Grenfell Biographical Books
Although this list is not a complete it contains the majority of books with biographical information about the Grenfells.
One recent addition, is a new book covering the life of William Henry Grenfell, Lord Desborough, researched and written by Sandy Nairne and Peter Williams and due to be published in 2024. More information can be found on the publisher’s website.
| Title | Author | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Bright Armour | Monica Salmond nee Grenfell | Faber and Faber |
| Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure | Joyce Grenfell | Sphere |
| Darling Ma | Joyce Grenfell | Hodder & Stoughton, London |
| An Invisible Friendship | Joyce Grenfell | NK |
| Olympic Folies | Graeme Kent | JR Books |
| Grenfell of Labrador | Ronald Rumpkey | Universty of Toronto Press |
| Wilfred Grenfell – Master Mariner | Basil Matthews | S W Partidge |
| A Labrador Doctor | Wilfred Thomason Grenfell | Hodder & Stoughton, London |
| Forty Years for Labrador | Wilfred Thomason Grenfell | Hodder & Stoughton, London |
| Romance of Labrador | Wilfred Thomason Grenfell | Hodder & Stoughton, London |
| Down to the Sea | Wilfred Thomason Grenfell | Fleming H Revell & Co |
| The Story of Labrador Doctor | Wilfred Thomason Grenfell | Hodder & Stoughton, London |
| A Voyage on a Pan of Ice | Wilfred Thomason Grenfell | Reink Books |
| What Life Means to Me | Wilfred Thomason Grenfell | Reink Books |
| Prize of Life | Wilfred Thomason Grenfell | Reink Books |
| The Best of Wilfred Grenfell | William Pope, Wilfred Grenfell | NK |
| What will you do with Jesus Christ | Wilfred Thomason Grenfell | Reink Books |
| Wilfred Grenfell: Arctic Adverturer (Lightkeepers) | Linda Finlayson | NK |
| Grenfell of the Congo Pioneer Missionary and Explorer | Shirley J Dickens | Sunday School Union |
| Morgan Grenfell 1838-1988 | Kathleen Burk | Clarendon Press |
| Colonel Grenfell’s Wars | Stephen Z Starr | Louisana State University Press |
| Francis and Riversdale Grenfell | John Buchan | Thomas Nelson and Sons |
| Letters to Lydia: ‘Beloved Persis’ | Barbara Eaton | Hypatia Publications |
| The Rich Spoils of Time | Frances Campbell-Preston | The Dovecote Press |
| Ettie:The Intimate Life and Dauntless Spirit of Lady Desborough | Richard Davenport-Hines | Weidenfield & Nicholson |
| Julian Grenfell | Nicholas Mosley | Littlehampton Book Service Ltd |
| Julian Grenfell | Viola Meynell | Reink Books |
| Julian Grenfell, soldier and poet: letters and diaries, 1910-1915 | Kate Thompson | Hertfordshire Record Society |
| Unquiet Souls | Angela Lambert | Book Sales |
| Memoirs of Lord Grenfell | Lord Grenfell | Hodder & Stoughton, London |
| George Grenfell and the Congo vol. 1 | Sir Harry Johnson | Hutchinson & Company, London |
| George Grenfell and the Congo vol. 11 | Sir Harry Johnson | Hutchinson & Company, London |
| The Life of George Grenfell Congo Missionary and Explorer | George Hawker | Religious Tract Society |
| Dictionary of National Biography | Oxford University Press | |
| Alumni Cambridgiensis | J A Venn (edit.) | Cambridge University |
| Alumni Oxoniensis | Joseph Foster | University of Oxford |
