Grenville College was a small non-sectarian private school in Ballarat, Victoria.
By September 1857 the principal was J. M. Strongman and the master was William Stallard (late of the Commercial Academy), and the school was scheduled to open on Sturt Street in October 1857, however, by June 1857 it was in the old Commercial Academy premises, Doveton Street with William Stallard as principal.
The proprietors also ran the Agriculture Training, Grammar and Commercial School at Gracefield, near Ballarat.
He was subsequently sent to Wesley College, and Melbourne University, studied law, was appointed King's Counsel[10] and eventually Prime Minister of Australia.
In (Australian rules) football, Grenville achieved what may be a record of sorts — a 45 goals, 44 behinds (314 points) to nil drubbing at the hands of St Patrick's College, Ballarat.