The Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos
George Nugent Grenville (Baron Nugent)
George Grenville, later Baron Nugent of Carlanstown, Westmeath, Ireland. Younger son of Nugent Buckingham and Mary Nugent. See family tree.
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Portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) |
George was a literate man, publishing on a wide range of subjects including history, travel, politics and religion.
In private life Nugent was highly esteemed. He delighted in the society of literary man, and had a considerable fund of knowledge derived both from books and from a knowledge of the world. [DNB]
He was created Baron Nugent in March 1813 on the death of his mother. He was an extreme Whig in politics, opposing internment of remand prisoners in prisons and advocating abolition of capital punishment.
He inherited Gosfield from his father but never used it, perhaps because he was in financial difficulties by the 1820s. He lived at Lilies at Weedon, near Aylesbury. He was a member of Brooks's Club.
In 1813, he married Anne Lucy Poulett.
| Age | Year | Date | Event |
| 0 | 1788 | 30 December | Birth |
| 15 | 1804 | 25 April | Matriculated at Brasenose College |
| 22 | 1810 | 6 July | Awarded DCL, Oxford |
| 1810 | January | MP for Buckingham until 1812 | |
| 24 | 1812 | Returned MP for Aylesbury for 7 parliaments | |
| 25 | 1813 | 6 March | Succeeded to title, Baron Nugent, on the death of his mother |
| 25 | 1813 | 6 September | Married Anne Lucy, 2nd daughter of Hon Vere Poulett; no surviving children |
| 38 | 1826 | January | First president of the Buckinghamshire Anti-Slavery Society |
| 42 | 1830 | November | Appointed Lord of Treasury |
| 43 | 1831 | Returned to Aylesbury again until dissolution of 1832 | |
| 44 | 1832 | August | Resigns as Lord of Treasury |
| 44 | 1832 | April | Appointed Lord High Commissioner of Ionian Islands, Greece until 1835; rewarded with Cross of St Michael and St George |
| 49 | 1837 | Defeated standing for Aylesbury | |
| 51 | 1839 | Defeated standing for Aylesbury | |
| 55 | 1843 | Defeated standing for Aylesbury | |
| 59 | 1847 | Returned for Aylesbury | |
| 1850 | 26 November | Died in Buckinghamshire (DNB & Burkes Peerage; Foster gives 27 November) |
Further Information
- The Young Lord George
- Marriage to Anne Lucy Poulett
- His Political Career
Publications
Grenville, George Nugent 1812. 'Portugal. A poem in two parts.' Quarterly Review 7, 151.
Grenville, George Nugent 1826. A plain statement in support of the political claims of the Roman Catholics: in a letter to the Rev. Sir George Lee, bart. by Lord Nugent, member of Parliament for Aylesbury. London : T. Hookham.
Grenville, George Nugent 1846. Lands, classical and sacred. 2 volumes. London : Charles Knight & Co.
Sources
developed by Andy Boddington.