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334 BROOKE III. 1643. 3- Francis (Greville), Baron Brooke of Beau- champs Court, s. and h., Recorder of Warwick. He d. unm., Nov. 1658. IV. 1658. 4. Robert (Greville), Baron Brooke of Beau- champs Court, br. and h., b. about 1638. Recorder of Warwick 1660 till his death. He was one of the six Peers sent to Holland to invite the return of Charles II, 3 May 1660. Lord Lieut, of co. Stafford 1660 till his death; High Steward of Stafford 1674. He m. Ann, da. and eventually sole h. of John Dodington (s. and h. of Sir William D.), of Breamore, Hants. He d. s.p.m.s.,(^) 17 Feb. iSjS/j, at Bath, Somerset. Will dat. 1667 to 1674, pr. 1677. His widow m. Thomas Hoby, and d. Feb. 1 690/1. Admon. 8 July 1691, to her said husband. V. 1677. 5. Fulke (Greville), Baron Brooke OF Beauchamps Court, yst. br. and h., being posthumous s. of the 2nd Baron, and (consequently) b. a few months after 2 Mar. 1642/3. M.P. for Warwick, 1664-77; Recorder of Warwick 1677 till his death, and of Coventry 1 687-1 706. Hew., 12 Jan. 1664/5, ^* ^*- Bartholomew-the-less, London (lie. at Fac. Off. he aged 21 and she 19), Sarah, da. of Francis Dashwood, Alderman of London, by Alice, sister of Edmund Sleigh, also Alderman of London. Shed. Sep. 1705. He d. 22 Oct. 17 10, at Twicken- ham, Midx., in his 68th year.C") Will dat. 3 Apr., pr. 9 Nov. 17 10. VI. 1710. 6. FuLKE (Greville), Baron Brooke OF Beauchamps Court, grandson and h., being s. and h. of Francis Greville, by Anne, widow of Henry Baynton, of Spy Park, Wilts, ist da. of John (Wilmot), Earl of Rochester, and coh. to her br., the 3rd Earl, which Francis G. was s. and h. ap. of the last Lord, but d. v.p., (eleven days before his father) 1 1 Oct. 17 10. He was b. about 1693; rriatric. at Oxford (Univ. Coll.), I Dec. 17 10, being then 17. He d. of fever, at Univ. College afsd., 24 Feb., and was iur. 3 Mar. 1710/1, at Warwick. Admon. 25 May 171 1. VII. 171 1. 7. William (Greville), Baron Brooke of Beau- champs Court, only br. and h., b. about 1694. He him believed him to be well natured and just, and rather seduced and corrupted in his understanding than perverse and malicious. Whether his Passions, or Conscience swayed him, he was undoubtedly one of those who could have been with most diffi- culty reconciled to the government of Church or State." {Clarendon). (^) He had six sons, John, Francis, Charles, Robert, William, and Fulke, who all died young and v.p. V.G. (*>) " Hath been always a man of pleasure, with a very good capacity; well bred; loves play; a fair complexion; towards 60 years of age. His son, Mr. Grevill [i.e. Francis G., who d. v.p."] makes a tolerable figure in the House of Commons: both great assertors of the Prerogative in Church and State." {Macky).