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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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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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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.