 Nathaniel Heath Greenidge, vicar of Boscobel Parish, St Peter and his wife Elizabeth Cragg Kellman.His father was for many years a headmaster of various schools (Parry School, St Michael's Parochial School and Christ Church Foundation School) and enjoyed a high reputation as a teacher.His brother, Samuel Wilberforce, won a Barbados Scholarship in 1882 and went up to St John's College, Cambridge, was 25th wrangler in the Cambridge mathematical tripos of 1886 and the following year attained second-class honours in the Law Tripos.