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 Granville nephew Louis, afterwards emperor. In 1848 he advocated the cause of Italian unity, and in 1849 visited St. Petersburg professionally. In 1853 he wrote a remarkable letter to Lord Palmerston on the physical and mental constitution of the Emperor Nicholas and his family; he predicted Nicholas's death before July 1855. After his wife's death in 1861 Granville gradually gave up practice in London, but continued to practise at Kissingen till 1868. He then set about writing his autobiography, a work which, though prolix and egotistical, contains interesting notices of many remarkable people. He died at Dover on 3 March 1872, aged 88. Four sons and one daughter survived him.

Granville was about the middle height, somewhat square-faced, with a high forehead, keen-looking, and firm. His manners were very suave and prepossessing, and his conversation was lively, witty, and learned. Dr. Munk observes that he was full of resource in practice, confident in his own powers, and able to impart confidence to his patients. ‘He was a good nurse and a better cook, qualities which did him good service on many occasions.’

Granville wrote, besides many minor papers: 1. ‘Critical Observations on Mr. Kemble's Performances at the Theatre Royal, Manchester,’ 1811. 2. ‘An Appeal to the Emperor of Russia on Italy,’ 1814. 3. ‘An Account of the Life and Writings of Baron Guyton de Morveau,’ 1817. 4. ‘Report on the Practice of Midwifery at the Westminster General Dispensary,’ 1818. 5. ‘Further Observations on the Internal Use of the Hydrocyanic (Prussic) Acid in Pulmonary Complaints,’ 1819. 6. ‘On the Plague and Contagion, with reference to the Quarantine Laws,’ 1819. 7. ‘An Historical and Practical Treatise on the Internal Use of Hydrocyanic Acid in Diseases of the Chest,’ 1820. 8. ‘An Essay on Egyptian Mummies, with Observations on the Art of Embalming among the Egyptians,’ 1825. [Granville had examined a mummy brought from Egypt in 1824, and lectured upon the subject to the Royal Institution.] 9. ‘Letter to the Right Hon. Mr. Huskisson on the Quarantine Laws,’ 1825. 10. ‘St. Petersburg: a Journal of Travels to and from that capital,’ 2 vols., 1828; second edition, 1829. 11. ‘Reform in Science, or Science without a Head, and the Royal Society Dissected,’ 1830. 12. ‘The Catechism of Health, or Simple Rules for the Preservation of Health and the Attainment of Long Life,’ 1832. 13. ‘Graphic Illustrations of Abortion, with Prolegomena on the Development of the Human Ovum,’ 4to, with 14 coloured plates, 1833. 14. ‘Report on the Thames Improvement Company,’ 1835. 15. ‘The Royal Society in the Nineteenth Century,’ 1836. 16. ‘Report of a Journey through Central Europe for Agricultural Inquiries,’ 1836. 17. ‘The Spas of Germany,’ 2 vols., 1837. 18. ‘Report on Arsenicated Candles,’ 1837. 19. ‘Medical Reform, being the first oration before the British Association,’ 1837. 20. ‘Counter-irritation, its Principles and Practice,’ 1838. 21. ‘The Spas of England and Sea-bathing Places,’ 3 vols., 1841. 22. ‘The Spas Revisited,’ 1843. 23. ‘Kissingen, its Sources and Resources,’ 1846. 24. ‘On the Formation of a Kingdom in Italy: two Letters to Lord Palmerston,’ 1848 and 1849. 25. ‘Sudden Death,’ 1854. 26. ‘The Sumbul, a new Asiatic Remedy,’ 1858. 27. ‘The Mineral Springs of Vichy,’ 1859. 28. ‘Obstetrical Statistics of the Industrial Classes of London,’ 1861. 29. ‘The Great London Question of the Day, Sewage v. Gold,’ 1865. 30. ‘Autobiography,’ 2 vols., 1874, edited by his youngest daughter, with portrait.

[Granville's Autobiography; Medical Times, 16 March 1872 i. 327, 1874 ii. 872; Lancet, 6 April 1872, i. 490; Munk's Coll. of Phys. iii. 174–7.] 

GRANVILLE or GRENVILLE, BEVIL (d. 1706), governor of Barbadoes, grandson of Sir Bevil Grenville (1596–1643) [q. v.], was son of Bernard Grenville or Granville (1631–1701), M.P., and groom of the bedchamber to Charles II, by his wife Anne, daughter and sole heiress of Cuthbert Morley of Hornby, Yorkshire. After keeping his terms at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was created M.A. in 1679 (Cantabr. Graduati, 1787, p. 167). He then obtained a commission in the regiment of foot nominally commanded by his uncle, John Grenville, earl of Bath [q. v.] From James II he received the honour of knighthood. He saw some service in the Low Countries. In December 1693 he came over from Flanders, waited on William III, with whom he seems to have been a favourite, and gave him an account of the state of that country (, Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs, iii. 240). In January of the following year he was gazetted to the colonelcy of the regiment of the Earl of Bath, on the latter's resignation (ib. iii. 254), and joined it in Flanders. In June 1695, in consequence of a violent quarrel, he fought in Flanders a duel with Colonel the Marquis de Rada, who shortly afterwards died of his wounds (ib. iii. 491). On 21 March 1695–6 he was appointed by the king governor of Pendennis Castle in Cornwall (ib. iv. 33). At the end of May he re-embarked for Flanders, where