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Charles Francis Greville PC FRS FRSE FLS FSA (12 May 1749 – 23 April 1809) was a British antiquarian, collector and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1790. Early life. Greville was the second son of Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick, and his wife, Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of Lord Archibald Hamilton.
Charles Francis Greville PC, FRS (12 de mayo de 1749 a 23 de abril de 1809), fue un político y anticuario británico. De su apellido deriva el género de plantas Grevillea. Greville fue amigo íntimo de Sir Joseph Banks y, como él, era un miembro de la Society of Dilettanti.
Gender: Male. Occupation: founder of Milford Haven town, Pembrokeshire. Area of activity: Business and Industry; Engineering, Construction, Naval Architecture and Surveying; Royalty and Society. Author: James Frederick Rees. Second son of Francis, earl of Warwick, and his wife Elizabeth Hamilton.
Biography. British mineralogist, horticulturist and collector, especially of mineral specimens; second son of Francis, 1st Earl of Warwick (1719-1773). Nephew of Sir William Hamilton, and previous lover of Emma Lyon/Hart (qq.v.). In 1774 involved in the acquisition of Burdett's secret for making aquatint. 1786, set up a printing press at his ...
Paper, 'On the corundum stone from Asia' by Charles Greville Creator: Charles Francis Greville Reference number: L&P/11/62 Paper, 'An account of some stones said to have fallen in France, and of a lump of native iron said to have fallen in India' by Charles Francis Greville
A half-length portrait of Charles Francis Greville, 1749–1809, in a brown coat and white necktie, facing to left. The second son of Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick, the sitter was a key figure in cultural and aristocratic circles in London at the end of the eighteenth century.
GREVILLE, Hon. Charles Francis (1749-1809). Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964. Available from Boydell and Brewer. Constituency. Dates. WARWICK. 21 Jan. 1774 - 1790. Family and Education.
