GRANVILLE, Augustus Bozzi (3 son of Carlo Bozzi, postmaster general Milan). b. Milan 7 Oct. 1783; studied at Univ. of Pavia 1799–1802, M.D. 28 Aug. 1802; assistant surgeon in British navy March 1807, retired as surgeon on half pay 1813; assumed maternal name of Granville; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1813; L.R.C.P. 1817; studied at La Maternité, Paris, and qualified as an accoucher 1816–17; settled at 8 Saville row, London 1818; F.R.S. 1817; physician accoucher Westminster general dispensary 1819; introduced use of prussic acid for chest affections; established a West-end infirmary for young children; pres. of Westminster medical soc. 1829; visited Kissingen 1840–68 and set the fashion of drinking its waters; confidential friend of ex-king Joseph Bonaparte 1832–44; author of St. Petersburg, a journal of travels 2 vols. 1828, 2 ed. 1829; The spas of Germany 2 vols. 1837, 2 ed. 1838; The spas of England and sea-bathing places 3 vols. 1841 and 31 other works. d. 20 Folkestone ter. Dover 3 March 1872. Autobiography of A. B. Granville (1874), portrait; Munk’s Coll. of physicians, iii, 174–7 (1878); Physic and physicians, ii, 269–71 (1839).
GRATTAN, Sir Edmund Arnout (son of Thomas C. Grattan 1792–1864). b. 1818; British consul at Boston for state of Massachusetts 4 Aug. 1848 to 1858; consul at Antwerp 11 Jany. 1858 to 1883; consul general for Belgium 28 Nov. 1883 to 1888; British commissioner Antwerp exhibition 1885; V.P. Royal Geog. soc. Antwerp; F.R.G.S.; knighted by patent 18 Nov. 1889. d. Ostend Aug. 1890 aged 72.
GRATTAN, Henry Plunkett, stage name of Henry Willoughby Grattan Plunkett. b. Dublin 1808; made his début at Milton st. theatre London in The Rake’s Progress; author of The Minerali, or the dying gift, a drama by H. Plunkett, produced at Cobourg theatre; The Dumb Conscript produced at Astley’s 1835; Faust or the Demon of the Drachenfels produced at Sadler’s Wells 15 Sep. 1842; wrote the first few numbers of Punch with Henry Mayhew and 4 others 17 July 1841 et seq.; edited The Squib June to Dec. 1842 30 numbers; played Hamlet at Park theatre New York 11 May 1843; built the first theatre at Memphis; editor and owner of The Age newspaper; author of The Bottle, a poem, New York 1848; sometimes used name of Harry Plunkett as a stage name; founded the Actors’ Fund; produced many plays; spent 23 years in America; author of The Fairy Circle, The Sisters, Glory, Orson and other pieces all produced in England. d. 25 Dec. 1889. bur. Fulham cemetery 30 Dec.
GRATTAN, Mrs. Henry Plunkett (dau. of Mr. M’Phain). b. London 1811; acted in the provinces and then at Garrick theatre, London; made first appearance in America at St. Charles theatre, New Orleans, as lady Anne in Richard iii, 1836; at the new Chatham theatre, America, was the original Madelon in the Carpenter of Rouen 16 Nov. 1840. m. (1) H. P. Grattan; sang in the role of Pollio in Norma at Adelphi, London Oct. 1842; m. (2) Mr. Barker; m. (3) Mr. Madison; returned to America, at Chatham theatre 8 July 1850, retook name of Mrs. Grattan when appearing as Amelia in Wild Oats; travelled throughout the United States and the West Indies playing chief roles in standard dramas; final engagement at Arch st. theatre, Philadelphia 18 Sept. 1876 in Led Astray. d. 101 West Twenty-ninth st. New York 14 Dec. 1876. Era 7 Jany. 1877 p. 5; The Squib 22 Oct. 1842 p. 92.
GRATTAN, James (eld. son of right hon. Henry Grattan 1746–1820). b. 7 April 1787; cornet 20 light dragoons 9 Aug. 1810; lieut. 9 light dragoons 4 July 1811 to 18 Aug. 1814 when placed on h.p.; M.P. for co. Wicklow 1821–41; P.C. Ireland 1841. d. Tinnehinch, co. Carlow 21 Oct. 1854.
GRATTAN, John. Ensign 18 foot 8 July 1813, lieut. col. 25 May 1853 to 31 July 1854 when placed on h.p.; col. 17 foot 1 May 1868 to death; L.G. 15 Sep. 1870; C.B. 24 Dec. 1842. d. Brussels 29 April 1871 aged 75.
GRATTAN, Thomas Colley (son of Colley Grattan, solicitor). b. Dublin 1792; settled at Bordeaux 1818, Paris 1820?; proprietor and editor of The Paris monthly review Jany. 1822 to April 1823, 15 numbers; produced Ben Nazir the Saracen, a tragedy at Drury lane 21 May 1827; removed to Brussels 1828; British consul to state of Massachusetts 1839–46; assisted Lord Ashburton in treaty of Washington 1842; author of Highways and byways or Tales of the roadside 2 vols. 1823, second ser. 3 vols. 1825, third ser. 3 vols. 1827; The history of the Netherlands 1830; Legends of the Rhine 3 vols. 1832; Civilised America 2 vols. 1859, and about 15 other works. d. Jermyn st. London 4 July 1864. Dublin Univ. Mag. Dec. 1853, pp. 658–65, portrait; Colburn’s New Monthly xxxii, 77–80 (1831), portrait.
GRATWICKE, William Gratwicke Kindlesides (son of rev. William Kindlesides, R. of Angmering, Sussex, who took name of Gratwicke, d. 1820). b. Angmering 1794; began racing 1825; won the Derby with Frederick 1825, with Merry Monarch 1845; won One thousand guineas and Oaks with Governess 1858. d. Ham near Arundel 5 Dec. 1862. Baily’s Mag. iv, 55–9 (1862), portrait; Sporting Review xlix, 179–80 (1863); Sporting Times 11 July 1885, p. 2.
GRAVATT, William (son of Wm. Gravatt lieut. col. R.E. who d. 13 June 1851 aged 80). b. Gravesend 14 July 1806; apprenticed to Bryan Donkin C.E. 1822; placed under I. K. Brunel; F.R.S. 1832, F.R.A.S. 1832; worked on the Thames tunnel 1826–32 when works stopped; engineer to Calder and Hebble navigation 1832; examined the county for original scheme of London and Dover railway 183-; invented a level which generally bears his name but which he called the ‘dumpy,’ also the level staff universally employed, and a pocket instrument called a nadir; traced the line for the Bristol and Exeter railway 75 miles in about a month 184-; printed “Companion to the mountain barometer,” which was translated into Chinese; A.I.C.E. 1826, M.I.C.E. 1828. d. 15 Park st. Westminster 30 May 1866, having been poisoned by an overdose of morphia given inadvertently by his nurse. Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxvi, 565–75 (1867).
GRAVES, Francis (son of Robert Graves d. 1825 and grandson of Robert Graves of Catherine st. Strand, both of them printsellers). b. 25 Dec. 1802; with A. Molteno of Pall Mall at age of 13, removed to M. Colnaghi’s in Cockspur st. 1826; printseller with his brother, Henry Graves 1838 to death. d. 6 Pall Mall, London 15 Oct. 1859.