Weddin Mountains National Park is most often approached from Grenfell.

William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough was an all round sportsman, politician and public servant who performed many good works for the town A number of notable figures can be counted amongst Maidenhead's current and former residents.

Retiring to his villa, Casa Amarilla at Barracas, Brown was visited by Grenfell, his opponent in the Brazilian war, who remarked how ungrateful the Republic was to its good servants ; the old Admiral replied: " Mr Grenfell, it does not burden me to have been useful to the mother country of my children ; I consider the honours and the wealth superfluous when six feet of earth are enough to rest so many difficulties and pains.

In the 1850s the many gold prospectors passed through headed for gold fields at Lambing Flat ( Young ) and Grenfell.

Grenfell is an important centre of for fossils of Devonian fishes, which occur in many surrounding outcrops of the Hunter Siltstone geological formation.

The Google Earth route from Grenfell will take you along Euladrie road which ends at a farm two kilometres from the park with farmland in between.

Grenfell is now best remembered for her one-woman shows and monologues, in which she invented roles including a harassed nursery teacher (" George – don't do that ").

After the death of his father in 1890, Morgan took control of J. S. Morgan & Co. which was renamed Morgan, Grenfell & Company in 1910.

Founders of papyrology were the Viennese orientalist Joseph von Karabacek ( Arabic papyrology ), Wilhelm Schubart ( Greek papyrology ), the Austrian antiquarian Theodor Graf who acquired more than 100, 000 Greek, Arabic, Coptic and Persian papyri in Egypt, which were bought by the Austrian Archduke Rainer, G. F. Tsereteli who published papyri of Russian and Georgian collections, Frederic George Kenyon, Ulrich Wilcken, Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Arthur Surridge Hunt and other distinguished scientists.

After a brief visit to England in November 1882 he returned to be Sirdar ( commander ) of the Egyptian Army from December 1882 until 1885, during which period he thoroughly reorganised it, with Francis Grenfell and Kitchener working under him.

Grenfell was 33 years old, and a Captain in the 9th ( Queen's Royal ) Lancers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed during the Action of Elouges took place for which he was awarded the VC.

Grenfell Mission was famous for its burlap rugs, which were sold to hospitals in the United States and Britain.

He was also the director of the Hospital Board, chairman of the Public School Board, and editor of the Grenfell Sun, of which he was a founder.

Notable events included a Victoria Cross for Captain Francis Octavius Grenfell for his actions in saving the guns of 119th Battery, Royal Field Artillery on 24 August 1914 ( he was later killed in action on 24 May 1915, as was his twin brother, Riversdale, a yeomanry officer who attached to 9th Lancers ), and the regiment's participation in the final " lance on lance " action of the First World War on 7 September 1914 at Moncel in which Lieutenant Colonel David Campbell led a charge of two troops of B Squadron and overthrew a squadron of the 1st Guard Dragoons.

Grenfell is a goldmining town first known as Emu Creek and renamed in honour of John Grenfell, Gold Commissioner at Forbes, who had been killed in 1866 when bushrangers attacked a stagecoach on which he was travelling.

Unlike most Australian country towns Grenfell has a main street which bends.

At his memorial service, at which the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography said the great names of British theatre paid tribute to Max Adrian's style and professionalism, the lessons were read by Alec Guinness and Laurence Olivier and the eulogy was given by Joyce Grenfell.

* Oxyrhynchus Papyri — these numerous papyri fragments were discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in and around Oxyrhynchus.

In 1927, she met Reginald Pascoe Grenfell ( 1903 – 1993 ); they were married two years later at St. Margaret's, Westminster ; they remained married for 50 years ( until her death ).

Modern scholars were in disagreement as to whether any Greek original really existed ; but all doubt on the point was removed by the discovery of a fragment in Greek amongst the Oxyrhyncus papyri found by Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt in 1899 – 1900.

Their songs were performed by artists such as Ian Wallace and Joyce Grenfell.

Their songs were performed by artists such as Ian Wallace and Joyce Grenfell.

In 1989, the first steps towards creating a significant investment-banking presence were taken with the acquisition of Morgan Grenfell, a UK-based investment bank.

Grenfell died of a coronary thrombosis at Kinloch House on 9 October 1940, and his ashes were brought to St Anthony, where they were placed inside a rock face overlooking the harbour.

On 24 August 1914 during the action of Elouges, Belgium, when the flank guard was attacked by a German corps, Major Alexander handled his battery against overwhelming odds with such conspicuous success that all his guns were saved notwithstanding that they had to be withdrawn by hand by himself and volunteers led by a Captain ( Francis Octavus Grenfell ) of the 9th Lancers.

A cousin, Lieutenant Claude George Grenfell ( Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry ) was killed at Spion Kop during the Boer War and two other cousins Julian Grenfell, the poet, and his brother, Gerald William Grenfell, were killed in the First World War.

All nine of the Grenfell brothers were accomplished polo players.

Francis and his brother Riversdale Grenfell were regarded as the best in the family.

The first Harrington-style jackets were made by British clothing companies Grenfell of Burnley, Lancashire and Baracuta of Stockport, Cheshire in the 1930s.

Grenfell died and his ashes were interred at Tea House Hill in St. Anthony with those of his wife Lady Anne Grenfell.

Studd began as an evangelist, and among those he influenced were Wilfred Grenfell and Frederick Brotherton Meyer.

During this time Grenfell were undefeated for two years, and McCabe regularly scored centuries against outclassed bowling, including one score of 260.

Several members of the cast of The Happiest Days of Your Life were retained for the sequel, including Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell, Richard Wattis and Guy Middleton with Ronald Searle again providing the cartoons for the film titles ..

Cricketer Stan McCabe, cyclist Reggie McNamara and tennis player Jan Lehane were born in Grenfell.

The collection was edited by Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt in 1900 – 1901.

The broadcast produced Unwin's first fan mail, from Joyce Grenfell who had been impressed by his performance.

Jack Grenfell and was the subject of a short story titled " The ' Inside ' Story " written by Rev.

The papyrus fragment of a Greek historian of the 4th century, discovered by B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt, and published by them in Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol.

There are only three or four references to him in ancient literature, and his importance derives from his being identified by several scholars ( e. g. Blass ) with the author of the historical fragment discovered by Grenfell and Hunt.

* 1 January 1915-Lieutenant The Honourable Julian Henry Francis Grenfell, 1st ( Royal ) Dragoons is appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in recognition of service with the Expeditionary Force-On 17 November he succeeded in reaching a point behind the enemy's trenches and making an excellent reconnaissance, furnishing early information of a pending attack by the enemy.

In 1999 Morgan Grenfell Private Equity acquired Piaggio, but a quickly hoped-for sale was dashed by a failed joint venture in China.

Their songs have been sung by performers such as Ian Wallace and Joyce Grenfell.

* Pippi Longstocking ( 1968 ), written by Astrid Lindgren adapted by David Coulter, read by Joyce Grenfell

The novel White Eskimo ( 1972 ), arguably his best-known work, was inspired in part by Wilfred Grenfell.

* Narcissus, a piano piece by Ethelbert Nevin, recorded as a duet by Norman Wisdom and Joyce Grenfell

The town is served by three weekly newspapers: The Wolseley Bulletin, The Indian Head-Wolseley News and The Grenfell Sun.