Background
He was the son of Joseph Sawle Graves-Sawle who had been created Baronet Graves-Sawle of Penrice in 1836.
He was the son of Joseph Sawle Graves-Sawle who had been created Baronet Graves-Sawle of Penrice in 1836.
Graves-Sawle was Member of Parliament for Bodmin from 1852 to 1857. He inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1865. Sawle was also a Justice of the Peace, Special Deputy Warden of the Stannaries and Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Cornwall and Devon Miner"s Militia.
He wrote many poems dedicated to her.
The Graves-Sawles lived in Restormel, Cornwall. Their sons Francis, a Captain in the Coldstream Guards, and Charles who became a rear-admiral, both successively succeeded to the baronetcy.
The couple had two daughters, Rose Dorothea and Constance.
16th United Kingdom Parliament.