Grove was educated at Trinity College, University of Cambridge,Rectors of East Barnet. East Barnet Parish Church. Retrieved 19 August 2015. from where he received the degree of LL.B. He became rector of St Mary's in 1743,The Environs of London: Volume 4, Counties of Herts, Essex and Kent. Published by T. Cadell and W. Davies, London, 1796. British History Online. Retrieved 19 August 2015. replacing Daniel Cornelius de Beaufort (1700-1788), who was also a Protestant refugee.
