Background
Grenfell was the son of Cornishman Pascoe Grenfell and Charlotte (née Grenfell).
Grenfell was the son of Cornishman Pascoe Grenfell and Charlotte (née Grenfell).
He was a director of the Bank of England from 1830 to 1864. He was also Chairmen of the Board of Directors of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway from 1846 to 1848. Grenfell married Lady Georgiana Frances, daughter of William Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton, in 1819.
The family lived at Taplow Court, Taplow, Buckinghamshire.
Lady Georgiana died in June 1826. Grenfell survived her by over 40 years and died in March 1867, aged 76.
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Grenfell was Member of Parliament for Preston from 1847 to 1852, and from 1857 to 1865.