George Greville (diplomat)

Sir George Greville, KCMG (12 May 1851 – 25 October 1937) was a British diplomat.

Biography

Greville was the elder son of Captain Algernon William Bellingham Greville, of Granard, and the great-grandson of Fulke Greville. His uncle was Fulke Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford and entered HM Diplomatic Service in 1875.[1]

He was Secretary of the British Legation at Rio de Janeiro in 1892, Consul-General at Budapest in 1896, Minister Resident at Bangkok from 1896 to 1900, and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico from 1900 to 1905.[2] Greville was appointed CMG in 1895 and promoted KCMG in 1905.[1]

A Roman Catholic convert, Greville died in Brussels in 1937.[1]

Family

Greville married in 1897, Louisa, daughter of L. Nicholays, of Frankfurt. Their daughter Georgette Greville (1896–1968) became a Catholic nun in Saigon.

References
  1. "Sir George Greville". The Times. 26 October 1937. p. 16.
  2. "Greville, Sir George". Who's Who & Who Was Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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