Grenville Parish, Prince Edward Island
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Grenville Parish is a civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in Queens County
Queens County, Prince Edward Island
Queens County is located in central Prince Edward Island, Canada. The county is geographically divided by the Hillsborough River's estuary, a tidal inlet which almost splits the county and Prince Edward Island...

, Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

, that was named by Samuel Holland
Samuel Holland
Samuel Johannes Holland was a Royal Engineer and first Surveyor General of British North America.-Life in the Netherlands:...

, during his 1864-1866 survey of the newly acquired British
United Kingdom
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 colony. It was named during the period that George Grenville
George Grenville
George Grenville was a British Whig statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain. Grenville was born into an influential political family and first entered Parliament in 1741 as an MP for Buckingham...

 was prime minister of Great Britain, as was Grenville Bay (New London Bay). The communities of North Granville and South Granville are derived from this name, but adopted the spelling more commonly in use when Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
Granville George Leveson Gower, 2nd Earl Granville KG, PC FRS , styled Lord Leveson until 1846, was a British Liberal statesman...

 gained prominence as the British Secretary of State for the Colonies
Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Secretary of State for the Colonies or Colonial Secretary was the British Cabinet minister in charge of managing the United Kingdom's various colonial dependencies....

 in 1868-1870.

It contains the following townships:
  • Lot 20
    Lot 20, Prince Edward Island
    Lot 20 is a township in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of Greenville Parish....

  • Lot 21
    Lot 21, Prince Edward Island
    Lot 21 is a township in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of Greenville Parish....

  • Lot 22
    Lot 22, Prince Edward Island
    Lot 22 is a township in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of Greenville Parish....

  • Lot 23
    Lot 23, Prince Edward Island
    Lot 23 is a township in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of Greenville Parish....

  • Lot 67
    Lot 67, Prince Edward Island
    Lot 67 is a township in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of Greenville Parish....

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