Robert Grosvenor PC KG DL (1767 - 1845)

Born 22 Mar 1767 in St George, Hanover Square, London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor (Egerton) Grosvenor — married 28 Apr 1794 in London, England

Descendants

Died 17 Feb 1845 at age 77 in Eaton Hall, Cheshire, England

Biography

Robert Grosvenor was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Robert Grosvenor PC KG DL is Notable.

Robert Grosvenor was baptised on 22 Mar 1767 at St. George, Hanover Square, London, England.
He was the only surviving son of Richard Grosvenor and Henrietta Vernon.

Education
He was educated at Westminster School London, Harrow School, Middlesex, London. Then he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, at the age of 17.^[1]

• Matric Oct 1784, MA 1786.

Refs: D.N.B. Refs: Burke, P. and B. Refs: G.E.C. Refs: Doyle, Official Baronage of England Refs: Record of Old Westminsters Refs: Harrow Sch. Reg Refs: New Monthly Mag . 1820:07

Marriage Sir Robert Grosvenor married Eleanor Egerton on 28 April 1794. She was the only child of Sir Thomas Egerton (later the 1st Earl Wilton).

Children

1. Richard Grosvenor (baptised 1795) Lord Belgrave, who succeeded his father
2. Thomas Grosvenor (baptised 1799), who became the 2nd Earl of Wilton on the death of his grandfather
3. in 1801 Robert Grosvenor (baptised 1801), later the 1st Baron Ebury
4. Amelia Grosvenor, who died in her early teenage years

Career

• M.P.: for East Looe, [Cornwall], 1788-90
• M.P.: for Chester, [Cheshire], 1790-1802
• Lord of the Admiralty: 12 Aug 1789-91
• Commissioner for Indian Affairs: 1793-1801
• Lord Lieutenant: Flintshire , 1798
• Custos Rotulorum : for Flintshire , 1802
• Colonel: Flint Militia 1798

Also:

• D.L: for Cheshire , 1803
• Privy Council: P.C. 1793
• He was a Bearer of the Third Sword at the Coronation of Queen Victoria on 28 Jun 1838.
• Knighted by Queen Victoria: KG 11 Mar 1841

Death
He died on 17 February 1845.

Research Notes

He succeeded in 1802 as 2nd Earl Grosvenor and was created Marquess of Westminster in 1831

He was an English Member of Parliament and an ancestor of the modern-day Dukes of Westminster.

Educated at Harrow School, Westminster School and Trinity College.

Elected as an MP in 1788 he supported the Whigs and took an active part for the Reform Bill and was a member of the Anti-Corn Law League.

On his fathers death in 1802 he became 2nd Earl Grosvenor and in 1826 having obtained special powers by Act of Parliament, he began to develop the parts of his London estates that were to become Belgravia and Pimlico. This urban development made the family one of the richest in Britain.

At the coronation of William IV in 1831 he was created Marquess of Westminster. He enlarged the Grosvenor House art collection, then one of the best private collections in the world, He also owned some of the most famous racehorses of the day.

Sources

1. ↑ (https://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=&suro=w&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=GRSR783R&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50

• Wikipedia biography.[1]

• For his parliamentary career HoP.[2]

• For his statue in Belgravia.[3]

See also:

• "Ancestors/Descendants of William Gascoyne" http://www.geneastar.org,