Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge
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The Right Honourable The Lord Stalbridge PC |
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| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | |
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In office 25 February 1872 – 17 February 1874 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | Viscount Castlerosse |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Barrington |
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In office 28 April 1880 – 9 June 1885 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | Sir William Hart Dyke, Bt |
| Succeeded by | Areas Akers-Douglas |
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| Born | 28 January 1837 |
| Died | 18 May 1912 (aged 75) London |
| Nationality | British |
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Liberal Party Liberal Unionist |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Hon. Beatrice Vesey (d. 1876) (2) Eleanor Hamilton-Stubber (d. 1911) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Richard de Aquila Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge PC≤ (28 January 1837 – 18 May 1912), styled Lord Richard Grosvenor between 1845 and 1886, was a British politician and businessman. Initially a Liberal, he served under William Ewart Gladstone as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1872 and 1874 and as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury between 1880 and 1885. However, he broke with Gladstone over Irish Home Rule in 1886 and joined the Liberal Unionists.
Grosvenor was the fourth but second surviving son of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, and Lady Elizabeth Mary, daughter of George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland. Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, was his elder brother. He was educated at Westminster School and admitted on 24 January 1849 to Trinity College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1855, he was awarded MA graduation in 1858. During an adventurous youth, he toured the western United States and was present at the sack of the Summer Palace during the Second Opium War.
On 20 April 1858, he was commissioned a lieutenant in the Dorsetshire Yeomanry and promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 19 July 1866. He succeeded Lord Digby as lieutenant-colonel commandant on 20 September 1870.
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