Grenfell

Grenfell may refer to:

  • Grenfell, New South Wales, a town in the mid-west of New South Wales, Australia.
  • Bernard Pyne Grenfell, an English egyptologist.
  • Arthur Grenfell Wauchope
  • Joyce Grenfell, an English actress, comedienne and singer-songwriter.
  • Grenfell, Saskatchewan, a town in southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada.
  • Grenfell (electoral district), a former electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  • Grenfell cloth.
  • A member of the Grenfell family descended from Pascoe Grenfell (1729-1810):
    • Pascoe Grenfell (1761-1838), businessman and politician.
    • Charles Grenfell (1790–1867), businessman and politician.
    • Charles Grenfell (1823–1861), MP
    • John Pascoe Grenfell (1800-1869), Admiral in the Brazilian Navy.
    • George St. Leger Grenfell (1808-1868), soldier of fortune
    • Henry Riversdale Grenfell (1824-1902), banker and politician.
    • Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell (1841-1925), soldier.
    • George Grenfell (1849-1906), missionary and explorer.
    • William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough (1855-1945), athlete, sportsman and public servant.
    • Wilfred Grenfell (1865-1940), medical missionary.
    • Edward Grenfell, 1st Baron St Just (1870-1941), politician and banker.
    • Julian Grenfell (1888-1915), poet and son of Lord Desborough.
    • Francis Octavius Grenfell (1880-1915), soldier and Victoria Cross winner.
    • Cecil Grenfell (1864-1924), soldier and British Liberal politician.



Famous quotes containing the word grenfell:

    And he is dead who will not fight;
    And who dies fighting has increase.
    —Julian Grenfell (1888–1915)

    Progress everywhere today does seem to come so very heavily disguised as Chaos.
    —Joyce Grenfell (1910–1979)