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Grosvenor, Robert, 1767-1845
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1767-1845
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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.