# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-grenfell-1st-baron-grenfell
# Generated: 2026-08-16T04:16:13.703Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-grenfell-1st-baron-grenfell"
name: "Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell"
slug: "francis-grenfell-1st-baron-grenfell"
description: "Field Marshal Francis Wallace Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, was a British Army officer. After serving as aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief, South Africa, he fought in the 9th Xhosa War, the Anglo-Zulu War and then the Anglo-Egyptian War. He went on to become Sirdar (Commander-in-Chief) of the Egyptian Army and commanded the forces at the Battle of Suakin in December 1888 and at the Battle of Toski in August 1889 during the Mahdist War. After that he became Governor of Malta and then Commander-in-Chief, Ireland before retiring in 1908."
tagline: "British Army officer (1841-1925)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francis_Wallace_Grenfell_c.1900_ver_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1841-04-29"
deathDate: "1925-01-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.290138666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%96%D1%81_%D2%90%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Френсіс Ґренфелл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%81%D9%84"
    title: "فرانسيس جرينفل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Grenfell%2C_1._Baron_Grenfell"
    title: "Francis Grenfell, 1. Baron Grenfell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Grenfell%2C_1st_Baron_Grenfell"
    title: "Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%81%D9%84"
    title: "فرانسیس والاس گرنفل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Grenfell_(1er_baron_Grenfell)"
    title: "Francis Grenfell (1er baron Grenfell)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Grenfell%2C_I_barone_Grenfell"
    title: "Francis Grenfell, I barone Grenfell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Гренфелл, Фрэнсис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Wallace_Grenfell"
    title: "Francis Wallace Grenfell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335773"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump