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  Definition of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
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.
He had succeeded as 3rd Marquess of Westminster and 4th Earl Grosvenor in 1869.
He was the father of sixteen children by two wives, and the second to fifth dukes were all grandsons of his through three different sons.
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  Marquesses And Dukes Of Westminster - LoveToKnow 1911
The WESTMINSTER title of marquess of Westminster was bestowed in 1831 upon Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Earl Grosvenor (1767-1845), whose grandson, Hugh Lupus Grosvenor (1825-1899), was created duke of Westminster in 1874.
The ancestors of the dukes of Westminster, the Grosvenors of Eaton, near Chester, were cadets of the knightly house mentioned above, and rose to wealth and eminence through a series of fortunate marriages.
The latter's son, Hugh Lupus (1825-1899), created a duke in 1874, was from 1847 to 1869 member of parliament for Chester and from 1880 to 1885 master of the horse under Gladstone, but he left the Liberal party when the split came over Home Rule for Ireland.
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 Duke of Westminster
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.
The title Marquess of Westminster was bestowed upon Robert Grosvenor the 2nd Earl Grosvenor at the coronation of William IV in 1831.
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1st Duke of Westminster[?], 3rd Marquess of Westminster (1825-1899)
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 Embassy of Italy in London
In his mind, Grosvenor Square had to be one of the largest in London, extending over six acres of land.
The new owner was Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham, doubtless in trust for the first tenant, Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk, who lived in it until 1741.
In 1931 the 7th Earl Fitzwilliam surrendered the lease back to the Grosvenors, and on 25 March of the same year Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, granted a 200-year lease to the Italian State.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Duke of Westminster
The title of Duke of Westminster was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Richard Grosvenor, the 3rd Marquess of Westminster.
In 1677, Sir Thomas Grosvenor married Mary Davies who was heiress of 500 acres of rural land on the outskirts of London.
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899)
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 List of the Knights of the Garter (1348-present)
Afterwards 1st Earl of Somerset and Marquess of Dorset.
96 (inv 1399) Humphrey (Plantagenet), styled "of Lancaster." Duke of Gloucester.
Afterwards Duke of Edinburgh, reigning duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1893.
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 News - Westminster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The coat of arms of the non-sovereign house of Westminster.
The decree nisi was granted with custody of the children for William, who had filed for a divorce because of his wife's adultery with Mr.
Patrick Hugh Filmer-Sankey got married to Josephine Griffin in a Catholic ceremony at the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption in Soho, London, Great Britain, on 11 October 1956.
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 thePeerage.com - William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster and others
She married, firstly, Captain Hugh William Grosvenor, son of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and Hon.
She married Gerald Hugh Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster, son of Captain Hugh William Grosvenor and Lady Mabel Florence Mary Crichton, on 11 April 1945.
She was the daughter of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and Hon.
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 Horseracing History Online - Person Profile : 1st Duke of Westminster
Tall, unbending and sparing of his undoubted charms, the 1st Duke of Westminster was the richest man in England in his day.
The Dukes horses were trained by Robert Peck, and, after his retirement, by John Porter at Kingsclere.
The Duke won the 1881 2000 Guineas with Peregrine, but under the name of Mr Grosvenor due to his wife's death.
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 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
Sir Richard Grosvenor, the 6th Baronet, was created Baron Grosvenor in 1761 and in 1784 became both Viscount Belgrave and Earl Grosvenor under George III.
The Grosvenor family own a substantial amount of property, notably in Mayfair and Belgravia, and at least 500 roads, squares and buildings bear their name, including Grosvenor Place and Grosvenor Square.
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster (1825-1899) (became Duke of Westminster in 1874)
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 thePeerage.com - Charles William Hugh Cavendish and others
He married Lady Beatrice Constance Grosvenor, daughter of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and Lady Constance Gertrude Leveson-Gower, on 4 October 1910.
She was the daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster and Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower.
He was the son of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster and Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower.
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 wikien.info: Main_Page : L/LO/LOR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Henry Hussey 1st Lord Hoese, father of Henry Second Lord Hoese, was described in 1309 as "the son of the elder sister of Florence, widow of Walter de Insular (de L'Isle) and co-parencer with her, of Pulburough manor, Sussex".
Lord Charles was the son of the 1st Marquess of Ailesbury and on 2 February 1860, he married Augusta Seymour, a granddaughter of the 1st Marquess of Bristol.
Lord Claud was born in 1889, the son of the Duke of Abercorn, and was educated at Wellington College.
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 Flying Fox
The Duke of Westminster was willing to take a chance with her, and purchased her from Fenwick for 1000 guineas.
The Duke was reluctant to mate her with Orme because the produce would have three close crosses of Galopin.
The Duke's trainer, John Porter, on a visit to Eaton to inspect the youngsters, remarked when he saw Flying Fox, "Here is the winner of the Derby!" The old Duke himself was enamored of the colt, and he quickly became the Duke's favorite.
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Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron (1809-1892), Poet Laureate
Westminster, Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of (1825-1899)
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 Embassy of Italy in London
In his mind, Grosvenor Square had to be one of the largest in London, extending over six acres of land.
The new owner was Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham, doubtless in trust for the first tenant, Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk, who lived in it until 1741.
In 1931 the 7th Earl Fitzwilliam surrendered the lease back to the Grosvenors, and on 25 March of the same year Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, granted a 200-year lease to the Italian State.
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 Lord Steward
Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset 1725-1730
Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset 1737-1744
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos 1830
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 Cambridge Credit Counseling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
He was the elder son of Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, formerly HH...
Margaret Cambridge, Marchioness of Cambridge - Margaret Evelyn Cambridge, Marchioness of Cambridge (8 April 1873–27 March 1929), was the sixth child and third daughter of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and the wife of Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge.
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge - Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus), born Prince Adolphus of Teck and later The Duke of Teck (13 August 1868 – 23 October 1927), was a member of the British Royal Family and a younger brother of Queen...
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 Royal Facts of 2000, PART III
Francis Humphrey Maurice FitzRoy Newdegate, 3rd Viscount Daventry (third son of the Edward Algernon FitzRoy [of the barons Southampton of the dukes of Grafton] and of the late Muriel Douglas-Pennant, Viscountes Daventry [of the barons Penrhyn] and husband of the Honourable Rosemary [of the baronets] Norrie) died on February 15th.
Angus Montagu, 12th Duke of Manchester (son of the late Alexander Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester and of the late Nell Vere Stead) married fourthly Biba Hiller at the Swedish Church in Mayfair, London on April 22nd.
Sir John Sutherland Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland (son the late John Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere and of the late Lady Violet Lambton [of the earls of Durham], widower of Lady Diana Percy [of the dukes of Northumberland] and husband of Evelyn Moubray died on September 21st.
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 Astor On The Park Hotel
John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, born May 20, 1886 in New York City, United States – died July 19, 1971 in Cannes, France, was a military officer, statesman, a newspaper proprietor, and a member of the prominent Astor family.
Lord Astor of Hever was the fourth child of William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor (1848-1919) and Mary Dahlgren Paul (1858-1894).
William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor (March 31, 1848–October 18, 1919) was a financier and statesman and a member of the prominent Astor family.
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 Royal News 2003, Section III
In 1941 she married Cosmo Rex Ivor Russell (son of Sir Odo Russell, of the Barons Ampthill and the Dukes of Bedford, and of Marie Luise Gräfin von Rex [whose mother was Marie-Anna Gräfin zu Pappenheim]).
[Javier's grandfather, the Duke of Berwick, is the senior male-line descendant of James Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick (natural son of King James II of England and Scotland by Arabella Churchill).
Hugh James Seymour (b.1956, son of Hugh Francis Seymour [of the Marquesses of Hertford and the Dukes of Somerset] and of his wife, née Mary Elizabeth Roberts) and his second wife, née Anya Hindmarch, had a son, Otto Storm Hindmarch, on 3 June.
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 Duke of Westminster
Hugh Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, was an active member of the Conservative Party.
Cole, Lord Redesdale, 5th Duke of Wellington, Lord Redesdale, Aubrey Lees, John Stourton, Thomas Hunter, Samuel Chapman, Ernest Bennett, Charles Kerr, John MacKie, James Edmondson, Mavis Tate, Marquess of Graham, Margaret Bothamley, Earl of Galloway, H. Mills, Richard Findlay and Serrocold Skeels.
Next day "Bendor (Duke of Westminster)", telephoning to a friend, said that if there was a war it would be entirely due to the Jews and Duff Cooper'.
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 Conqueror21
Katherine Caroline Cavendish, Hon., C.B.E., + 1941, Md. 1882, Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1874), K.G., P.C., * 1825, + 1899.
Hugh William Grosvenor, Lord, * 1884, + 1914 killed in action, Md. 1906, Lady Mabel Florence Mary Crichton, M.B.E., * 1882, + 1944, d.
Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, D.S.O., * 1910, + 1979, Md. 1946, Hon.
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 Descendants of William the Conqueror
Father: Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1st Duke of Westminster (1874), P.C. Mother: Hon.
Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor 2nd Duke of Westminster.
Gerald Hugh Grosvenor 4th Duke of Westminster, P.C. Robert George Grosvenor 5th Duke of Westminster.
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 British nobility
Elizabeth West, married Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford (1819-1891); as duchess she was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria
Constance Cornwallis-West married Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster; the current Duke is grandson of Hugh's second wife, not of Constance.
Hugh O'Neill of Tyrone (c 1540-1616) was the last native High King of ireland, defeated and driven into exile by Elizabeth I and James I. He had a number of children and grandchildren, legitimate and otherwise, but most were tracked down and killed on the Continent after the "Flight of the Earls" in 1607.
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 Amc Westminster Promenade 24
Lavish costumes for dining, dancing, amc westminster promenade 24 and promenading are set against backdrops adapted from posters, photographs, amc westminster promenade 24 and images from fashion magazines of the period.
Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster - Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster DSO TD JP DL (April 24 1910 – 19 February 1979) was the son of Captain Hugh William Grosvenor and a grandson of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster.
Westminster tube station - Westminster tube station on the London Underground serves the Circle, District and Jubilee lines.
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 The Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's) [UK]
Lt-Col. Hugh Lupus (Grosvenor), 1st Duke of Westminster, KG, ADC
Hugh Lupus (Grosvenor), 1st Duke of Westminster, KG, ADC
Hugh Richard Arthur (Grosvenor), 2nd Duke of Westminster, GCVO, DSO
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 Sterling
His dam was a very modest race horse who won a maiden place over half a mile at Epsom in her four starts as a juvenile, and was sent to the stud at age three.
Paradox was purchased as a yearling by trainer John Porter and sold after a good trial to Hugh Lupus Grosvenor (1st) Duke of Westminster, for a tidy profit of over £5,000.
Always a difficult ride, and later vicious, Paradox had a habit of stopping as soon as he reached the front in his races: he was able to hang on to win the 2,000 Guineas by a nose, but lost by a head to Melton in the Derby.
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 bend - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Bend Or, racehorse, winner of the 1880 Epsom Derby.
Bend Or was owned and bred by Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster.
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 Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster Information
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Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Arthur Hugh Grosvenor (31 May 1860 – 29 April 1929)
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