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[[Category:EuroAristo_-_Profiles_that_need_work]] } == Biography ==Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court was born in 1607. He was the son of Fulke Greville and Mary Copley. He married Lady Catherine Russell, daughter of Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford and Hon. Catharine Brydges, circa 1630. He died on 2 March 1642/43 at Michael Biddulph's house, killed in action, by a musket ball while looking out a window. Children of Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court and Lady Catherine Russell #Francis Greville, 3rd Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court d. 19 Nov 1658#Robert Greville, 4th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court b. 4 Jan 1638/39, d. 17 Feb 1676/77#Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court b. a 2 Mar 1642/43, d. 22 Oct 1710 He was adopted by Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court circa 1611. He was educated at Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Warwick between February 1628 and May 1628.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court, co. Warwick [E., 1621] on 30 September 1628.1 He was Joint Commissioner to the Scots in September 1640 at Ripon, Yorkshire, England. He was Joint Commissioner to the Scots in November 1640 at London, England. He held the office of Recorder of Warwick between 1641 and 1643. He gained the rank of Colonel in 1642 in the service of the Regiment of Foot.1 He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire in 1642. He fought in the Battle of Edgehill on 22 October 1642, for the Parliamentarians. He gained the rank of Major General on 7 January 1642/43 in the service of the Warwickshire and Staffordshire. He fought in the Siege of St. Chad's Church on 2 March 1642/43. Clarendon wrote that "those who were acquainted with him believed him to be well natured and just, and rather seduced and corrupted in his understanding than perverse and malicious. Whether his Passion, or Conscience sqayed him, he was undoubtedly one of those who could have been with most difficulty reconciled to the government of Church or State." He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.Children of Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court and Lady Catherine Russell Francis Greville, 3rd Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court d. 19 Nov 1658 Robert Greville, 4th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court b. 4 Jan 1638/39, d. 17 Feb 1676/77 Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court b. a 2 Mar 1642/43, d. 22 Oct 1710 Citations G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 333. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy , 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family." Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 319. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition. Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography. Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 334. "The last member of the [Greville] family to occupy [Beauchamp's Court] was probably William Greville who died in 1653. It was empty in 1665 and by 1667 had been partly pulled down. . ." William Greville was the brother of Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke of Beauchamp's Court. [VCH Warwick, Vol. 3 (1945)] == Sources == See above === Footnotes === *VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY OF WARWICK, Vol. 3 (1945) === Acknowledgments === Thank you to [[Ragland-212 | Richard Ragland]] for [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Greville-111 creating] Greville-111 on 28 Jul 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Richard and others.

Birth	1607
Death	2 Mar 1643
Marriage		Catherine Russell
Reference No		6157887
Reference No		6346379
Reference No		60

Spouse	Catherine Russell (1618 - 1676)
Child	Fulke Greville, Fifth Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court ( - )
Child	5th Baron Fulke "5th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court" Greville (1643 - 1710)