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RICHARD GRENVILLE

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 722 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RICHARD See also:GRENVILLE , 3rd See also:duke of See also:Buckingham and See also:Chandos (1823—1889), the only son of the 2nd duke, was educated at See also:Eton and See also:Christ See also:Church, See also:Oxford, and, as See also:marquess of Chandos, represented the See also:borough of Buckingham in See also:parliament from 1846 to 1857. He was chairman of the See also:London & See also:North-Western railway from 1853 to 1861. After succeeding to the dukedom he became See also:lord See also:president of the See also:council, and subsequently secretary for the colonies in the Conservative See also:government of 1866—1868. From 1875 to 188o he was See also:governor of See also:Madras, and in 1886 was chosen chairman of committees in the See also:House of Lords. He was twice married and See also:left three daughters. As he left no son the dukedom became See also:extinct on his See also:death; but the Scottish See also:barony of Kinloss (to which he established his See also:title in 1868) passed to his eldest daughter, See also:Mary, the wife of See also:Captain L. F. H. C. See also:Morgan; the earldom of See also:Temple to his See also:nephew, See also:William See also:Stephen See also:Gore-See also:Langton; and the viscounty of See also:Cobham to his kinsman, See also:Charles See also:George, 5th See also:Baron See also:Lyttelton. His widow married the 1st See also:Earl See also:Egerton of Tatton in 1894.

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