Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville, 6th Earl of Warwick (10 September 1882 – 31 January 1928), styled Lord Brooke between 1893 and 1924, was a British officer.
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Early life
Greville was born on 10 September 1882, the son of Francis Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick and his wife, the former Daisy Maynard. He was likely the only child of Lady Warwick who was fathered by the Earl.
He was educated at Eton, he eventually ran away from the school, supposedly selling his fur coat and gun to travel to join the Second Boer War.
He succeeded his father in the earldom in January 1924.
Military service
Lord Brooke was a second lieutenant in the 7th (Militia) Battalion of The King's Royal Rifle Corps, and was seconded for service with a line battalion in March 1900. He fought in the Second Boer War (1899–1901), and was transferred to the Life Guards on 3 November 1900. From August 1901 he served as Aide-de-Camp to Lord Milner, High Commissioner for South Africa, an appointment he held until late 1902. He was also a Reuters correspondent during the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905). In 1907 he was Aide-de-Camp to the Inspector-General of the Forces. In 1905 he was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO).