Rupert Howard Grove (27 March 1906 – 8 August 1982) was an Australian solicitor and a prominent Methodist and Uniting Church layman.
[1] The Australian Dictionary of Biography states that, "in the progression towards the union of the Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian churches in Australia, Grove made a decisive impact.
His plan of action was successful and he remained pivotal in the movement to founding the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977.
[6] Survived by his wife and one of their two daughters (Barbara Hansford), he died at his Killara, New South Wales home and was cremated.
[8][9] Grove's grandson, the Rev Simon Hansford, is the moderator of the Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of New South Wales and the ACT.