Baron Grenfell

Baron Grenfell, of Kilvey in the County of Glamorgan, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 15 July 1902 for the military commander Sir Francis Grenfell.[2] His eldest son, the second Baron, was Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords and Chairman of Committees from 1963 to 1976. As of 2010 the title is held by the latter's son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1976. He previously worked for the World Bank. Lord Grenfell lost his seat in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. However, in 2000 he was made a life peer as Baron Grenfell of Kilvey, of Kilvey in the County of Swansea, and was able to return to the House of Lords.

Arms of Grenfell: Gules, on a fess between three clarions or a mural crown of the first.[1] These arms are a difference of the arms of the ancient family of Grenville (alias Granville, Greenfield, etc.) of Bideford in Devon and Stowe in Cornwall

Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell.

Barons Grenfell (1902)

• Francis Wallace Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell (1841–1925)
• Pascoe Christian Victor Francis Grenfell, 2nd Baron Grenfell (1905–1976)
• Julian Pascoe Francis St Leger Grenfell, 3rd Baron Grenfell (b. 1935)

The heir presumptive to the barony is the present holder's first cousin Richard Arthur St Leger Grenfell (b. 1966). He is the son of John St. Leger Grenfell (1940-1995), himself the son of Major the Honourable Arthur Bernard John Grenfell (1908-1942), second son of the first Baron.
The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son James St. Leger Grenfell (b. 1996)

Sources

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

References

1. Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.510
2. "No. 27455". The London Gazette. 18 July 1902. p. 4587.