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Colonel Cecil Alfred Grenfell (13 February 1864 - 11 August 1924) was a British Liberal politician. ==Biography== Grenfell was the son of Pascoe du Pré Grenfell, of Wilton Park, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, grandson of Pascoe Grenfell. His mother was Sophia (née Grenfell). Cecil Grenfell was one of fifteen recorded children born to Pascoe and Sophia. His schooling included time at Eton. Of his eight brothers; three died in battle. Lieutenant Robert Septimus Grenfell died in a cavalry charge at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898 and his two youngest brothers (twins) were both killed in the First World War. One of the twins, Francis Octavius Grenfell received the Victoria Cross in 1914, but was killed in 1915.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Grenfell Family History )〕 Grenfell was appointed a captain in the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry on 9 March 1898. Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in South Africa, he was on 3 February 1900 commissioned a lieutenant in the Imperial Yeomanry, with the temporary rank of Lieutenant in the Army. He was later promoted to colonel. Grenfell was MP for Bodmin between the two general elections of 1910, but then stood down. Along with his eight brothers he was a successful polo player. Grenfell married Lady Lilian Maud Spencer-Churchill, daughter of George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough, in 1898. They had two daughters. He died in August 1924, aged 60. His wife survived him by 27 years and died in January 1951, aged 77. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cecil Grenfell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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