Henry William Greville

He was the youngest son of Charles Greville, grandson of the fifth Lord Warwick, by Lady Charlotte Cavendish Bentinck, eldest daughter of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland.

Fanny Kemble knew him well, and described his fine voice and handsome appearance in her Records of a Girlhood, iii.

He was known to have been homosexual, and enjoyed a close relationship with the younger artist Frederic Leighton whom he met in Florence in 1856.

Greville's letters are full of nicknames for Leighton - calling him 'Fay' and 'Bimbo' and addressing him as "dear boy".

Like his brother, Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville, he kept during many years of his life a diary of such events, public and private, as specially interested him, a portion of which has been edited by his niece, Viscountess Enfield, under the title, Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville, 1883–4, 2 vols.