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	Upon his return in 1920, Grigg became a private secretary to [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom\|Prime Minister]] [[David Lloyd George]]. Grigg became devoted to Lloyd George, developing a deep respect for the "Welsh Wizard" that subsequently limited his political career. After Lloyd George's departure in 1922, Grigg passed up a number of appointments within the civil service to enter the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom\|House of Commons]]. He was elected to Parliament as a [[Liberal Party (UK)\|Liberal]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] (MP) in 1922 from the constituency of [[Oldham (UK Parliament constituency)\|Oldham]]. During this period he also served as secretary to the [[Rhodes Trust]], a position he held from 1923 until 1925.<ref name=Rose1/>		Upon his return in 1920, Grigg became a private secretary to [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom\|Prime Minister]] [[David Lloyd George]]. Grigg became devoted to Lloyd George, developing a deep respect for the "Welsh Wizard" that subsequently limited his political career. After Lloyd George's departure in 1922, Grigg passed up a number of appointments within the civil service to enter the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom\|House of Commons]]. He was elected to Parliament as a [[Liberal Party (UK)\|Liberal]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] (MP) in 1922 from the constituency of [[Oldham (UK Parliament constituency)\|Oldham]]. During this period he also served as secretary to the [[Rhodes Trust]], a position he held from 1923 until 1925.<ref name=Rose1/>

	In 1923, Grigg married ~~Hon.~~ [[Joan Grigg\|Joan Dickson-Poynder]],<ref name=joan>{{Cite ODNB\|title=Grigg [née Dickson-Poynder], Joan Alice Katherine, Lady Altrincham (1897–1987), organizer of maternity and nursing services in Africa\|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-76425\|access-date=2021-01-24\|year=2004\|language=en\|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/76425\|last1=Williams\|first1=Susan}}</ref> daughter of his fellow politician [[John Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington\|Lord Islington]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Joan Alice Katherine (née Dickson-Poynder), Lady Altrincham; Edward William Macleay Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham \|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw167794/Joan-Alice-Katherine-ne-Dickson-Poynder-Lady-Altrincham-Edward-William-Macleay-Grigg-1st-Baron-Altrincham?LinkID=mp99304&search=sas&sText=lady+katherine&role=sit&rNo=0 \|website=National Portrait Gallery}}</ref> They had three children:		In 1923, Grigg married [[Joan Grigg\|Joan Dickson-Poynder]],<ref name=joan>{{Cite ODNB\|title=Grigg [née Dickson-Poynder], Joan Alice Katherine, Lady Altrincham (1897–1987), organizer of maternity and nursing services in Africa\|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-76425\|access-date=2021-01-24\|year=2004\|language=en\|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/76425\|last1=Williams\|first1=Susan}}</ref> daughter of his fellow politician [[John Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington\|Lord Islington]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Joan Alice Katherine (née Dickson-Poynder), Lady Altrincham; Edward William Macleay Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham \|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw167794/Joan-Alice-Katherine-ne-Dickson-Poynder-Lady-Altrincham-Edward-William-Macleay-Grigg-1st-Baron-Altrincham?LinkID=mp99304&search=sas&sText=lady+katherine&role=sit&rNo=0 \|website=National Portrait Gallery}}</ref> They had three children:
	* [[John Grigg (writer)\|John Edward Poynder Grigg]], 2nd Baron Altrincham (15 April 1924 – 31 December 2001), a journalist and author		* [[John Grigg (writer)\|John Edward Poynder Grigg]], 2nd Baron Altrincham (15 April 1924 – 31 December 2001), a journalist and author
	* ~~Hon.~~ Annabel Desirée Grigg, (b. 19 November 1931),		* Annabel Desirée Grigg, (b. 19 November 1931),
	* Anthony Ulrick David Dundas Grigg, 3rd Baron Altrincham (b. 12 January 1934).		* Anthony Ulrick David Dundas Grigg, 3rd Baron Altrincham (12 January 1934 — 1 August 2020).

	===Governor of Kenya===		===Governor of Kenya===
	In 1925, Grigg resigned his seat to accept an appointment as [[List of colonial heads of Kenya\|governor of Kenya]]. While frustrated in his assigned task to merge [[Kenya Colony\|Kenya]] with the bordering British colonies of [[Uganda Protectorate\|Uganda]] and [[Tanganyika Territory\|Tanganyika]], he provided energetic administration to the colony, improving agriculture, education, and infrastructure during his governorship. Yet Grigg opposed consideration of the colony's development into a multi-racial state, believing that the native African population was ill-prepared for managing the government. During this period he was named [[Order of St Michael and St George\|KCMG]] in 1928.<ref name=Rose2>Kenneth Rose, "Grigg, Edward William Macleay, first Baron Altrincham" in ''The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison, eds. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), vol. 24, p. 2.</ref>		In 1925, Grigg resigned his seat to accept an appointment as [[List of colonial heads of Kenya\|governor of Kenya]]. While frustrated in his assigned task to merge [[Kenya Colony\|Kenya]] with the bordering British colonies of [[Uganda Protectorate\|Uganda]] and [[Tanganyika Territory\|Tanganyika]], he provided energetic administration to the colony, improving agriculture, education, and infrastructure during his governorship. Yet Grigg opposed consideration of the colony's development into a multi-racial state, believing that the native African population was ill-prepared for managing the government. During this period he was named [[Order of St Michael and St George\|KCMG]] in 1928.<ref name=Rose2>Kenneth Rose, "Grigg, Edward William Macleay, first Baron Altrincham" in ''The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison, eds. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), vol. 24, p. 2.</ref> Grigg declared [[Female genital mutilation\|female circumcision]] to be illegal in the colony, and he used the armed forces of the colony to enforce the ban. Men who were caught circumcising women were arrested by British authorities. This led to some backlash amongst Kenya's indigenous African majority.<ref>Undesirable Practices: Women, Children, and the Politics of the Body in Northern Ghana, 1930-1972 by Jessica Cammaert (2016) - U of Nebraska Press</ref>

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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	===Early years===		===Early years===
	Grigg was the son of Henry Bridewell Grigg, [[Order of the Indian Empire\|CIE]], a member of the [[Indian Civil Service]], sometime [[Political Resident]] of [[Travancore]], and Elizabeth Louisa, ''née'' Thomson, whose parents were Australian politician and administrator Sir [[Edward Deas Thomson]] and his wife Anna Maria, daughter of General Sir [[Richard Bourke]], [[Governor of New South Wales]] from 1831 to 1837.<ref>Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1999, p. 65</ref> Born in [[Chennai\|Madras]], he was educated at [[Winchester College]] and [[New College, Oxford]], where he won the [[Gaisford Prize]] for Greek verse in 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times \|~~articlename~~=University intelligence ~~\|day_of_week=Monday~~ \|date=19 May 1902 \|~~page_number~~=8 \|issue=36771}}</ref> Upon graduation, he embarked on a career in journalism. He joined ''[[The Times]]'' in 1903 as secretary to the editor, [[George Earle Buckle]], then moved to ''[[The Outlook (British magazine)\|The Outlook]]'' in 1905, where he worked as assistant editor under [[James Louis Garvin\|J. L. Garvin]]. Grigg returned to ''The Times'' in 1906, where he was the head of the colonial department until he resigned in 1913 in order to become the co-editor of ''[[The Round Table Journal]]''.<ref name=Rose1>Kenneth Rose, "Grigg, Edward William Macleay, first Baron Altrincham" in ''The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison, eds. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), vol. 24, p. 1.</ref>		Grigg was the son of Henry Bridewell Grigg, [[Order of the Indian Empire\|CIE]], a member of the [[Indian Civil Service]], sometime [[Political Resident]] of [[Travancore]], and Elizabeth Louisa, ''née'' Thomson, whose parents were Australian politician and administrator Sir [[Edward Deas Thomson]] and his wife Anna Maria, daughter of General Sir [[Richard Bourke]], [[Governor of New South Wales]] from 1831 to 1837.<ref>Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1999, p. 65</ref> Born in [[Chennai\|Madras]], he was educated at [[Winchester College]] and [[New College, Oxford]], where he won the [[Gaisford Prize]] for Greek verse in 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times \|title=University intelligence \|date=19 May 1902 \|page=8 \|issue=36771}}</ref> Upon graduation, he embarked on a career in journalism. He joined ''[[The Times]]'' in 1903 as secretary to the editor, [[George Earle Buckle]], then moved to ''[[The Outlook (British magazine)\|The Outlook]]'' in 1905, where he worked as assistant editor under [[James Louis Garvin\|J. L. Garvin]]. Grigg returned to ''The Times'' in 1906, where he was the head of the colonial department until he resigned in 1913 in order to become the co-editor of ''[[The Round Table Journal]]''.<ref name=Rose1>Kenneth Rose, "Grigg, Edward William Macleay, first Baron Altrincham" in ''The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison, eds. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), vol. 24, p. 1.</ref>

	===Military service===		===Military service===

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'''Edward William Macleay Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCMG|KCVO|DSO|MC|PC}} (8 September 1879 – 1 December 1955) was a British colonial administrator and politician.

==Biography==
===Early years===
Grigg was the son of Henry Bridewell Grigg, [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]], a member of the [[Indian Civil Service]], sometime [[Political Resident]] of [[Travancore]], and Elizabeth Louisa, ''née'' Thomson, whose parents were Australian politician and administrator Sir [[Edward Deas Thomson]] and his wife Anna Maria, daughter of General Sir [[Richard Bourke]], [[Governor of New South Wales]] from 1831 to 1837.<ref>Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1999, p. 65</ref> Born in [[Chennai|Madras]], he was educated at [[Winchester College]] and [[New College, Oxford]], where he won the [[Gaisford Prize]] for Greek verse in 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=University intelligence |day_of_week=Monday |date=19 May 1902 |page_number=8 |issue=36771}}</ref> Upon graduation, he embarked on a career in journalism. He joined ''[[The Times]]'' in 1903 as secretary to the editor, [[George Earle Buckle]], then moved to ''[[The Outlook (British magazine)|The Outlook]]'' in 1905, where he worked as assistant editor under [[James Louis Garvin|J. L. Garvin]]. Grigg returned to ''The Times'' in 1906, where he was the head of the colonial department until he resigned in 1913 in order to become the co-editor of ''[[The Round Table Journal]]''.<ref name=Rose1>Kenneth Rose, "Grigg, Edward William Macleay, first Baron Altrincham" in ''The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison, eds. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), vol. 24, p. 1.</ref>

===Military service===
At the start of the [[World War I|First World War]], Grigg enlisted in the [[Grenadier Guards]], and was commissioned as a special-reserve second lieutenant (on probation) on 13 March 1915.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29098|date=12 March 1915 |page=2507 |supp=|nolink=y}}</ref> He was confirmed in his rank on 11 August,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29258|date=10 August 1915 |page=7907 |supp=|nolink=y}}</ref> with a promotion to temporary lieutenant.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29312|date=1 October 1915 |page=9647 |supp=|nolink=y}}</ref> He was subsequently promoted to lieutenant (effective 15 July 1915),<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29396|date=7 December 1915 |page=12293 |supp=y|nolink=y}}</ref> and to temporary captain on 8 November.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29431|date=7 January 1916 |page=343 |supp=|nolink=y}}</ref> Serving in France, he distinguished himself in combat before his transfer to the staff as a GSO 3 on 4 February 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29495|date=29 February 1916 |page=2331 |supp=y|nolink=y}}</ref> briefly relinquishing his temporary rank of captain with effect from 27 January,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29518|date=21 March 1916 |page=3164 |supp=y|nolink=y}}</ref> and resuming it from 15 April.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29580|date=12 May 1916 |page=4823 |supp=y|nolink=y}}</ref>

He received the [[Military Cross]] in 1917 and the [[Distinguished Service Order]] the following year, and was a [[lieutenant-colonel]] by the end of the war, becoming the only civilian (non-regular officer) to become GSO 1 of a division during the war.<ref>Simon Robbins, British Generalship on the Western Front 1914–18: Defeat Into Victory, page 43.</ref> Grigg was created Commander of the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] in 1919 and served as military secretary to Edward, Prince of Wales (later [[Edward VIII]]) from 1919 until 1920, accompanying the prince on tours of [[Canada]], [[Australia]], and [[New Zealand]]. For his services, Grigg was appointed Commander of the [[Royal Victorian Order]] in 1919 and Knight Commander of the [[Royal Victorian Order]] in 1920.

===Entry into politics===
Upon his return in 1920, Grigg became a private secretary to [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[David Lloyd George]]. Grigg became devoted to Lloyd George, developing a deep respect for the "Welsh Wizard" that subsequently limited his political career. After Lloyd George's departure in 1922, Grigg passed up a number of appointments within the civil service to enter the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]. He was elected to Parliament as a [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) in 1922 from the constituency of [[Oldham (UK Parliament constituency)|Oldham]]. During this period he also served as secretary to the [[Rhodes Trust]], a position he held from 1923 until 1925.<ref name=Rose1/>

In 1923, Grigg married Hon. [[Joan Grigg|Joan Dickson-Poynder]],<ref name=joan>{{Cite ODNB|title=Grigg [née Dickson-Poynder], Joan Alice Katherine, Lady Altrincham (1897–1987), organizer of maternity and nursing services in Africa|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-76425|access-date=2021-01-24|year=2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/76425|last1=Williams|first1=Susan}}</ref> daughter of his fellow politician [[John Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington|Lord Islington]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Joan Alice Katherine (née Dickson-Poynder), Lady Altrincham; Edward William Macleay Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw167794/Joan-Alice-Katherine-ne-Dickson-Poynder-Lady-Altrincham-Edward-William-Macleay-Grigg-1st-Baron-Altrincham?LinkID=mp99304&search=sas&sText=lady+katherine&role=sit&rNo=0 |website=National Portrait Gallery}}</ref> They had three children:
* [[John Grigg (writer)|John Edward Poynder Grigg]], 2nd Baron Altrincham (15 April 1924 – 31 December 2001), a journalist and author
* Hon. Annabel Desirée Grigg, (b. 19 November 1931),
* Anthony Ulrick David Dundas Grigg, 3rd Baron Altrincham (b. 12 January 1934).

===Governor of Kenya===
In 1925, Grigg resigned his seat to accept an appointment as [[List of colonial heads of Kenya|governor of Kenya]]. While frustrated in his assigned task to merge [[Kenya Colony|Kenya]] with the bordering British colonies of [[Uganda Protectorate|Uganda]] and [[Tanganyika Territory|Tanganyika]], he provided energetic administration to the colony, improving agriculture, education, and infrastructure during his governorship. Yet Grigg opposed consideration of the colony's development into a multi-racial state, believing that the native African population was ill-prepared for managing the government. During this period he was named [[Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]] in 1928.<ref name=Rose2>Kenneth Rose, "Grigg, Edward William Macleay, first Baron Altrincham" in ''The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison, eds. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), vol. 24, p. 2.</ref>

===Resuming politics===
Grigg returned to Britain in 1930. Though offered his choice of Indian governorships, his poor health, along with that of his wife, forestalled accepting an appointment. Instead, Grigg decided to reenter politics. Though initially nominated as the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] candidate for the [[Leeds Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds Central]] constituency in the [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931 general election]], Grigg loyally stood aside for the [[National Labour Organisation|National Labour]] candidate, [[Richard Denman]]. Two years later, he returned to Parliament in a [[1933 Altrincham by-election|by-election]] for the constituency of [[Altrincham (UK Parliament constituency)|Altrincham]]. He would serve as MP for Altrincham until the constituency was abolished in 1945.

Grigg's return to politics coincided with the rise to power of [[Adolf Hitler]] as [[Chancellor of Germany|German chancellor]]. Grigg feared the [[Nazism|Nazi]] movement and in two books he pressed the case for a strong defence against the threat it posed. Yet Grigg never openly challenged the policy of [[appeasement]] advanced by the governments of [[Stanley Baldwin]] and [[Neville Chamberlain]], keeping his criticisms private. When war did break out, Grigg joined the government as Parliamentary Secretary to the [[Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Information]]. In April 1940 he became first the financial secretary, then joint parliamentary [[Under-Secretary of State for War]], a post he held until March 1942. He declined [[Winston Churchill]]'s invitation to become [[First Commissioner of Works]], as it was dependent upon acceptance of a [[peerage]], and did not return to government until 21 November 1944 when he was selected as [[Minister-Resident for the Middle East]] as successor to [[Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne|Lord Moyne]] who was assassinated two weeks earlier. Grigg was also appointed a [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Counsellor]] in 1944.<ref name=Rose2/>

===Final years===
In the aftermath of the [[Caretaker Government 1945|Conservative caretaker government]]'s defeat in the [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945 general election]], Grigg was raised to the peerage as '''[[Baron Altrincham]]''', of [[Tormarton]] in the [[Gloucestershire|County of Gloucester]], ending his political career.<ref>{{Cite news|date=3 August 1945|title=No. 37208|page=3981|work=[[The London Gazette]]|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37208/page/3981}}</ref> Three years later, he assumed the editorship of the ''[[National Review (London)|National Review]]'', a post he held until failing health forced his retirement in 1954. Grigg died a year later in [[Gloucestershire]] aged 76. His son, [[John Grigg (writer)|John Grigg]], who became the second Baron Altrincham upon his father's death, disclaimed the peerage in 1963 under the terms of the [[Peerage Act 1963|Peerage Act]] of that year.

==Works==
*''The Greatest Experiment in World History'' (1924)
*''Unity'' (1935)
*''The Faith of an Englishman'' (1936)
*''Britain Looks at Germany'' (1938)
*''The British Commonwealth: Its Place in the Service of the World'' (1944)
*''Kenya's Opportunity: Memories, Hopes and Ideas'' (1955)

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== References ==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.thepeerage.com/p552.htm#i5520 ThePeerage.com: Sir Edward William MacLeay Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham]
* {{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |author-link= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 |orig-year=1969 |edition= 3rd |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-06-X}}
*{{Rayment|date=February 2012}}
*{{Rayment-hc|date=March 2012}}

== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs | lieut-colonel-sir-edward-grigg | Edward Grigg }}
* {{PM20|FID=pe/006524}}

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