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Robert Grosvenor (aviator), Robert Arthur (1910–1979), British soldier, landowner, businessman and politician
*Robert Grosvenor, 5th Baron Ebury (1914–1957), British politician
*Lord Robert Edward Grosvenor, the fourth son of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
*Robert Grosvenor (aviator) (1895–1953), World War I flying ace
*Robert Grosvenor (artist) (born 1937), Ame ...
Robert Grosvenor may refer to: *Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet (1695–1755), English Member of Parliament *Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster (1767–1845), English Member of Parliament * Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury (1801–1893), British courtier and Whig politician *Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Baron Ebury (1834–1918), British politician *Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster Lieutenant-Colonel Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, (24 April 1910 – 19 February 1979) was a British soldier, landowner, businessman and politician. In the 1970s he was the richest man in Britain. Background and early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet
Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet (7 May 1695 – 1 August 1755) of Eaton Hall, Cheshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1733 to 1755. He was an ancestor of the present Dukes of Westminster. Grosvenor was the youngest surviving son of Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet and his wife Mary Davies, daughter of Alexander Davies of Ebury, Middlesex. He was educated at Eton College, and matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1712. In 1716, he was admitted at the Inner Temple. He married Jane Warre, the daughter of John Warre of Swell Court and Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset on 21 May 1730. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1733 after his elder brothers, Richard and Thomas both died without heirs. Having lived in Somerset, on succeeding to the baronetcy he moved to Eaton Hall, Cheshire. Grosvenor was returned as Tory Member of Parliament for Chester at a by-election on 24 January 1733 and then at the 1734 British general election. Although a promi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess Of Westminster
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, (22 March 1767 – 17 February 1845) 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 (MP) and an ancestor of the modern-day Dukes of Westminster. Grosvenor continued to develop the family's London estates, he rebuilt their country house, Eaton Hall in Cheshire where he also restored the gardens, and built a new London home, Grosvenor House. He maintained and extended the family interests in the acquisition of works of art, and in horse racing and breeding racehorses. Personal life Robert Grosvenor was born on 22 March 1767 in the parish of St George Hanover Square, London. He was the third son and the only surviving child of Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor and Henrietta, Lady Grosvenor, and was initially known as Viscount Belgrave. He was educated at Westminster School, Harrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury PC (24 April 1801 – 18 November 1893), 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. In 1857 he was ennobled as Baron Ebury. Background and education Grosvenor was the third son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, and his wife Eleanora, daughter of Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton. He was the younger brother of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, and of Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton, while Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, and Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge, were his nephews. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. Political career In 1821 Grosvenor was returned to Parliament for Shaftesbury, a seat he held until 1826, and then sat for Chester until 1847. When the Whigs came to power in November 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Baron Ebury
Robert Wellesley Grosvenor, 2nd Baron Ebury (25 January 1834 – 13 November 1918) was a British politician. Early life He was the eldest of five sons and two daughters born to the former Hon. Charlotte Arbuthnot Wellesley and Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury. His younger brothers were Thomas George Grosvenor, Norman Grosvenor (who represented Chester in Parliament), Algernon Henry Grosvenor, and barrister Richard Cecil Grosvenor. His mother was the eldest daughter of the diplomat Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley (a younger brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington). Together, they had including:Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes''. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 4132. His father was the third son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster. Among Robert's extended family were uncles Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, and Thomas E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke Of Westminster
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, (24 April 1910 – 19 February 1979) was a British soldier, landowner, businessman and politician. In the 1970s he was the richest man in Britain. Background and early life Grosvenor was born Mr. Robert Grosvenor, younger son of Lord Hugh Grosvenor, himself the sixth son and tenth child of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster by his second wife, the Hon. Katherine Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham. Grosvenor's mother, Lady Mabel Crichton, was the daughter of John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne. Grosvenor was educated at Eton College, an all-boys public boarding school in Berkshire. He was a member of the school's contingent of the junior division of the Officer Training Corps. He reached the rank of cadet lance corporal. Military career On 28 June 1938, Grosvenor was commissioned into the 11th (City of London Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade, a newly formed Territorial Army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Grosvenor, 5th Baron Ebury
Robert Egerton Grosvenor, 5th Baron Ebury, DSO (8 February 1914 – 5 May 1957), was a British peer, military officer and racing driver. Life and family He was the elder son of Francis Egerton Grosvenor, 4th Baron Ebury, and his wife Mary Adela Glasson, and a member of the extended Grosvenor family headed by the Duke of Westminster.Mosley, Charles (editor). ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Volume 3, page 4209. The 1st Baron Ebury had been a younger son of the 1st Marquess of Westminster, and the latter's grandson became the 1st Duke of Westminster in 1874. He was educated at Harrow School, succeeded his father in the barony in 1932, and served as a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) under Neville Chamberlain from 1939 to 1940. Lord Ebury served in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War, and he was awarded the DSO for his bravery under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke Of Westminster
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, (13 October 1825 – 22 December 1899), styled Viscount Belgrave between 1831 and 1845, Earl Grosvenor between 1845 and 1869, and known as The Marquess of Westminster between 1869 and 1874, was an English landowner, politician and racehorse owner. He inherited the estate of Eaton Hall in Cheshire and land in Mayfair and Belgravia, London, and spent much of his fortune in developing these properties. Although he was a MP from the age of 22, and then a member of the House of Lords, his main interests were not in politics, but rather in his estates, in horse racing, and in country pursuits. He developed the stud at Eaton Hall and achieved success in racing his horses, winning the Derby on four occasions. Personal life Hugh Lupus Grosvenor was the second and eldest surviving son of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster and Lady Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, the younger daughter of George Leveson-Gower, the 2nd Marque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Grosvenor (aviator)
Captain Robert Arthur "Robin" Grosvenor was a World War I flying ace credited with 16 aerial victories. He was the son of Helen Sheffield and Lieutenant Colonel Lord Arthur Hugh Grosvenor, a son of the 1st Duke of Westminster. Robin Grosvenor scored his first triumph on 6 December 1917 while flying a RAF SE.5a for No. 84 Squadron. He would not score again until 18 February, but during the next three months after that scored 15 more victories. His victory tally was split evenly between enemy aircraft destroyed and those driven down, at eight each. He shared a victory with another pilot in both categories. Postwar, Grosvenor married Doris May Wignall on 9 December 1925. He was elected as a member of the Royal Aero Club on 2 May 1929. Robin Grosvenor is buried in the churchyard of Eccleston Church near Eaton Hall, Cheshire. He died a month before his first cousin Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, from whom he would have inherited the ducal title had he survived him, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
