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William Henry Grenfell

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 30 October 1855

Died: 9 January 1945

Peerages

1st Baron Desborough - 30 December 1905

Knighted - 1908

son of Charles William Grenfell

son of Georgiana Lascelles

grandson of William Saunders Sebright Lascelles

nephew of Henry Riversdale Grenfell

cousin of Edward Charles Grenfell

husband of Ethel Fane

Education

Harrow School

Balliol College, Oxford

Elections fought

2 April 1880		Salisbury	Liberal Party	961	53.57
1882 Resignation of William Grenfell on appointment as a Groom in Waiting to Her Majesty.
21 November 1882		Salisbury	Liberal Party	852	47.15
26 November 1885		Salisbury	Liberal Party	1,144	50.89
3 July 1886		Salisbury	Liberal Party	910	41.95
2 April 1890		Windsor	Liberal Party	972	38.97
4 July 1892		Hereford	Liberal Party	1,507	52.20
4 August 1893 Resignation of William Grenfell.
12 October 1900		Wycombe	Conservative Party	6,111	63.05