Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, KG, PC (22 March 1767 – 17 February 1845) was the son of the 1st Earl Grosvenor, whom he succeeded in 1802 as 2nd Earl Grosvenor. He was created Marquess of Westminster in 1831.[1]
Grosvenor was educated at Westminster School, Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] He was responsible for the development of Belgravia, and a statue of him by Jonathan Wylder was placed in Belgrave Square in 1998.[3]
He married Lady Eleanor Egerton, daughter of the 1st Earl of Wilton, on 28 April 1794.[4] They had three sons:
- Richard, Earl Grosvenor (1795–1869), later 2nd Marquess of Westminster
- Lord Thomas Grosvenor (1799–1882), later 2nd Earl of Wilton
- Lord Robert Grosvenor (1801–1893), later 1st Baron Ebury
In 1793, he was sworn a Privy Counsellor. He was Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire between 1798–1845, and was invested as a Knight of the Garter on March 11, 1841.[5]
Thoroughbred horse racing
Lord Westminster was the inheritor of his father's Eaton Stud and owned and bred a number of successful Thoroughbred racehorses, notably the St. Leger Stakes winner Touchstone. The horse also became a four-time Champion sire in Great Britain & Ireland and whose progeny included three Epsom Derby winners.
References
- ^ Hugh Chisholm, ed (1911). The Encyclopædia Britannica. The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. p. 549. http://books.google.com/books?id=vf8tAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA549&dq=Robert+Grosvenor,+1st+Marquess+of+Westminster&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=F6KbSO3UE4a2jgH9tsn7BA#PPA549,M1.
- ^ Grosvenor, the Hon. Robert, afterwards Marquess of Westminster in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
- ^ "Belgrave Square". Archived from the original on 2008-08-07. http://www.webcitation.org/5ZuOnytsL. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. XXIII. John Boyer Nichols and sons. January 1845. p. 425. http://books.google.com/books?id=DX4DcDD_0u4C&pg=PA425&dq=Robert+Grosvenor,+1st+Marquess+of+Westminster+Eleanor+Egerton&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=86SbSN7jHpzwigHhjb37BA.
- ^ Beltz, George Frederick (1841). Memorials of the Order of the Garter, from Its Foundation to the Present Time. Wiliam Pickering. http://books.google.com/books?id=4xwNAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA38&dq=Robert+Grosvenor,+1st+Marquess+of+Westminster&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=F6KbSO3UE4a2jgH9tsn7BA.
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