Major-General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, KG, OBE, TD, DL (born 22 December 1951 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland), is the son of Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, and his wife Hon. Viola Maud Lyttelton. In 2005, he became Chancellor of the University of Chester. The insignia of a knight of the Order of the Garter. ... The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... The Territorial Decoration (TD) was a United Kingdom military medal, also known as the Territorial Efficiency Decoration, which was given to officers for long service in the Territorial Army. ... The Deputy Lieutenant is the deputy to the Lord Lieutenant of a county. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Most Noble Sir Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster (April 24, 1910–1979) was the son of Captain Hugh William Grosvenor and a grandson of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... The University of Chester is a university based in the city of Chester in the United Kingdom. ...

Business Interests

The richest aristocrat in the United Kingdom, the Duke topped the Sunday Times Rich List as Britain's wealthiest individual for many years and was surpassed only in 2004 by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. The Duke was 3rd in the Sunday Times Rich List 2007, behind Roman Abramovich and the Indian-born industrialist, Lakshmi Mittal, who currently holds first place. An estimated fortune of £7 billion ($14 billion) is derived largely from property in central London, where he owns approximately 300 acres (1.2 km²) of the most exclusive commercial and residential property in Mayfair and Belgravia (including the land on which the US Embassy stands, in Grosvenor Square), as well as estates in Lancashire, Cheshire (Eaton Hall) and Scotland. In addition to managing its traditional holdings, the Duke's property company, the Grosvenor Group, is an active property developer with interests around the world. It is the main developer of The Paradise Project in Liverpool. The Duke is also president of a number of charities including The Institution of Environmental Sciences. A style of office, or honorific, is a form of address which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a title or post, or to the political office itself. ... A duke is a nobleman, historically of highest rank and usually controlling a duchy. ... Aristocracy is a form of government in which rulership is in the hands of an upper class known as aristocrats. ... The Sunday Times Rich List is a list of the 1,000 most wealthy people or families in the United Kingdom, updated annually in April and published as a magazine supplement by British national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times since 1989. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (IPA: ) (Russian: ) (born 24 October 1966 in Saratov, Russia) is a Russian oil billionaire and the main owner of private investment company Millhouse Capital, referred to as one of the Russian oligarchs. ... The Sunday Times Rich List 2007 was published on 29 April 2007. ... Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (IPA: ) (Russian: ) (born 24 October 1966 in Saratov, Russia) is a Russian oil billionaire and the main owner of private investment company Millhouse Capital, referred to as one of the Russian oligarchs. ... Lakshmi Narayan Mittal[1] (or Lakshmi Nivas Mittal) (लक्ष्मी निवास मित्तल) (born June 15, 1950) is a London-based Indian billionaire industrialist, born in Sadulpur Village, in the Churu district of Rajasthan, India, and residing in Kensington, London. ... “GBP” redirects here. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Mayfair is an area in the City of Westminster London, named after the fortnight-long May Fair that took place there from 1686 until it was banned in that location in 1764. ... Belgravia is a district in the City of Westminster in London, to the south-west of Buckingham Palace. ... The north side of Grosvenor Square in the 18th or early 19th century. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a county in North West England. ... Eaton Hall in 1708. ... This article is about the country. ... The Grosvenor Group is a property company which is privately owned by the Duke of Westminster, who is the third wealthiest man in the United Kingdom after Lakshmi Mittal and Roman Abramovich. ... The Paradise Project is a redevelopment project in Liverpool, England. ... The Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) represents a very broad spectrum of practices in the environmental field and is a charitable organisation, which promotes and raises public awareness of environmental science by supporting professional scientists and academics working in this crucial arena. ...

Military Career

The Duke of Westminster talks with service personnel from RAuxAF 7010 (Volunteer Reserves) Squadron

After leaving Harrow school with a single O-level, the Duke failed the entrance examination to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst ^[1]. The Duke joined the Territorial Army in 1970 as a trooper. After long service and becoming an officer, including commanding 'C' squadron (The Cheshire Yeomanry) and his regiment, The Queen's Own Yeomanry, he became Honorary Colonel-in-Chief of several regiments, including The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry, 7th Regt. Army Air Corps, and the Canadian Royal Westminster Regiment and Colonel Commandant Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps. In 2004 he was appointed to the new post of Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Reserves and Cadets) with promotion to the rank of Major General. He was the first reservist holding such rank since the 1930s, but it was said that he 'privately never kidded himself that he would have achieved such seniority but for his wealth and social status'.^[1] In 2007, following statements that he was a serial user of prostitutes to whom he had boasted about military matters ^[2], he was succeeded in this post by Maj Gen Simon Lalor. Image File history File links Duke_Westminster. ... Image File history File links Duke_Westminster. ... The Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF) is the volunteer reserve part of the Royal Air Force. ... Harrow School, (originally: The Free Grammar School of John Lyon; generally: Harrow), is one of the worlds most famous schools. ... Sandhurst is a small town and civil parish in England of around 7,500 homes and 22,000 inhabitants, primarily domiciliary in nature with a few light industries. ... The Territorial Army (TA) is the principal reserve force of the British Army, the land armed forces of the United Kingdom, and composed mostly of part-time soldiers paid at the same rate, while engaged on military activities, as their Regular equivalents. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... A trooper (abbreviated Tpr. ... The Queens Own Yeomanry is an armoured regiment of the British Territorial Army consisting of five squadrons, and which bears the running fox cap badge of the old East Riding Yeomanry: A (Ayrshire (Earl of Carricks Own) Yeomanry) Squadron B (North Irish Horse) Squadron C (Fife and Forfar... In the British and other Commonwealth armies, the Colonel-in-Chief of a regiment is its (usually Royal) patron. ... The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry is an armoured regiment of the Territorial Army consisting of five squadrons, four of which bear the cap badge of an old yeomanry regiment: HQ Squadron A (Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry) Squadron B (Shropshire Yeomanry) Squadron C (Cheshire Yeomanry) Squadron D (Duke of... The Army Air Corps is a component of the British Army. ... The Royal Westminster Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves. ... For discussion of the rank of Colonel-Commandant, see Brigadier. ... In the 1790s, the threat of invasion of England was high, with the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. ... The Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) is currently a collection of ten regular regiments, mostly converted from old horse cavalry regiments, and four Yeomanry regiments of the Territorial Army. ... Insignia of a United States Air Force Major General German Generalmajor Insignia Major General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Face The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ...

Personal life

The Duke married Natalia Ayesha Phillips, the daughter of Lt.-Col. Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips and his wife Georgina Wernher, in 1978. The Duchess is a direct descendant of the Russian poet Alexander S. Pushkin, and therefore of his ancestor Ibrahim Hannibal. The Duchess' older sister is Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn, wife of James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn. The Duchess is also a descendant of Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales and as a result their four children are in the Line of succession to the British Throne: Natalia Ayesha Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster (née Phillips) (born 8 May 1959) is the wife of Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, with whom she has four children. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Aleksandr Pushkin was a Russian poet and a founder of modern Russian literature Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин) (June 6 (May 26, O.S... Ibrahim Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696 - 1781) was an Ethiopian who was part of Peter the Greats court. ... Alexandra Sacha Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn (b. ... James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn. ... Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales (31 July 1737 - 23 March 1813), was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of King George II and sister of King George III. She later married into the Ducal House of Brunswick, of which she was already a member. ... HRH The Prince of Wales, the Heir Apparent. ...

• Lady Tamara Katherine Grosvenor (b. December 20, 1979) married Edward Bernard Charles van Cutsem (November 6, 2004)
• Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor (b. November 3, 1981)
• Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (b. January 29, 1991), the Duke's heir apparent.
• Lady Viola Georgina Grosvenor (b. October 12, 1992)

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Controversy

On the February 11, 2007 the Duke was exposed by the News of the World for hiring four prostitutes in six weeks to visit him at his mews house in the West End of London. During one of the encounters he allegedly bragged that he knew the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden.^[1]. February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The News of the World is a British tabloid newspaper published every Sunday. ... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) for cash or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. ... Dunworth Mews, a street of mews houses in Notting Hill, London Mews is chiefly a British term referring to a certain type of stabling with living quarters. ... Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden (Arabic: ‎; born March 10, 1957[1]), most often mentioned as Osama bin Laden or Usama bin Laden, is a Saudi Arabian militant Islamist and is widely believed to be one of the founders of the organization called al-Qaeda. ...

Titles & Honours

The Duke of Westminster in the robes of a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter

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Honours

• Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (2003)
• Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1995)
• Military and Hospitaler Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem (Knight Grand Cross) and (Grand Prior) of England
• Territorial Decoration (1994)
• Deputy Lieutenant (Cheshire) (1982)

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Honorary military appointments

• Colonel-in-Chief The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry
• Colonel-in-Chief 7th Regt. Army Air Corps
• Colonel-in-Chief Canadian Royal Westminster Regiment
• Colonel Commandant Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps.

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See also

• List of billionaires

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References

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External links

• Sunday Times Rich List 2006
• Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People
• Institution of Environmental Sciences
• Profile in Liverpool's 'Nerve' magazine