Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 5th Baronet (1693 – February 1732 or 1733) was an

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and an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster. Thomas Grosvenor was the second surviving son of

Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet (20 November 1656 – 2 July 1700) was an English Member of Parliament, and an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster. He was the first member of the family to build a substantial house on the presen ...

. His two oldest brothers had died young.Handley, Stuart (2004) (online edition 2008)
Grosvenor, Sir Thomas, third baronet (1655–1700)
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. Retrieved 8 April 2010. and his elder surviving brother

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became the 4th Baronet. In 1727 Richard and Thomas won the two parliamentary seats for the city of Chester. Thomas succeeded to the baronetcy when Richard died in July 1732. However, by that time he was already very ill with tuberculosis himself and, having been advised to travel to Italy, died in

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in the following February. Having no children, he was succeeded by his younger brother

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1693 births 1733 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England British MPs 1727–1734 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Thomas Grosvenor, 5th Baronet {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub