The Granvilles & the Grenvilles : their portraits and their history /
Granville, Richard,author.
"Many people will be familiar with the  names of Granville, Grenville and Grenfell.  The objective of this book is to explain this familiarity by showing photographs of the family collection of mainly Granville portraits and describing the history behind those portrayed.  While their story begins in the twelfth century with links both to Neath in South Wales and to the Westcountry, it is in Tudor times that the family's rise to power becomes most significant, not least through its most illustrious scion Sir Richard Grenville of the Revenge, celebrated in Tennyson's enduring poem.  The family played a major role both during the Civil War and in the Restoration of the Monarchy.  Consequently they were hugely rewarded and received three peerages.  In 1715 their disastrous support of the Jacobite cause resulted in their loss of wealth and power.  Thereafter, with the exception of Mrs. Delany, they became low-key landed gentry, but good portraits of them were still painted.  Here a rich tapestry of characters is brought to life through the author's concise teling of his family's story set against over fifty fine portraits."--front cover
Includes bibliographical references (page 160).
"Many people will be familiar with the  names of Granville, Grenville and Grenfell.  The objective of this book is to explain this familiarity by showing photographs of the family collection of mainly Granville portraits and describing the history behind those portrayed.  While their story begins in the twelfth century with links both to Neath in South Wales and to the Westcountry, it is in Tudor times that the family's rise to power becomes most significant, not least through its most illustrious scion Sir Richard Grenville of the Revenge, celebrated in Tennyson's enduring poem.  The family played a major role both during the Civil War and in the Restoration of the Monarchy.  Consequently they were hugely rewarded and received three peerages.  In 1715 their disastrous support of the Jacobite cause resulted in their loss of wealth and power.  Thereafter, with the exception of Mrs. Delany, they became low-key landed gentry, but good portraits of them were still painted.  Here a rich tapestry of characters is brought to life through the author's concise teling of his family's story set against over fifty fine portraits."--front cover
Biography
Portrait painting.
Portrait photography.
Biography.
Portrait painting.
Portrait photography.