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ť This article is about the writer. For his son, the Governor of New South Wales, see Francis Grose (Lieutenant-Governor).

Francis Grose (1731–1791), antiquary and lexicographer, of Swiss extraction, was Richmond Herald from 1755 to 1763. He published Antiquities of England and Wales (1773–87), which was well received, and thereafter, in 1789, set out on an antiquarian tour through Scotland, the fruit of which was Antiquity of Scotland (1789–91). He afterwards undertook a similar expedition to Ireland, but died suddenly at Dublin. In addition to the works above mentioned he wrote A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785), A Provincial Glossary (1787), a Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, etc. He was an accomplished draughtsman, and illustrated his works.

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