Leopold Greville, 6th Earl of Warwick

Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville, 6th Earl of Warwick MVO (September 10, 1882–January 31, 1928) was simultaneously Earl Brooke of Warwick Castle and Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court.Peerage website: [http://thepeerage.com/p5258.htm Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville, 6th Earl of Warwick, p. 5258.] ]

He was styled Lord Brooke between 1893 and 1924, during the lifetime of his father, Francis Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick.

Family relations

Lord Brooke was educated at Eton College.

Brook married Elfrida Marjorie Eden; after his death, he was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Charles Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick.

On January 15, 1924, he succeeded to his father's titles as 6th Earl Brooke of Warwick Castle [Great Britain, 1746] ; 6th Earl of Warwick [Great Britain, 1759] and 13th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court, co. Warwick [England, 1621] , and entered the House of Lords.

Children

* Charles Guy Fulke Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick (March 4, 1911-January 20, 1944).
* Hon. Richard Francis Maynard Greville (July 4, 1913-June 29, 1968).
* Hon. John Ambrose Henry Greville (February 2, 1918- July 1942).

Military service

Lord Brooke fought in the Boer War (1899-1901). He was promoted to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Life Guards on November 3, 1900. Following the war's conclusion he served as aide-de-camp to Lord Milner between 1901 and 1902 at South Africa.

Lord Brooke was a Reuters correspondant during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905).

He was Aide-de-Camp to the Inspector-General of the Forces in 1907.

Honors

In 1905, Lord Brooke was invested as a Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.).

elected works

* [http://www.archive.org/details/eyewitnessinmanc00brooiala "An Eye-witness in Manchuria" (1905)."] London: E. Nash.

Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles and David Williamson, eds. (1990). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage." New York: St Martin's Press.

External links

* Peerage website: [http://thepeerage.com/p5258.htm Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville, 6th Earl of Warwick1, p. 5258]