1st Duke of Westminster
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His Grace The Duke of Westminster KG PC JP |
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In office 3 May 1880 – 9 June 1885 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Bradford |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Bradford |
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| Born | 13 October 1825 |
| Died | 22 December 1899 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Lady Constance Leveson-Gower (d. 1880) (2) Hon. Katherine Cavendish (1857–1941) |
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Victor Alexander Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor Elizabeth Butler, Marchioness of Ormonde Beatrice Cavendish, Baroness Chesham Lord Arthur Hugh Grosvenor Lord Henry George Grosvenor Lord Robert Edward Grosvenor Margaret Cambridge, Marchioness of Cambridge Lord Gerald Richard Grosvenor Mary Crichton, Viscountess Crichton Lord Hugh William Grosvenor Helen, Lady Henry Seymour Lord Edward Arthur Grosvenor |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, KG, PC, JP (13 October 1825 – 22 December 1899), styled Viscount Belgrave between 1831 and 1845 and 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 member of parliament 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. Grosvenor also took an interest in a range of charities. At his death he was considered to be the richest man in Britain.
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 Marquess of Stafford and later the 1st Duke of Sutherland. He was educated at Eton College and, until 1847, at Balliol College, Oxford. He left Oxford without taking a degree to become Member of Parliament (MP) for Chester. This seat had been held by his uncle, Robert Grosvenor (later the 1st Baron Ebury), who decided to move to one of the two unopposed Middlesex seats. In 1851 he toured India and Ceylon. The following year, on 28 April, he married his first cousin, Lady Constance Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, the fourth daughter of the 2nd Duke of Sutherland; at the time of the wedding she was aged 17. The wedding was held in the Chapel Royal in St. James's Palace, London, and was attended by Queen Victoria and Albert. Constance's mother had been Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria and a "favourite" of the queen. Their first child, a son, was born in 1853, and Queen Victoria became his godmother. By 1874 the couple had eleven children, eight of whom survived into adulthood; five sons and three daughters.
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