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Greville and Charlotte Greville (née Eden) had 3 sons, Robert Northmore Greville, Eden Kaye Greville and Chaloner Greville and three daughters. Charlotte Dorothea Greville married the Rev. David Hogarth on 3 April 1857.
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Flora
Edinensis: Or, A Description of Plants Growing Near Edinburgh, Arranged According to the Linnean System, with a Concise Introduction to the Natural Orders of the Class Cryptogamia, and Illustrative
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Scottish cryptogamic flora, or
Coloured figures and descriptions of cryptogamic plants, belonging chiefly to the order Fungi and intended to serve as a continuation of English botany
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273:Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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241:the parish church in Edlaston
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