GROSVENOR, RICHARD DE AQUILA, 1ST BARON STALBRIDGE, fourth son of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquis of Westminster (qv); b. 28 Jun 1837; adm. 24 Jan 1849 (G); an intimate school friend of Francis Markham (qv); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 21 Feb 1855, fellow commoner 15 Oct 1855, matr. Mich. 1855; MA 1858; MP (Liberal) Flintshire May 1861 – 22 Mar 1886; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Mar 1872 - Feb 1874; Privy Councillor 19 Mar 1872; Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Liberal Whip, House of Commons 1880-5; created Baron Stalbridge 22 Mar 1886; took Liberal Unionist whip, House of Lords; Chairman, London and North Western Railway Co. 1891-1911, having been a director since 1870; a Governor of the School 1875-1880 and from 1889; Busby Trustee from 1 Jun 1875; President, Elizabethan Club 1885-91, Vice-President from 1891; an intimate friend of Francis Markham (qv), who frequently mentions him in his Recollections; m. 1st, 5 Nov 1874 Hon. Beatrix Charlotte Elizabeth Vesey, third dau. of Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount De Vesci (I); m. 2nd, 3 Apr 1879 Eleanor Frances Beatrice, dau. of Robert Hamilton Stubber, Moyne, Queen’s Co.; d. 18 May 1912. DNB Supp.
GROSVENOR, RICHARD, 2ND MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER, eldest son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquis of Westminster (qv); b. 27 Jan 1795; styled Viscount Belgrave 1802-31, Earl Grosvenor 1831-45; adm. 2 Jun 1806; left 1812; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1812; BA 1815; MA 1818; European tour 1816-8; MP (Whig) Chester 1818-30, Cheshire 1830-2, South Cheshire 1832-4; succ. father as 2nd Marquis of Westminster 17 Feb 1845; DL Cheshire 1831, Lord Lieut. 20 May 1845 – 29 Jan 1868; Lord Steward of the Household Mar 1850- Jan 1852; Privy Councillor 22 Mar 1850; KG 6 Jul 1857; his horse Touchstone won the St. Leger 1834; Busby Trustee from 31 May 1831; m. 16 Sep 1819 Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson Gower, second dau. of George Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (qv); d. 31 Oct 1869. DNB.
Grosvenor, Robert Pershall, brother of Randolph Lea Grosvenor (q.v.); b. Jan. 13, 1872; adm. Jan. 24, 1884 (D); left April 1887; went to St. Paul's School; emigrated to Canada; served in a Canadian Regt. during Great War I; a farmer at Calgary.
GROSVENOR, ROBERT, 1ST MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER, only surviving son of Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor, and Henrietta, dau. of Henry Vernon (qv); b. 22 Mar 1767; adm. 16 Apr 1777; at Harrow Sch. 1780; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 14 Oct 1783, matr. Mich. 1784; MA 1786; Grand Tour (Italy) 1786-8, 1789-90; styled Viscount Belgrave 1784-1802; MP East Looe 22 Apr 1788-90, Chester 1790 – 5 Aug 1802; a Lord of the Admiralty 1789-91; a Commissioner, Board of Control 1793-1801; Privy Councillor 21 Jun 1793; succ. father as 2nd Earl Grosvenor 5 Aug 1802; a supporter of the younger Pitt to 1806, afterwards joined Whig party; cr. Marquis of Westminster 13 Sep 1831; KG 11 Mar 1841; Lord Lieut., Flintshire, from 1 Jun 1798; DL Cheshire 1803; commenced rebuilding Eaton Hall, Cheshire 1803; obtained an Act of Parliament to lay out Belgravia 1826; a great picture collector; horses of his won the Oaks 1805 and 1841, the St. Leger 1834, 1840, 1841, and the Two Thousand Guineas 1810; m. 28 Apr 1794 Lady Eleanor Egerton, only dau. of Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton (qv); d. 17 Feb 1845. DNB.
GROSVENOR, ROBERT, 1ST BARON EBURY, third son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquis of Westminster (qv); b. 24 Apr 1801; adm. 18 Jun 1810; left Apr 1816; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Dec 1818; BA 1821; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 7 Jul 1821; MP (Whig) Shaftesbury Apr 1822-6, Chester 1826-47, Middlesex 1847 – 15 Sep 1857; Comptroller of the Household Nov 1830 – Dec 1834; Privy Councillor 1 Dec 1830; Treasurer of the Household 1846-7; created Baron Ebury 15 Sep 1857; took Whig/Liberal whip, House of Lords, to 1886, afterwards a Liberal Unionist; a staunch Low Churchman, who made several attempts to obtain a revision of the Prayer Book; his bill for the further restriction of Sunday trading in London, introduced by him in the House of Commons 18 Apr 1855, raised a storm of opposition, culminating in Sunday riots in Hyde Park; President, Marylebone Cricket Club 1865; author, Leaves from my Journal during the Summer of 1851, and other works; JP Flintshire 1864, JP Dorset; m. 17 May 1831 Hon. Charlotte Arbuthnot Wellesley, eldest dau. of Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley PC GCB, diplomat; d. 18 Nov 1893. DNB Supp.
GROSVENOR, THOMAS, younger son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, Bart., MP, and Jane, only surviving child of Thomas Warre, Shepton Beauchamp and Swell Court, Somerset; bapt. St. John, Smith Square, Westminster 25 Mar 1734 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) May 1749 (Butler's); left 1751; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Jun 1751; MA 1754; adm. Inner Temple 11 Sep 1750; MP Chester from 10 Dec 1755; of Swell Court, Somerset; m. 21 Sep 1759 Deborah, sister of Stephen Skynner (qv); d. 12 Feb 1795.
GROSVENOR, THOMAS, son of Thomas Grosvenor (adm. 1749, qv); b. 30 May 1764; adm. 29 Nov 1773; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 1 Oct 1779; Lieut. and Capt., 20 Oct 1784; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 25 Apr 1793; Col., 3 May 1796; Brig. -Gen., 27 Aug 1800; Maj. -Gen., 29 Apr 1802; Col., 97th Foot 25 Feb 1807 – Feb 1814; Lieut. -Gen., 25 Apr 1808; Col., 65th Foot, from 8 Feb 1814; Gen., 12 Aug 1819; Field Marshal 9 Nov 1846; served in Flanders 1793, Netherlands 1794-5, and on Helder expedition 1799, where he was wounded at Zuip; commanded brigade in expeditions to Copenhagen 1807 and Walcheren 1809; MP Chester 20 Feb 1795-1826, Stockbridge 1826-30; horses of his won the Oaks 1807, 1825; m. 1st, 6 Apr 1797 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bart. MP; m. 2nd, 15 Oct 1831 Anne, dau. of George Wilbraham MP, Delamere, Cheshire; d. 20 Jan 1851. DNB.
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