Editing W. G. Grace (section)

===Family===
{{Main|Grace family}}
Grace was born in [[Downend, South Gloucestershire|Downend]], near [[Bristol]], on 18 July 1848 at his parents' home, Downend House, and was baptised at the local church on 8 August.{{sfn|Rae|1998|p=16}} He was called Gilbert in the family circle, except by his mother, who apparently called him Willie,{{sfn|Rae|1998|p=16}} but otherwise, as "WG", he was universally known by his initials. His parents were Henry Mills Grace and Martha (''née'' Pocock), who were married in Bristol on Thursday, 3 November 1831 and lived out their lives at Downend, where Henry Grace was the local [[General Practitioner|GP]].{{sfn|Rae|1998|pp=9–11}} Downend is near [[Mangotsfield]] and, although it is now a suburb of Bristol, it was then a detached village surrounded by countryside, and about four miles from Bristol.{{sfn|Rae|1998|p=11}} Henry and Martha Grace had nine children in all. Biographer [[Simon Rae]] commented that this was "the same number as [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]] and [[Albert, Prince Consort|Albert]]—and in every respect they were the typical Victorian family".{{sfn|Rae|1998|pp=12–13}} Grace was the eighth child in the family; he had three older brothers, including [[E. M. Grace|Edward]] (always known as "EM"), and four older sisters. The ninth child was his younger brother [[Fred Grace|Fred]], born in 1850.{{sfn|Midwinter|1981|pp=9–10}}