he was responsible for raising the 16th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (Church Lads' Brigade) as a battalion for CLB members wishing to enlist. He was also a founding committee member of the Pilgrims Society in 1902. Grenfell received the Honorary Freedom of the Borough from his native town Swansea in 1889. He died aged 83 at Windlesham in Surrey on 27 January 1925 and was buried at St Mary and All Saints Churchyard at Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire. Legacy Grenfell Road, which runs through North Kensington, London was named for Grenfell; the road later lent its name to Grenfell Tower which was built in 1974. In June 2017, Grenfell Tower caught fire, causing 72 deaths. Family In 1887 Grenfell married Evelyn Wood, daughter of Major General Robert Blucher Wood; they had no children. Following the death of his first wife, he married Margaret Majendie (daughter of Lewis Majendie MP) in 1903; they had two sons and a daughter. Honours and decorations GCB: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath – 15 November 1898 GCMG: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George – 25 May 1892 – on leaving Egypt LL.D. (honorary), University of Cambridge, May 1902. LL.D. (honorary), University of Edinburgh, 26 July 1902. Honorary Freeman of Swansea, 1889 Foreign decorations Grenfell was awarded the Order of the Medjidie (second class) and the Order of Osmanieh (third class) on 27 May 1886. He was advanced to the Order of the Medjidie (first class) on 17 May 1888 and to the Order of Osmanieh (first class) on 25 July 1892. And also awarded; a 'Coronation medal', Order of the Red Eagle from Germany, Order of Alexander Nevsky from Russia, Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus from Italy. References Sources Further reading Obituary in The Times, 28 January 1925 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1841 births 1925 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom British Army personnel of the Mahdist War British field marshals British Life Guards officers British military personnel of the 9th Cape Frontier War British Army personnel of the Anglo-Zulu War Commanders-in-Chief, Ireland Governors and Governors-General of Malta Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath King's Royal Rifle Corps officers Members of the Privy Council of Ireland British people of Cornish descent