Greville's duties as an equerry did not prevent him starting a parliamentary career, initially as Member of Parliament for Warwick from 1774 to 1780, supporting the Tory government of Lord North.[6][7] He went with the king's household on its 1794 season in Weymouth, again recording it in his diary in considerable detail. 1794 also saw Greville elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[8]
Fanny Burney referred to Greville as "Colonel Wellbred"[3] and he was a favourite at court. Emma, Lady Hamilton, who had been the mistress of his brother Charles and wife of their uncle Sir William Hamilton, wrote to Robert on several occasions, seeking financial assistance.[11]
Greville died on 27 April 1824. His brother Charles Francis had founded the port of Milford Haven and Robert's son and namesake attempted to make improvements to it.[12]
References
^"No. 112611". The London Gazette. 30 June 1772. p. 1. 10th Regiment of Dragoons, Cornet Robert Fulke Greville is appointed to be Lieutenant, vice George Poyntz Ricketts, by Purchase.
^"No. 11552". The London Gazette. 11 April 1775. p. 2. 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, ... Lieutenant Robert Fulke Greville, of the 10th Regiment of Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Turton; by Purchase.
^F. McKno Bladon (ed.), The Diaries of Colonel The Hon. Robert Fulke Greville, Equerry to His Majesty George III (London: The Bodley Head, 1930).
^Lewis Namier & John Brooke, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1754-1790 (London: HMSO, 1964)
^"No. 11513". The London Gazette. 29 November 1774. p. 1. Members returned for the ensuing Parliament ... Borough of Warwick. The Honourable Charles Francis Greville, Esq; The Honourable Robert Fulke Greville, Esq