Henry Grenfell

Henry Riversdale Grenfell (5 April 1824 – 11 September 1902)^[1] was a British banker and Liberal Party politician.

Biography

His Cornish grandfather Pascoe Grenfell was a tin and copper manager and Member of Parliament (MP), while his father, Charles Pascoe Grenfell, was a director of the Bank of England from 1830 to 1864. His maternal grandfather was William Philip Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton.

He was MP for Stoke-upon-Trent between 1862 and 1868.

He was a leading member of the Bimetallic League,^{[citation needed]} and Governor of the Bank of England between 1881 and 1883^[2] following a periods as its Deputy Governor.^[3]

His son, Edward Grenfell also became a Member of Parliament and Bank of England director, and was the partner of Junius Spencer Morgan in the firm of Morgan, Grenfell & Company.

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Ricardo William Taylor Copeland	Member of Parliament for Stoke-upon-Trent 1862 – 1868 With: William Taylor Copeland to 1865 Alexander Beresford Hope 1865 – Feb 1868 George Melly from Feb 1868	Succeeded by William Sargeant Roden George Melly
Government offices
Preceded by John William Birch	Governor of the Bank of England 1881-1883	Succeeded by John Saunders Gilliat

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