The Most Noble Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (13 October 1825 - 22 December 1899) was the son of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster and Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower. He married, firstly, Lady Constance Gertrude Leveson-Gower, daughter of George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland and Lady Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard, on 28 April 1852. He married, secondly, Hon. Katherine Caroline Cavendish, daughter of William George Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham and Henrietta Frances Lascelles, on 29 June 1882. He was created Duke of Westminster on 27 February 1874, the most recent person neither born into nor related by marriage to the British Royal Family to be advanced to the highest degree of the peerage. He had succeeded as 3rd Marquess of Westminster and 4th Earl Grosvenor in 1869. By the time of his elevation the family's London property in Mayfair, Belgravia and Pimlico had made it the richest family in the United Kingdom. He had his main country seat, Eaton Hall (Cheshire) in Cheshire, reconstructed at enormous expense. He was one of the most successful British race horse owners of all time. The prefix The Most Noble is a title of quality attached to the names of dukes and duchesses in the United Kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (1795-1869) was an English aristocrat who continued the development of his familys extensive property holdings in London. ... The title Duke of Sutherland was created for George Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford, in 1833. ... Jump to: navigation, search April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Baron Chesham, of Chesham in the County of Buckinghamshire, is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Arms of the Dukes of Westminster (since 1825) The title of Duke of Westminster was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Richard Grosvenor, the 3rd Marquess of Westminster. ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour ceremony The British Royal Family is a group of people closely related to the British monarch. ... The title of Duke of Westminster was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Richard Grosvenor, the 3rd Marquess of Westminster. ... The title of Duke of Westminster was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Richard Grosvenor, the 3rd Marquess of Westminster. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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, London, England, to the south-west of Buckingham Palace. ... A street in Pimlico which characteristically mixes grand Victorian town-houses with 1970s council housing. ... Jump to: navigation, search This 1826 print shows the entrance front of William Pordens Eaton Hall. ...

He spent 22 years in the House of Commons before he inherited the Marquessate, elected as a member of the Liberal Party. He later served as Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire and of London. Jump to: navigation, search The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as... This article is about the English county. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

Family

He was the father of sixteen children by two wives, and the second to fifth dukes were all grandsons of his through three different sons.

Children of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and Lady Constance Gertrude Leveson-Gower:

• Lady Elizabeth Harriet Grosvenor d. 25 Mar 1928
• Lady Beatrice Constance Grosvenor d. 12 Jan 1911
• Victor Alexander Grosvenor (28 Apr 1853 - 22 Jan 1884)
• Lt.-Col. Arthur Hugh Grosvenor (31 May 1860 - 29 Apr 1929)
• Lord Henry George Grosvenor (23 Jun 1861 - 27 Dec 1914)
• Robert Edward Grosvenor (19 Mar 1869 - 16 Jun 1888)
• Lady Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor (9 Apr 1873 - 27 Mar 1929)
• Captain Gerald Richard Grosvenor (14 Jul 1874 - 10 Oct 1940)

Children of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and Hon. Katherine Caroline Cavendish: Jump to: navigation, search Victor Alexander Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor was born on 28 April 1853. ...

• Lady Mary Cavendish Grosvenor (12 May 1883 - 14 Jan 1959)
• Captain Hugh William Grosvenor (6 Apr 1884 - 30 Oct 1914)
• Lady Helen Frances Grosvenor (5 Feb 1888 - 1970)
• Lord Edward Arthur Grosvenor (27 Oct 1892 - 26 Aug 1929)

See also