Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster

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Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, was a prominent 19th-century British aristocrat and landowner whose vast London estates, including much of Mayfair and Belgravia, made him one of the wealthiest men of his era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British aristocrat
human
landowner
peer of the United Kingdom
birthDate 1825-10-13
birthPlace Eaton Hall, Cheshire, England
child Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster
Lady Beatrice Constance Grosvenor
Lady Constance Grosvenor
Lady Elizabeth Harriet Grosvenor
Lady Margaret Grosvenor
Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
createdDukeBy Queen Victoria
deathDate 1899-12-22
deathPlace Eaton Hall, Cheshire, England
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford
Eton College
familyName Grosvenor
linked to: Grosvenor Estate
father Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster
fullName Hugh Lupus Grosvenor
givenName Hugh
heldTitleFrom 1st Duke of Westminster, from 1874
3rd Marquess of Westminster, from 1869
honour Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight of the Garter
knownFor development of the Grosvenor Estate in London
philanthropy and charitable works
memberOfNobleFamily Grosvenor family
militaryRank Lieutenant-Colonel
militaryUnit Cheshire Yeomanry
mother Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower
nobleTitle 1st Duke of Westminster
3rd Marquess of Westminster
Earl Grosvenor
Viscount Belgrave
notableFor being one of the wealthiest men of the 19th century in Britain
ownership of large estates in Belgravia
ownership of large estates in Mayfair
parliamentaryRole Member of Parliament for Chester
Member of the House of Lords
politicalParty Liberal Party (UK)
Liberal Unionist Party
religion Anglicanism
residence Eaton Hall, Cheshire
Grosvenor House, London
spouse Hon. Katherine Cavendish
Lady Constance Sutherland-Leveson-Gower

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Duke of Westminster firstHolder Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster nobleTitle 1st Duke of Westminster
linked to: Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster nobleTitle 3rd Marquess of Westminster
linked to: Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster child Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster