Samuel Grove

Samuel Grove (originally Groux) (c. 1698 – 18 or 19 February 1769) was rector of St Mary the Virgin church, East Barnet, London, from 1743 until the time of his death.

Grove was born around 1698, the son of a French Huguenot by the name of Groux who was forced to leave that country after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.

[1] Grove was educated at Trinity College, University of Cambridge,[2] from where he received the degree of LL.B.

He became rector of St Mary's in 1743,[3] replacing Daniel Cornelius de Beaufort (1700-1788), who was also a Protestant refugee.

Grove is buried at St Mary's among a group of family graves that are grade II listed monuments with Historic England.

St Mary the Virgin, East Barnet, from the rear.
Grove family graves at St Mary the Virgin, East Barnet.
Cherubs on the grave of Samuel Grove's wife Martha (died 1789).