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| | Biography of Revd. George Grenfell |
 | | GRENFELL, GEORGE (1849-1906), baptist missionary and explorer of the Congo, born at Ennis Cottage, Trannack Mill, Sancreed, near Penzance, on 21 Aug. 1849, was son of George Grenfell of Trannack Mill, afterwards of Birmingham, by his wife Joanna, daughter of Michael and Catherine Rowe of Botree, Sancreed. |
 | | The third voyage of the Peace (2 Aug. 1885) Grenfell was accompanied by his wife, his little daughter, von Francois, a German explorer, and eight native children from the mission schools. |
 | | On 13 Aug. 1891, Grenfell, who had received the Belgian order of Leopold (chevalier), was invited to be Belgian plenipotentiary for the settlement with Portugal of the frontier of the Lunda, and was allowed by the Baptist Missionary Society to accept the offer. |
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