Victor Alexander Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor was born on 28 April1853. He was the son of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and Lady Constance Gertrude Leveson-Gower. He married Lady Sibell Mary Lumley, daughter of Richard George Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough and Frederica Mary Adeliza Drummond, on 3 November 1874. 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. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (13 October 1825 - 22 December 1899) 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. ... The title Earl of Scarbrough was created for Richard Lumley, 2nd Viscount Lumley, in 1692. ...
Children of Earl Grosvenor and Lady Sibell Mary Lumley:
Lady Constance Sibell Grosvenor (22 Aug 1875 - 8 Jul 1957)
Lady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor (25 Dec 1876 - 28 Jul 1936)
The title of marquess of Westminster was bestowed in 1831 upon Robert Grosvenor, 2nd EarlGrosvenor (1767-1845), whose grandson, Hugh Lupus Grosvenor (1825-1899), was created duke of Westminster in 1874.
The family of Grosvenor is of great antiquity in Cheshire, the existence of a knightly house of this name (Le Grosvenur) in the palatine county being proved by deeds as early as the I2th century (see The Ancestor, vi.
EarlGrosvenor's widow, Countess Grosvenor, a daughter of the gth earl of Scarborough, had in 1887 married Mr George Wyndham (b.
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (whose horse Bridget had been victorious in the race) and Sir Charles Bunbury flipped a coin and whoever won the toss was to have the race named after him.
The first four runnings of the race were over a distance of 1 mile (1609 m) but this was amended in 1784 to the current distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs (2414 m).
In 1894 the winning owner was the 5th Earl of Rosebery, who was also Prime Minister at the time.
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