GRENVILLE, THOMAS English bibliophile, was born on Dec. 31, 1755. He was, with one interval, a member of parliament from 178o to 1818, and for a few months during 1806 and 1807 president of the board of control and first lord of the admiralty. He is more famous as a book-collector than as a statesman; he bequeathed his large and valuable library to the British Museum, where it is still preserved under his name. He died in London on Dec. 17, 1846.
A catalogue of the Grenville library was published by H. J. Payne and H. Foss, Bibliotheca Grenvilliana (3 vols., 1842-48).