Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

The Right Honourable The Lord Brooke KB PC
Portrait by Edmund Lodge
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 1614–1621
Preceded by	Sir Julius Caesar
Succeeded by	Sir Richard Weston
Personal details
Born	3 October 1554 Beauchamp's Court, Alcester
Died	30 September 1628 (age 73) Brook House, Holborn, London
Resting place	St Mary's Church, Warwick
Parents	Sir Fulke Greville (father) Anne Neville (mother)
Alma mater	Shrewsbury School, Jesus College, Cambridge

Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke^[a] (/fʊlk ˈɡrɛvɪl/; 3 October 1554 – 30 September 1628) was an Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman who served in the House of Commons at various times between 1581 and 1621, when he was raised to the peerage.

Greville was a capable administrator who served the English Crown under Elizabeth I and James I as, successively, treasurer of the navy, chancellor of the exchequer, and commissioner of the Treasury, and who for his services was in 1621 made Baron Brooke, peer of the realm. Greville was granted Warwick Castle in 1604, making numerous improvements. Greville is best known today as the biographer of Sir Philip Sidney, and for his sober poetry, which presents dark and thoughtful views on art, literature, beauty and other philosophical matters.
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