Cardiff East, beating Fenner Brockway. Alan Brooke the wartime Army CIGS said that with PJ he had the "best and most valuable advice on any matter I discussed with him" (unlike Lawson, who replaced Grigg). But in the 1945 general election Grigg lost his seat, and retired from public life. Later life In his later years Grigg held many directorships, including those of the Imperial Tobacco Company, the Prudential Assurance Company, the National Provincial Bank and the Distillers Company. In 1946, he became the first British executive director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He died on 5 May 1964, aged 73. Family He married Gertrude Charlotte Hough, daughter of the Reverend George Frederick Hough, in July 1919. The marriage was childless. Memoir Grigg, James. Prejudice and Judgment. Jonathan Cape, 1948. References External links 1890 births 1964 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge British Army personnel of World War I Chairmen of the Board of HM Customs and Excise Chairmen of the Board of Inland Revenue Civil servants in HM Treasury Conservative Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Cardiff constituencies Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Ministers in the Churchill caretaker government, 1945 Ministers in the Churchill wartime government, 1940–1945 People educated at Bournemouth School People from Exmouth Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for War Private secretaries in the British Civil Service Royal Artillery officers Secretaries of State for War (UK) UK MPs 1935–1945 War Office personnel in World War II Military personnel from Devon Members of the Council of the Governor General of India