Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet (7 May 1695 – 1 August 1755) of Eaton Hall, Cheshire, was an

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politician who sat in the

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from 1733 to 1755. He was an ancestor of the present Dukes of Westminster. Grosvenor was the youngest surviving son of

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and his wife Mary Davies, daughter of Alexander Davies of Ebury, Middlesex. He was educated at

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, and matriculated at

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in 1712. In 1716, he was admitted at the

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. He married Jane Warre, the daughter of John Warre of Swell Court and

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on 21 May 1730. He succeeded to the

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in 1733 after his elder brothers,

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and

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both died without heirs.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage Volume 1'' 1900
/ref> Having lived in Somerset, on succeeding to the baronetcy he moved to

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. Grosvenor was returned as Tory

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for

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at a by-election on 24 January 1733 and then at the

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. Although a prominent Tory country gentleman, he never voted for any party according to the records. He was returned again unopposed in

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and at the top of a poll in 1747. At the

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he was returned unopposed again for Chester. Grosvenor died in August 1755 and had two sons (

and

) and four daughters. He was succeeded by his elder son,

, the 7th baronet, who was created Baron Grosvenor in 1761 and

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in 1784.

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