Natalia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster
Natalia Ayesha Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster (née Phillips; born 8 May 1959) is the wife of Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster.
Contents |
[edit] Background
The Duchess of Westminster is the younger daughter of Lt.-Col. Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips F.R.G.S.[1] and his wife, Georgina Wernher.
Her mother Georgina is a daughter of Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby, Countess de Torby.[2]
Natalia is the youngest sister of Alexandra, Duchess of Abercorn and Marita Crawley.
[edit] Marriage and children
In 1987, Natalia Phillips married Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster.
Natalia and Gerald Grosvenor have four children:
- Lady Tamara Katharine Grosvenor (born 20 December 1979); married Edward van Cutsem on 6 November 2004, at Chester Cathedral[3]
- Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor (born 4 November 1981); married (27 November 2010, at Bishop’s Lodge,Woolton, Liverpool) [4] Daniel Robert Snow (b 3 Dec 1978), son of Peter Snow, CBE (b 1938)
- Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (born 29 January 1991; heir to the Dukedom)
- Lady Viola Georgina Grosvenor (born 12 October 1992)
[edit] Duchess of Westminster
Natalia Phillips gained the title of Duchess of Westminster through marriage to Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, the Grosvenor family being the hereditary holders of the Dukedom. The previous holder of the title was Viola, wife of Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster.
As Duchess of Westminster, she has presided over remodelling the family home Eaton Hall, as well as being closely involved in the redesign of its formal gardens and park, and taking an interest in the family's fine art collection. [5]
The Duchess is a director of Alex Moulton Bicycles.
She is patron of a number of charities based in the north west, near the family home in Cheshire, including:
- Save the Family[6]
- CLIMB (Children Living with Inherited Metabolic Diseases)
- Barrowmore House.[7]
From October 1997 to October 2007, she was Patron of the Chester Childbirth Appeal.[8]
She is godmother to Prince William of Wales.
[edit] Ancestry
| Ancestors of Natalia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ Entry at thePeerage.com http://thepeerage.com/p662.htm#i6619
- ^ Entry at thePeerage.com http://thepeerage.com/p10422.htm#i104219
- ^ BBC News report http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3987875.stm
- ^ http://www.flintshirechronicle.co.uk/flintshire-news/local-flintshire-news/2010/12/02/duke-and-duchess-of-westminster-s-daughter-lady-edwina-marriestv-presenter-dan-snow-51352-27751501/
- ^ http://www.grosvenorestate.com/About/Family/The+Duchess+of+Westminster.htm
- ^ http://www.marketingprojects.co.uk/news/chester-fashion-2007/news/duchess-of-westminster-to-launch-cf07
- ^ http://www.barrowmore.co.uk/AB_History.aspx
- ^ http://chesterchildbirthappeal.org.uk/aboutus.php
| Preceded by Cosima Crawley |
Line of succession to the British throne | Succeeded by Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor |
