Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

The Lord Brooke
Portrait by Edmund Lodge
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
1614–1621
Preceded bySir Julius Caesar
Succeeded bySir Richard Weston
Personal details
Born3 October 1554
Beauchamp's Court, Alcester
Died30 September 1628 (age 73)
Brook House, Holborn, London
Resting placeSt Mary's Church, Warwick
Parents
Alma materShrewsbury 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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