Duke of Westminster

Grosvenor Baronets
Grosvenor Baronets
	Azure, a garb Or, with canton of baronet
Creation date	1622
Created by	James VI and I
Peerage	Peerage of England
First holder	Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet
Present holder	Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster
Remainder to	the 1st Baronet's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten

Dukedom of Westminster
Dukedom of Westminster
	Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Azure a Portcullis with chains pendant Or on a Chief of the last between two united Roses of York and Lancaster a Pale charged with the Arms of King Edward the Confessor (City of Westminster); 2nd and 3rd, Azure a Garb Or (Grosvenor).
Creation date	27 February 1874
Created by	Queen Victoria
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Hugh Grosvenor,; 3rd Marquess of Westminster
Present holder	Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster
Heir apparent	None
Remainder to	the 1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles	Marquess of Westminster; Earl Grosvenor; Viscount Belgrave; Baron Grosvenor; Baronet of Eaton
Seat(s)	Eaton Hall
Motto	VIRTUS NON STEMMA ; (Virtue, not ancestry)

Duke of Westminster is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster. It is the most recent dukedom conferred on someone not related to the British royal family.^[2]

The 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Dukes were each grandsons of the first. The present holder of the title is Hugh Grosvenor, the 7th Duke, who inherited the dukedom on 9 August 2016 on the death of his father, Gerald. The present duke is a godfather of Prince George of Cambridge.^[3]

The Duke of Westminster's seats are at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, and at Abbeystead House, Lancashire. The family's London town house was Grosvenor House, Park Lane. The traditional burial place of the Dukes is the Old Churchyard adjacent to St Mary's Church, Eccleston.

History of the Grosvenor family

Richard Grosvenor was created Baronet of Eaton in January 1622.^[4] Sir Richard Grosvenor, the 7th Baronet, was created Baron Grosvenor in 1761, and in 1784 became both Viscount Belgrave (Belgrave, Cheshire) and Earl Grosvenor under George III. The title Marquess of Westminster was bestowed upon Robert Grosvenor, the 2nd Earl Grosvenor, at the coronation of William IV in 1831.

The subsidiary titles are: Marquess of Westminster (created 1831), Earl Grosvenor (1784), Viscount Belgrave, of Belgrave in the County of Chester (1784), and Baron Grosvenor, of Eaton in the County of Chester (1761). The Dukedom and Marquessate are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; the rest are in the Peerage of Great Britain. The courtesy title of the eldest son and heir to the Duke is Earl Grosvenor.

Grosvenor Baronets, of Eaton (1622)

Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet (1584–1645) was an MP
Sir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Baronet (1604–1664), a son of the 1st Baronet
- Roger Grosvenor (c. 1628–1661), a son of the 2nd Baronet, predeceased his father
Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet (1656–1700), son of Roger
Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet (1689–1732), eldest son of the 3rd Baronet, died without issue
Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 5th Baronet (1693–1733), second son of the 3rd Baronet, died unmarried
Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet (1695–1755), third and youngest son of the 3rd Baronet
Sir Richard Grosvenor, 7th Baronet (1731–1802) (created Baron Grosvenor in 1761)

Barons Grosvenor (1761)

Created by George III of Great Britain
#	Name	Period	Spouse	Notes	Other titles
1	Richard Grosvenor (1731–1802)	1761–1802	Henrietta Vernon	Later created Earl Grosvenor

Earls Grosvenor (1784)

Created by George III of Great Britain
#	Name	Period	Spouse	Notes	Other titles
1	Richard Grosvenor (1731–1802)	1784–1802	Henrietta Vernon	Previously styled as Baron Grosvenor	Viscount Belgrave, Baron Grosvenor
2	Robert Grosvenor (1767–1845)	1802–45	Lady Eleanor Egerton	Son of the preceding, later created Marquess of Westminster	Viscount Belgrave, Baron Grosvenor

Marquesses of Westminster (1831)

Created by William IV of the United Kingdom
#	Name	Period	Spouse	Notes	Other titles
1	Robert Grosvenor (1767–1845)	1831–45	Lady Eleanor Egerton	Previously styled as Earl Grosvenor	Earl Grosvenor Viscount Belgrave Baron Grosvenor
2	Richard Grosvenor (1795–1869)	1845–69	Lady Elizabeth Leveson-Gower	Son of the preceding
3	Hugh Grosvenor (1825–1899)	1869–99	Lady Constance Sutherland-Leveson-Gower	Son of the preceding, later created Duke of Westminster

Dukes of Westminster (1874)

Created by Queen Victoria
#	Name	Period	Spouse	Notes	Other titles
1	Hugh Grosvenor (1825–1899)	1874–99	Lady Constance Sutherland-Leveson-Gower Katherine Cavendish	Previously styled as Marquess of Westminster	Marquess of Westminster Earl Grosvenor Viscount Belgrave Baron Grosvenor
2	Hugh Grosvenor (1879–1953)	1899–1953	Constance Cornwallis-West Violet Nelson Loelia Ponsonby Anne Sullivan	Grandson of the preceding
3	William Grosvenor (1894–1963)	1953–63	unmarried	Cousin of the preceding
4	Gerald Grosvenor (1907–1967)	1963–67	Sally Perry	Cousin of the preceding
5	Robert Grosvenor (1910–1979)	1967–79	Hon Viola Lyttelton	Brother of the preceding
6	Gerald Grosvenor (1951–2016)	1979–2016	Natalia Phillips	Son of the preceding
7	Hugh Grosvenor (1991–)	since 2016		Son of the preceding

Line of succession

Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825–1899)
- Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (1853–1884)
  - Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879–1953)
    - Edward Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (1904–1909)
- Lord Arthur Grosvenor (1860–1929)
  - Robert Grosvenor (1895–1953)
    - Hugh Grosvenor (1927–1947)
- Lord Henry Grosvenor (1861–1914)
  - William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster (1894–1963)
- Lord Robert Grosvenor (1869–1888)
- Lord Gerald Grosvenor (1874–1940)
- Lord Hugh Grosvenor (1884–1914)
  - Gerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster (1907–1967)
  - Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster (1910–1979)
    - Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951–2016)
      - Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster (b. 1991)
- Lord Edward Grosvenor (1892–1929)

There is no heir to the Dukedom of Westminster. The Earl of Wilton is heir presumptive to the Marquessate.

Family tree

Grosvenor family tree: Earls Grosvenor, Marquesses and Dukes of Westminster

BARON GROSVENOR, 1761
EARL GROSVENOR, 1784

Sir Richard Grosvenor, 7th Bt.
1st Baron Grosvenor &
1st Earl Grosvenor
(1731–1802)

MARQUESS OF WESTMINSTER, 1831

Robert Grosvenor,
2nd Earl Grosvenor &
1st Marquess of Westminster
(1767–1845)

Earl of Wilton

Baron Ebury

Richard Grosvenor,
2nd Marquess of Westminster
(1795–1869)

Thomas Grosvenor (Egerton),
2nd Earl of Wilton
(1799–1882)

Robert Grosvenor,
1st Baron Ebury
(1801–1893)

DUKE OF WESTMINSTER, 1874

Baron Stalbridge (extinct)

great-great-grandson

Hugh Lupus Grosvenor,
3rd Marquess of Westminster &
1st Duke of Westminster
(1825–1899)

Richard de Aquila Grosvenor,
1st Baron Stalbridge
(1837–1912)

Victor Alexander Grosvenor,
Earl Grosvenor
(1853–1884)

Lord Henry George Grosvenor
(1861–1914)

Lord Hugh William Grosvenor
(1884–1914)

Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor,
2nd Duke of Westminster
(1879–1953)

William Grosvenor,
3rd Duke of Westminster
(1894–1963)

Gerald Hugh Grosvenor,
4th Duke of Westminster
(1907–1967)

Robert George Grosvenor,
5th Duke of Westminster
(1910–1979)

Francis Grosvenor,
6th Baron Ebury,
8th Earl of Wilton
(b. 1934)

Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor,
6th Duke of Westminster
(1951–2016)

Julian Grosvenor,
Viscount Grey of Wilton
(b. 1959)

Hugh Grosvenor,
7th Duke of Westminster
(b. 1991)

References

^ Duke of Westminster nominations, CVQO. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
^ "Duke - Debrett's". Debrett's. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
^ "Prince George's godparents announced". BBC News. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
^ George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage Volume 1 1900

External links

[1] Duke of Westminster nominations, CVQO. Retrieved 28 December 2013.

[Debrett's-2] "Duke - Debrett's". Debrett's. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

[3] "Prince George's godparents announced". BBC News. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.

[Cockayne-4] George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage Volume 1 1900

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Royal dukedoms	Cornwall and Rothesay Cambridge Sussex York Edinburgh Gloucester Kent
England	Norfolk Somerset Richmond Grafton Beaufort St Albans Bedford Devonshire Marlborough Rutland
Scotland	Hamilton Buccleuch Lennox Queensberry Argyll Atholl Montrose Roxburghe
Great Britain	Brandon Manchester Northumberland
Ireland	Leinster Abercorn
United Kingdom	Wellington Sutherland Westminster Gordon Argyll Fife
Italics: This title is held by a peer who holds another of higher precedence.

v t e Dukes of Westminster
Grosvenor baronets, of Eaton	Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet (1622–1645) Sir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Baronet (1645–1665) Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet (1665–1700) Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet (1700–1732) Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 5th Baronet (1732–1733) Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet (1733–1755) Sir Richard Grosvenor, 7th Baronet (1755–1761)
Barons Grosvenor	Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baron Grosvenor (1761–1784)
Earls Grosvenor	Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor (1784–1802) Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Earl Grosvenor (1802–1831)
Marquesses of Westminster	Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster (1831–1845) Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (1845–1869) Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster (1869–1874)
Dukes of Westminster	Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1874–1899) Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1899–1953) William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster (1953–1963) Gerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster (1963–1967) Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster (1967–1979) Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1979–2016) Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster (2016–present)