Background
Grove was the son of John Grove of Ferne House, near Salisbury and his wife Jean Fraser, daughter of Sir William Fraser, 3rd Baronet.
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Thomas Fraser
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Career
He was captain in the 6th Dragoons and a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Wiltshire. He was High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1863 and a Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of the Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
After his defeat at the 1874 general election he did not stand again until after the 1885 redistribution of seats.
He was made a baronet on 18 March 1874, of Ferne House, in the parish of Donhead Street Andrew, in the County of Wiltshire,
At the 1885 general election Grove was elected Member of Parliament for Wilton. When the Liberal Party split in 1886 over Irish Home Rule, he joined the breakaway Liberal Unionist Party which opposed Home Rule.
He was re-elected unopposed at the 1886 general election, but at the 1892 general election he lost his seat to the Conservative Party candidate, Viscount Folkestone. Grove was elected unopposed to Wiltshire County Council in 1889.
Grove died at the age of 73.
Grove married Grace Catherine O"Grady, daughter of the Honorary Waller O"Grady, Q.C, in 1847. Frederick Barnewall.
Membership
19th United Kingdom Parliament. 20th United Kingdom Parliament. 23rd United Kingdom Parliament.
24th United Kingdom Parliament]
Grove was elected at the 1865 general election as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for South Wiltshire, and was re-elected in 1868.
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Political Party
The Liberal Party