Algernon Greville

Algernon Frederick Greville (29 December 1798 – 15 December 1864) was an English soldier, cricketer, and officer of arms who served as private secretary to the Duke of Wellington.

Early life Greville was born on 29 December 1798. He was the second son of Charles Greville, and Lady Charlotte Cavendish-Bentinck. He was the brother of Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville, the diarist, and of Henry William Greville.

Military career He was commissioned an ensign in the Grenadier Guards on 1 February 1814, and fought with that regiment at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. He was also present at the capture of Péronne, and soon after was appointed aide-de-camp to General Sir John Lambert. He later became ADC to the Duke of Wellington, and served on his staff until the end of the occupation of France.

Frances Harriett Greville (1824–1887), who married Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, a son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lady Caroline Paget, in 1843. Georgiana Maria Greville (1826–1872) Lt. Col. Arthur Charles Greville (1827–1901), a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Scots Guards who died without issue. Augusta Mary Greville (1831–1921), who married George Montagu Warren Sandford, MP for Harwich and Maldon, a son of Sir Nathaniel Peacocke, 2nd Baronet, in 1858. Lt. Cavendish Hubert Greville (1835–1854), who was killed at the Battle of Inkerman.

His wife died on 10 April 1841. He died over twenty-three years later in Hillingdon on 15 December 1864.