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  Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, KG, OBE, TD, DL (born 22 December 1951) is the most wealthy aristocrat in the United Kingdom (possibly the world) and is Major General and Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Reserves) in the armed forces of the United Kingdom.
The Duke married Natalia Ayesha Phillips in 1978.
Dukes in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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 Duke of Westminster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 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).
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 Duke of Westminster
The title of Duke of Westminster was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Richard Gosvenor the 3rd Marquess of Westminster.
The baronetcy of the Grosvenor family was created by James I in 1622.
Richard Grosvenor the 6th Baronet was created Baron Grosvenor of Eaton in 1761 and in 1784 became both Viscount Belgrave and Earl Grosvenor under George III.
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 Duke of Westminster
The Grosvenor family own a lot of property, notably in Mayfair and Belgravia, and at least 500 roads, squares and buildings bear their name, including Grosvenor Place, and Grosvenor Square.
Sir Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster (1825-1899) (became Duke of Westminster in 1874)
Sir Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951-)
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 Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
Sir Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster OBE (born December 22, 1951) married Natalia Ayesha Phillips in 1978.
As well as Duke of Westminster the Duke also holds the titles of Marquess of Westminster, Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, Baron Grosvenor of Eaton, and is a baronet.
An estimated fortune of £4.9 billion is derived largely from property in central London, where he owns approximately 300 acres of the most exclusive commercial and residential real estate in Mayfair and Belgravia[?] (including the land on which the US Embassy stands, in Grosvenor Square), as well as estates in Lancashire, Cheshire and Scotland.
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 Duke of Westminster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Duke of Westminster (Hugh Lupus Grosvenor) was born on the 13
3rd Duke of Westminster (William Grosvenor) was born on the 23rd December 1894.
6th Duke of Westminster (Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor) was born on the 22nd December 1951.
www.geraldsegasby.co.uk /RacingHistory/HistoryofOwners/Owners/WestminsterDukeof.htm   (539 words)

  
 Stall-Plates of the Knights of the Garter
1399 (96) Humphrey (Plantagenet), styled "of Lancaster." Duke of Gloucester.
Earl of Hereford, K.G. Married Thomas of Woodstock, Earl of Buckingham, K.G., afterwards Duke of Gloucester.
Daughter of Philip (the Bold), Duke of Burgundy, K.G. Married William of Bavaria, Duke of Holland and Count of Ostrevant, K.G. 1408 Blanch, Duchess of Bavaria.
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 Duke Of Westminster
Grosvenor - which is owned by the Duke, Britain's second richest man - will build 230,000 sq ft of offices in three buildings with an end value of around £100m.
The 6th Duke of Westminster, landlord of Mayfair and Belgravia and the wealthiest man in Britain.
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor owns 300 prime acres in Mayfair and Belgravia, bought up in Northern Ireland, it was not until his early adulthood that he realized the fortune he was heir to an incredible fortune, when his uncle died his father-inherited Westminster.
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 thePeerage.com - Captain Anthony Halliburton Young and others   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
     Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster was born on 22 December 1951 in Omagh, County Ulster, Ireland.
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster b.
She is the daughter of Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster and Natalia Ayesha Phillips.
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 thePeerage.com - Major William Cumming Bell and others   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
She was the daughter of John Cavendish Lyttelton, 9th Viscount Cobham and Violet Yolande Leonard.
She married Sir Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, son of Captain Hugh William Grosvenor and Lady Mabel Florence Mary Crichton, on 3 December 1946.
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster+ b.
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 List of the Knights of the Garter
Afterwards Earl of Dorset and Duke of Exeter.
Convicted of treason on the accusation of his brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester,afterwards Richard III, he is said to have been drowned in a butt of Malmsey.
Afterwards Duke of Edinburgh, reigning duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1893.
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 List of the Knights of the Garter (1348-present)
66 (inv 1380) Thomas (Plantagenet), styled "of Woodstock." Duke of Gloucester.
96 (inv 1399) Humphrey (Plantagenet), styled "of Lancaster." Duke of Gloucester.
Daughter of René, Duke of Anjou, titular King of Sicily, Naples, and Jerusalem.
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 Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname - part 45   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Grosvenor, Hugh Richard Arthur, Duke of Westminster 2nd, b.
Habsburg, Leopold I of Austria, Duke of Austria
Habsburg, Leopold III of Austria, Duke of Austria
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 Conqueror20
Mary Susan Caroline Cavendish, Hon., + 1937, Md. 1878, Charles George Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham, * 1842, + 1922.
Viola Maud Lyttelton, Hon., * 1912, + 1987 in a car accident, Md. 1946, Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, D.S.O., * 1910, + 1979.
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, O.B.E., * 1951, Md. 1978 Natalia Ayesha Phillips, d.
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 Acknowledgements   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Many thanks to The 11th Duke of Devonshire (Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish) for the valuable help he has given to the write up on the family of the Racehorse Owner Duke of Devonshire, also providing an image of the 5th Duke of Devonshire.
Many thanks to The 11th Dukes son The Earl of Euston (James Oliver Charles FitzRoy) for the valuable help he has given to the write up on the family of the Racehorse Owner Duke of Grafton, also providing an image of the 3rd Duke of Grafton.
Many thanks to The 6th Duke of Westminster (Sir Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor) Office for the valuable help they have given to the write up on the family of the Racehorse Owner Duke of Westminster, also providing an image of the 1st Duke of Westminster.
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 Royal News 2004, Section III
Charles Gray Compton Cavendish (son and heir apparent of Nicholas Charles Cavendish, 6th Lord Chesham [of the family of the Dukes of Devonshire] and of his second wife, née Suzanne Adrienne Byrne) and his wife, née Sarah Elizabeth Dawson, had their first child, Isabella Alannah Suzanne, on 12 April.
She was born Sybil Moyra Cavendish on 10 August 1915, fifth daughter of Lord Richard Frederick Cavendish, PC (1871-1946) (a younger brother of the 9th Duke of Devonshire) and of his wife, Lady Moyra de Vere Beauclerk (daughter of the 10th Duke of St Albans).
In 1954 she married, at Westminster Abbey, Edward John Spencer, Viscount Althorp [of the family of the Dukes of Marlborough], who in 1975 succeeded his father as 8th Earl Spencer.
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 Worldroots.com
William George Cavendish 1838-1906 2nd Lord Chesham of Chesham
Otto Hellmuth Georg Max Gastel Lord Hugh William Grosvenor 1902-1994 1884-1914
Brigitte Gastel Robert George Grosvenor 1944- 5th Duke of Westminster 1910-1979
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 Grosvenors of Eaton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In 1967, his Uncle the Fourth Duke of Westminster died without issue
His father, Robert Grosvenor, became Fifth Duke of Westminster and heir to the estate
In 1979, Gerald Grosvenor inherited the title and the estate
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 decendants of Sir John Howard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Cavendish, Georgina Caroline [23171] m.26_Aug_1875 wife of Thomas W. Coke, 2nd earl of Leicester d.26_Feb_1937
Cavendish, Katherine Caroline [23172] b.ca_Dec_1857 m.29_Jun_1882 wife of Hugh L. Grosvenor, 1st duke of Westminster d.19_Dec_1941
Somerset, Lady Anne [22735] of Worcester m.ca.1652 wife of Henry Howard, 6th duke of Norfolk d.ca.1662
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 Westminster
The members of this family bear the surname Grosvenor; The children of the Dukes of
and the daughters of the Earls Grosvenor bear the title Lord/Lady before their Christian names.
Earl Grosvenor (Grosvenor House 16 Nov 1904-13 Feb 1909)
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 The Royal Westminster Regiment [Canada]
formed with HQ at New Westminster, BC, from a nucleus of 6th Regiment (The Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles); the Army recognises lineage starting with the 5th British Columbia Provisional Regiment of Garrison Artillery in 1883, but the regiment claims origins in the 1863 New Westminster Volunteer Rifle Corps
A Company at New Westminster, redesignation of B Coy, 6th Regiment (The Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles)
Armorial Description: On a demi sun resting on a scroll inscribed The Royal Westrninster Regiment, a maple leaf surcharged with a beaver ensigned with the imperial crown and resting on a scroll inscribed PRO RECE ET PATRIA.
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