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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name = Sir Charles Greville
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}}
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| birth_date = 5 April 1780
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1836|12|02|1780|04|05|df=y}}
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| allegiance = [[United Kingdom]]
| branch = [[British Army]]
| serviceyears = 1795–1836
| rank = [[Major general (United Kingdom)|Major-general]]
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| battles = {{Tree list}}
*[[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]]
*[[French Revolutionary Wars]]
**[[French invasion of Egypt and Syria|Egypt Campaign]]
*[[Napoleonic Wars]]
**[[Walcheren Campaign]]
**[[Peninsular War]]
***[[Battle of Rolica]]
***[[Battle of Vimeiro]]
***[[Battle of Corunna]]
***[[Battle of Salamanca]]
***[[Siege of Burgos]]
***[[Battle of Tordesillas (1812)|Battle of Tordesillas]]
***[[Battle of San Millan-Osma]]
***[[Battle of Vitoria]]
***[[Siege of San Sebastián]]
***[[Battle of the Bidassoa]]
***[[Battle of Nivelle]]
***[[Battle of the Nive]]
***[[Battle of Bayonne]]
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| awards = [[Army Gold Cross]]
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| alma_mater = [[Winchester College]]
| spouse = <!--{{marriage|name|start date|end date}}; add spouse if reliably sourced-->
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| relations = [[George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick]] (father)<br/>[[Henry Greville, 3rd Earl of Warwick]] (brother)
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[[Major general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Sir Charles John Greville''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}} (5 April 1780 – 2 December 1836) was a [[British Army]] officer and politician.
The younger brother of the [[Earl of Warwick]], Greville served in the [[British Army]], becoming a major-general. He was also appointed
At the [[1812 UK general election]], Greville was elected for the [[Tories (British political party)|Tories]] in [[Warwick (UK Parliament constituency)|Warwick]], serving until [[1831 UK general election|1831]]. He stood again at the [[1832 UK general election]], winning the seat, but was unseated on petition. He was re-elected at the [[1835 UK general election]], this time for the new [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], but stood down in 1836 by accepting the [[Chiltern Hundreds]]. He died later in the year.<ref name="stenton" />
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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{{s-bef | before= [[Samuel Venables Hinde|Sir Samuel Hinde]]}}
{{s-ttl | title= Colonel of the [[98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot]] |years= 1832–1836}}
{{s-aft | after= [[John Ross (British Army officer, died 1843)|John Ross]]}}
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{{s-bef | before= [[George Ludlow, 3rd Earl Ludlow|The Earl Ludlow]] }}
{{s-ttl | title= Colonel of the [[38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot]] |years= 1836}}
{{s-aft | after= [[Henry Pigot|Sir Henry Pigot]] }}
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