Sir Edward Greville (died 1634)

Sir Edward Greville (c. 1566 – 1634) was an English nobleman, Member of Parliament for Warwickshire in the parliaments of 1593 and 1604, and member of the Greville family.

Life

He was the second son of Lodovick Greville and Thomasina or Thomasine, daughter of Sir William Petre of Ingatestone Hall, Essex and his second wife Anne Browne. His marriage was licensed on 20 May 1583 and was to Joan Bromley (died 1636, daughter of Sir Thomas Bromley of Rodd Castle and Hodnet, Shropshire.

He was High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1594. He volunteered for the 1597 Azores expedition and in the same year became commissioner for the discovery of goods of recusants, a role he held for at least two years. He had been knighted by 4 November 1597 and served as Justice of the Peace for Warwickshire and Gloucestershire from around 1592 to at least 1608. He carried out inquiries into lands owned by those involved in the Gunpowder Plot in Warwickshire in 1606 and had become a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber by 1625.

His daughter Mary was third wife of Arthur Ingram.

References

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  1. ↑ Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys. "GREVILLE, Sir Edward (1566-1634), of Milcote, Warws.; later of Pishobury, Herts. and Fulham, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2017-01-12.

History of Parliament Online: Sir Edward Greville


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