Grosvenor
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Baronets/Marquesses/Dukes of Westminster
(see also Duke of WestminsterDuke of Westminster
The title Duke of Westminster was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster. The current holder of the title is Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster....
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- Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st BaronetSir Richard Grosvenor, 1st BaronetSir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629. He is an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster....
(1584-1645) - Sir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd BaronetSir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd BaronetSir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Baronet was an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster. He was the son of Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet and spent his childhood at Eaton Hall, Cheshire...
(1604-1664), son of 1st baronet - Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd BaronetSir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd BaronetSir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet was an English Member of Parliament and an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster...
(1656-1700), grandson of 2nd baronet - Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th BaronetSir Richard Grosvenor, 4th BaronetSir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet was an English Member of Parliament and an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster....
(1689-1732), eldest surviving son of 3rd baronet - Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 5th BaronetSir Thomas Grosvenor, 5th BaronetSir Thomas Grosvenor, 5th Baronet was an English Member of Parliament and an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster....
(1693-1733), second surviving son of 3rd baronet - Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th BaronetSir Robert Grosvenor, 6th BaronetSir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet was an English Member of Parliament and an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster....
(d. 1755), third surviving son of 3rd baronet, father of 7th baronet/1st earl - Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl GrosvenorRichard Grosvenor, 1st Earl GrosvenorRichard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor , known as Sir Richard Grosvenor, 7th Baronet between 1755 and 1761 and as The Lord Grosvenor between 1761 and 1784, was a British peer, racehorse owner and art collector...
(1731-1802), father of 2nd earl/1st marquess - Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of WestminsterRobert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of WestminsterRobert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, KG was the son of the 1st Earl Grosvenor, whom he succeeded in 1802 as 2nd Earl Grosvenor. He was created Marquess of Westminster in 1831. He was an English Member of Parliament and an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster...
(1767-1845), father of 2nd marquess - Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of WestminsterRichard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of WestminsterRichard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster KG, PC , styled Viscount Belgrave from 1802 to 1831 and Earl Belgrave from 1831 to 1845, was an English politician, landowner, property developer and benefactor....
(1795-1869), father of 3rd marquess/1st duke - Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of WestminsterHugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of WestminsterHugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster KG, PC, JP , styled Viscount Belgrave between 1831 and 1845 and Earl Grosvenor between 1845 and 1869 and known as the 3rd Marquess of Westminster between 1869 and 1874, was an English landowner, politician and racehorse owner.He inherited the estate of...
(1825-1899)- Lord Hugh GrosvenorLord Hugh GrosvenorCaptain Lord Hugh William Grosvenor was the son of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and his second wife, formerly The Hon...
(1884–1914), son of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
- Lord Hugh Grosvenor
- Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of WestminsterHugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of WestminsterHugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster GCVO DSO was the son of Victor Alexander Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor and Lady Sibell Mary Lumley, the daughter of the 9th Earl of Scarborough...
(1879-1953), grandson of 1st duke by eldest son - William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of WestminsterWilliam Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of WestminsterWilliam Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster was the son of Lord Henry Grosvenor and a grandson of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster. On his mother's side, he was a great x2 grandson of William IV....
(1894-1963), grandson of 1st duke by third son - Gerald Hugh Grosvenor, 4th Duke of WestminsterGerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke of WestminsterColonel Gerald Hugh Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster DSO PC was the son of Captain Lord Hugh William Grosvenor and Lady Mabel Crichton and a grandson of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster....
(1907-1967), grandson of 1st duke by elder son from second wife (sixth of all) - Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of WestminsterRobert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of WestminsterLieutenant-Colonel Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster DSO TD JP DL , was a British soldier, landowner, businessman and politician. In the 1970s he was the richest man in Britain....
(1910-1979), brother of 4th duke - Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of WestminsterGerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of WestminsterMajor-General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, , is the son of Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, and his wife Hon. Viola Maud Lyttelton. He is the owner of property company Grosvenor Group...
(1951-), eldest son of 5th duke- Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (born 1991), son of Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
Barons Ebury
- Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron EburyRobert Grosvenor, 1st Baron EburyRobert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury PC , styled Lord Robert Grosvenor from 1831 to 1857, was a British courtier and Whig politician. He served as Comptroller of the Household between 1830 and 1834 and as Treasurer of the Household between 1846 and 1847...
(1801-1893) - Robert Wellesley Grosvenor, 2nd Baron EburyRobert Grosvenor, 2nd Baron EburyRobert Wellesley Grosvenor, 2nd Baron Ebury was a British politician.He was educated at Harrow School and King's College London....
(1834-1918) - Robert Victor Grosvenor, 3rd Baron Ebury (1868-1921)
- Francis Egerton Grosvenor, 4th Baron Ebury (1883-1932)
- Robert Egerton Grosvenor, 5th Baron EburyRobert Grosvenor, 5th Baron EburyRobert Egerton Grosvenor, DSO, 5th Baron Ebury , was a British politician.A member of the Grosvenor family headed by the Duke of Westminster, Ebury was the son of Francis Egerton Grosvenor, 4th Baron Ebury, and his wife Mary Adela...
(1914-1957) - Francis Egerton Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton, 6th Baron Ebury (b. 1934)
Editors of National Geographic
- Gilbert Hovey GrosvenorGilbert Hovey GrosvenorGilbert Hovey Grosvenor , the father of photojournalism, was the first full-time editor of National Geographic Magazine, serving from 1899 to 1954. Grosvenor is credited with having built the magazine into the iconic publication that it is today...
(1875–1966), first editor of National Geographic Magazine and president of the National Geographic Society - Melville Bell GrosvenorMelville Bell GrosvenorMelville Bell Grosvenor was the president of the National Geographic Society and editor of National Geographic Magazine from 1957 to 1969...
(1901-1982), editor of National Geographic Magazine and president of the National Geographic Society, son of Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor - Gilbert Melville GrosvenorGilbert Melville GrosvenorGilbert Melville Grosvenor, born on May 5, 1931, is past president and chief executive of the National Geographic Society, as well as a former editor of National Geographic Magazine....
(born 1931), editor of National Geographic Magazine , son of Melville Bell Grosvenor - Edwin S. GrosvenorEdwin S. GrosvenorEdwin S. Grosvenor is a writer, and the editor-in-chief of American Heritage magazine.Prior to purchasing the latter from Forbes, he was involved in a number of publishing and software enterprises, including Portfolio, a fine arts magazine published in the 1970s and '80s...
(born 1951), publisher of American HeritageAmerican Heritage (magazine)American Heritage is a quarterly magazine dedicated to covering the history of the United States for a mainstream readership. Until 2007, the magazine was published by Forbes. Since that time, Edwin S...
, son of Melville Bell Grosvenor and half-brother of Gilbert Melville Grosvenor
Other people
- Catherine GrosvenorCatherine GrosvenorCatherine Grosvenor is a Scottish playwright and translator.-Early life:Grosvenor was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1978. During her teens she developed a passion for languages, which began with the films of Krzysztof Kieślowski. In 1997 she entered the University of Cambridge, where she studied...
(born 1978), a British playwright and translator - Ebenezer O. GrosvenorEbenezer O. GrosvenorEbenezer Oliver Grosvenor, Jr. was a politician from the U. S. state of Michigan.-Early life:Grosvenor was born in Stillwater, New York and received a common school and academic education...
(1820–1910), an American politician from Michigan - Luther GrosvenorLuther GrosvenorLuther James Grosvenor is an English rock musician, who played guitar in Spooky Tooth, briefly in Stealers Wheel and, under the pseudonym "Ariel Bender", in Mott the Hoople and Widowmaker....
(born 1946), a British rock musician - Thomas G. Grosvenor (1842–1886) (second son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury), First Secretary at the British Legation in Peking (1879–1883)
- Thomas Peabody Grosvenor (1744–1825), a United States Representative from New York
- Vertamae GrosvenorVertamae GrosvenorVertamae Smart Grosvenor is a Culinary Anthopologist / Griot food writer and broadcaster, raised in the South Carolina lowcountry.-Broadcasting:...
(born 1938), a food writer and broadcaster - Charles Henry Grosvenor, Representative from Ohio
- Benjamin GrosvenorBenjamin GrosvenorBenjamin Grosvenor is a classical pianist from the United Kingdom. He is also a vegetarian. He won the piano section of the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2004 competition. In 2010 he joined BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme, which he completes in 2012.- Family :Grosvenor is the youngest...
, a British classical pianist
Places, buildings and structures
- Grosvenor ArchGrosvenor ArchGrosvenor Arch is a unique sandstone double arch located within Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah. It is named to honor Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor , a president of the National Geographic Society, publishers of the National Geographic Magazine.Located in northern Kane...
- Grosvenor BridgeGrosvenor BridgeGrosvenor Bridge, often alternatively called Victoria Railway Bridge, is a railway bridge over the River Thames in London, between Vauxhall Bridge and Chelsea Bridge. It actually consists of two bridges, both built in the mid-19th century...
- Grosvenor CanalGrosvenor CanalGrosvenor Canal was a canal in the Pimlico area of London, opened in 1825. Almost nothing of it remains today.The canal started as the ponds of the Chelsea Waterworks Company, constructed in 1723 to supply west London with drinking water...
- Grosvenor CentreGrosvenor CentreThe Grosvenor Centre is a shopping centre in Northampton in England. It is located adjacent to the Market Square in the town centre. The Centre consists of two levels, with some stores spanning both. It has its own multi storey car park and is directly connected to the Greyfriars bus station...
, NorthamptonNorthamptonNorthampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is... - Grosvenor ChapelGrosvenor ChapelGrosvenor Chapel, is an Anglican church in what is now the City of Westminster, England, built in 1730s it inspired many churches in New England...
, MayfairMayfairMayfair is an area of central London, within the City of Westminster.-History:Mayfair is named after the annual fortnight-long May Fair that took place on the site that is Shepherd Market today... - Grosvenor GalleryGrosvenor GalleryThe Grosvenor Gallery was an art gallery in London founded in 1877 by Sir Coutts Lindsay and his wife Blanche. Its first directors were J. Comyns Carr and Charles Hallé...
- Grosvenor Grammar SchoolGrosvenor Grammar SchoolGrosvenor Grammar School is a co-educational controlled Grammar School in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This inter-denominational school, with an increasingly multi-cultural population and outlook, has a staff of 73 full-time teachers....
- Grosvenor House HotelGrosvenor House HotelGrosvenor House is a large and luxurious hotel. The iconic Mayfair, London hotel is owned by the Sahara Group. The name has also been licensed to a property in Dubai....
- Grosvenor ResortGrosvenor ResortWyndham Lake Buena Vista is a 626-room resort situated on the property of Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. It is located at 1850 Hotel Plaza Blvd., across from the Downtown Disney area....
- Grosvenor Park, SaskatoonGrosvenor Park, SaskatoonGrosvenor Park is a mostly residential neighbourhood located in east-central Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is a suburban subdivision, composed of a near-even mix of low-density, single detached dwellings and apartment-style units. As of 2006, the area is home to 1,697 residents...
- Grosvenor SquareGrosvenor SquareGrosvenor Square is a large garden square in the exclusive Mayfair district of London, England. It is the centrepiece of the Mayfair property of the Duke of Westminster, and takes its name from their surname, "Grosvenor".-History:...
in Mayfair, London - Grosvenor-Strathmore (Washington Metro)Grosvenor-Strathmore (Washington Metro)Grosvenor – Strathmore is a rapid transit station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro in North Bethesda, Maryland...
- Various locations in ChesterChesterChester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
including:- Grosvenor Bridge (Chester)Grosvenor Bridge (Chester)The Grosvenor Bridge is a single-span arch road bridge constructed from stone. It crosses the River Dee at Chester in England. The bridge is located on the A483 Grosvenor Road . Views upriver from the bridge include Chester Castle and Handbridge. The view downstream from the bridge encompasses the...
- Chester Grosvenor and SpaChester Grosvenor and SpaChester Grosvenor and Spa is an hotel in Chester, England. The Grade II listed building was built between 1863 and 1866 and is owned by the Duke of Westminster...
- Grosvenor Park, ChesterGrosvenor Park, ChesterGrosvenor Park is a public park in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England . It consists of of land overlooking the River Dee. It is regarded as one of the finest and most complete examples of Victorian parks in the North West of England, if not nationally...
- Grosvenor Rowing ClubGrosvenor Rowing ClubGrosvenor Rowing Club is based on the Groves in Chester. It rows on the River Dee and has around 30 km of rowable river at its disposal.The club colours are blue and gold, the blades and boats being blue and orange.-History:...
- Grosvenor Bridge (Chester)