Duke of Westminster

Duke of Westminster is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster. It is the most recent dukedom conferred on someone not related to the British royal family.
The 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Dukes were each grandsons of the first. The present holder of the title is Hugh Grosvenor, the 7th Duke, who inherited the dukedom on 9 August 2016 on the death of his father, Gerald. The present duke is a godfather of Prince George of Wales.
The Duke of Westminster's seats are at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, and at Abbeystead House, Lancashire. The family's London town house was Grosvenor House, Park Lane, while Halkyn Castle was built as a sporting lodge for the family in the early 1800s. The traditional burial place of the Dukes is the Old Churchyard adjacent to St Mary's Church, Eccleston.
==History of the Grosvenor family==
Richard Grosvenor was created Baronet of Eaton in January 1622.George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage Volume 1 1900 Sir Richard Grosvenor, the 7th Baronet, was created Baron Grosvenor in 1761, and in 1784 became both Viscount Belgrave (Belgrave, Cheshire) and Earl Grosvenor under George III. The title Marquess of Westminster was bestowed upon Robert Grosvenor, the 2nd Earl Grosvenor, at the coronation of William IV in 1831.
In 1677 Sir Thomas Grosvenor wed Mary Davies. Her dowry included 500 acres to the west of what was then the boundary of London.
The subsidiary titles are: Marquess of Westminster (created 1831), Earl Grosvenor (1784), Viscount Belgrave, of Belgrave in the County of Chester (1784), and Baron Grosvenor, of Eaton in the County of Chester (1761). The Dukedom and Marquessate are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; the rest are in the Peerage of Great Britain. The courtesy title of the eldest son and heir to the Duke is Earl Grosvenor.
==Grosvenor Baronets, of Eaton (1622)==
* Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet (1584–1645) was an MP
* Sir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Baronet (1604–1664), a son of the 1st Baronet
** Roger Grosvenor (c. 1628–1661), a son of the 2nd Baronet, predeceased his father
* Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet (1656–1700), son of Roger
* Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet (1689–1732), eldest son of the 3rd Baronet, died without issue
* Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 5th Baronet (1693–1733), second son of the 3rd Baronet, died unmarried
* Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet (1695–1755), third and youngest son of the 3rd Baronet
* Sir Richard Grosvenor, 7th Baronet (1731–1802) (created Baron Grosvenor in 1761)
==Barons Grosvenor (1761)==
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# 	Name(lifespan) 	Period 	Spouse 	Notes 	Other titles
1st 	Richard Grosvenor(1731–1802) 	1761–1802 	Henrietta Vernon 	Later created Earl Grosvenor 	—
==Earls Grosvenor (1784)==
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# 	Name(lifespan) 	Period 	Spouse 	Notes 	Other titles
1st 	Richard Grosvenor(1731–1802) 	1784–1802 	Henrietta Vernon 	Already Baron Grosvenor 	Viscount Belgrave, Baron Grosvenor
2nd 	Robert Grosvenor(1767–1845) 	1802–1845 	Eleanor Egerton 	Son of the preceding, later created Marquess of Westminster	Viscount Belgrave, Baron Grosvenor
==Marquesses of Westminster (1831)==
thumb|St Mary's Church, Eccleston, Grosvenor Chapel: Cenotaph and Garter banner of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
Created by William IV of the United Kingdom	Created by William IV of the United Kingdom	Created by William IV of the United Kingdom	Created by William IV of the United Kingdom	Created by William IV of the United Kingdom 	Created by William IV of the United Kingdom
# 	Name(lifespan) 	Period 	Spouse 	Notes 	Other titles
1st 	Robert Grosvenor(1767–1845) 	1831–1845 	Eleanor Egerton 	Already Earl Grosvenor 	Earl GrosvenorViscount BelgraveBaron Grosvenor
2nd 	Richard Grosvenor(1795–1869) 	1845–1869 	Elizabeth Leveson-Gower 	Son of the preceding 	Earl GrosvenorViscount BelgraveBaron Grosvenor
3rd 	Hugh Grosvenor(1825–1899) 	1869–1899 	Constance Sutherland-Leveson-Gower 	Son of the preceding, later created Duke of Westminster	Earl GrosvenorViscount BelgraveBaron Grosvenor
==Dukes of Westminster (1874)==
Created by Queen Victoria	Created by Queen Victoria 	Created by Queen Victoria	Created by Queen Victoria 	Created by Queen Victoria 	Created by Queen Victoria
# 	Name(lifespan) 	Period 	Spouse 	Notes 	Other titles
1st 	Hugh Grosvenor(1825–1899) 	1874–1899 	Constance Sutherland-Leveson-GowerKatherine Cavendish 	Already Marquess of Westminster	Marquess of WestminsterEarl GrosvenorViscount BelgraveBaron Grosvenor
2nd 	Hugh Grosvenor(1879–1953) 	1899–1953 	Constance Cornwallis-WestViolet NelsonLoelia PonsonbyAnne Sullivan	Grandson of the preceding 	Marquess of WestminsterEarl GrosvenorViscount BelgraveBaron Grosvenor
3rd 	William Grosvenor(1894–1963)	1953–1963 	unmarried 	Cousin of the preceding 	Marquess of WestminsterEarl GrosvenorViscount BelgraveBaron Grosvenor
4th 	Gerald Grosvenor(1907–1967) 	1963–1967 	Sally Perry 	Cousin of the preceding 	Marquess of WestminsterEarl GrosvenorViscount BelgraveBaron Grosvenor
5th 	Robert Grosvenor(1910–1979) 	1967–1979 	Viola Lyttelton 	Brother of the preceding 	Marquess of WestminsterEarl GrosvenorViscount BelgraveBaron Grosvenor
6th 	Gerald Grosvenor(1951–2016) 	1979–2016 	Natalia Phillips 	Son of the preceding 	Marquess of WestminsterEarl GrosvenorViscount BelgraveBaron Grosvenor
7th 	Hugh Grosvenor() 	since 2016 	Olivia Henson 	Son of the preceding 	Marquess of WestminsterEarl GrosvenorViscount BelgraveBaron Grosvenor
==Line of succession==
There is no heir to the Dukedom of Westminster. The Earl of Wilton is heir presumptive to the Marquessate.
* Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton (1749–1814)
**Lady Eleanor Egerton (1770–1846) m. Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster (1767–1845)
*** Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (1795–1869)
**** Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825–1899)
*****Lord Hugh Grosvenor (1884–1914)
****** Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster (1910–1979)
******* Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951–2016)
******** Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster (born 1991)
*** Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury (1801–1883)
**** Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Baron Ebury (1834–1918)
***** Francis Egerton Grosvenor, 4th Baron Ebury (1883–1932)
****** Robert Grosvenor, 5th Baron Ebury (1914–1957)
******* (1). Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton, 6th Baron Ebury (born 1934)
******** (2) Julian Francis Martin Grosvenor, Viscount Grey de Wilton (born 1959)
******* The Hon. William Wellesley Grosvenor (1942–2002)
******** (3) Alexander Egerton Grosvenor (born 1968)
******* (4) The Hon. Richard Alexander Grosvenor (born 1946)
******** (5) Bendor Robert Gerard Grosvenor (born 1977)
****** The Hon. Hugh Richard Grosvenor (1919–2002)
*******(6) William Peter Wellesley Grosvenor (born 1959)
==Family tree==
==See also==
* Earl of Wilton
* Baron Ebury
* Baron Stalbridge
* Duchess of Westminster
==References==
==External links==
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