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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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GROVE, ---; b.; adm. Lady Day 1809; left 1813.

Grove, Anthony Alleyne, son of Henry Montgomery Grove CBE, HM Consul-General Reval, Estonia, and Lilian Mabel, d. of Rev. Alleyne Hall Hall, Rector of Chevening, Kent, and hon. Canon of Chelmsford; b. 15 Nov. 1908; adm. Sept. 1922 (R); left July 1926; Roy. Trust Co. Montreal 1930; RCAMC in WW2; asst man. Roy. Trust Co.; m. 31 Aug. 1951 Barbara Gordon, d. of George F. Pike of Toronto; d. 1 Apr. 1977.

GROVE, ISAAC, eldest son of Rev. Samuel Grove, St. James, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1737; Min. Can. 1738; left 1740; adm. Inner Temple 10 May 1737, called to bar 13 Jun 1746, tenant of chambers there 1746-9; of St. Catherine parish, Jamaica; m. Elizabeth Charlotte, dau. of John Demetres, Assistant Judge, Jamaica; d. in Jamaica 1754 (will proved PCC 8 Aug 1755).