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About Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl of Grosvenor
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Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, KG (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. He was an English Member of Parliament (MP) and an ancestor of the modern-day Dukes of Westminster. Grosvenor continued to develop the family's London estates, he rebuilt their country house, Eaton Hall in Cheshire where he also restored the gardens, and built a new London home, Grosvenor House. He maintained and extended the family interests in the acquisition of works of art, and in horse racing and breeding racehorses.
Personal life
Robert Grosvenor was born on 22 March 1767 in the parish of St George Hanover Square, London. He was the third son and the only surviving child of Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor and Henrietta, Lady Grosvenor, and was initially known as Viscount Belgrave. He was educated at Westminster School, Harrow School, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated MA in 1786. In addition to his formal education, William Gifford acted as his private tutor. Gifford accompanied Grosvenor when the latter undertook his Grand Tour between 1786 and 1788. Gifford described him as a "most amiable" and "accomplished" pupil.
On 28 April 1794 Grosvenor married Eleanor, the only child of Sir Thomas Egerton (later the 1st Earl Wilton). They had four children; in 1795 Richard, Lord Belgrave, who succeeded his father; in 1799 Thomas, who became the 2nd Earl of Wilton on the death of his grandfather; in 1801 Robert, later the 1st Baron Ebury; and finally a daughter, Amelia, who died in her early teenage years.
Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor (18 June 1731 – 5 August 1802), known as Sir Richard Grosvenor, 7th Baronet between 1755 and 1761 and as The Lord Grosvenor between 1761 and 1784, was a British peer and racehorse owner.
He was the son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet. He was created Baron Grosvenor in 1761 and in 1784 became both Viscount Belgrave and Earl Grosvenor.
He married Henrietta Vernon, granddaughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, on 19 July 1764. They had one son:
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster (1767–1845)
In 1762, Richard Grosvenor registered what became his famous orange Thoroughbred horse racing colours. Shortly thereafter, he established Eaton Stud at Eaton Hall.
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- GROSVENOR, Richard (1731-1802), of Eaton Hall, nr. Chester.
- b. 18 June 1731, 1st s. of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Bt., and bro. of Thomas Grosvenor. educ. Oriel, Oxf. 1748. m. 19 July 1764, Henrietta, da. of Henry Vernon of Hilton Park, Staffs., 4s. suc. fa. as 7th Bt. 1 Aug. 1755; cr. Baron Grosvenor 8 Apr. 1761; Earl Grosvenor 5 July 1784.
- Richard Grosvenor, like his father, was a Tory. But when Pitt took office Grosvenor became one of his strongest supporters; and on 23 Nov. 1758, when seconding the Address, described the Newcastle-Pitt Administration as ‘the glory of this country’, and ‘ended with particular compliments to Mr. Pitt, who was the shining light or rather the blazing star of this country’.1 Pitt flattered him, and Grosvenor responded. ‘If you think it necessary for me to be at the meeting of the Parliament’, he wrote to Pitt on 31 Oct. 1759,2 ‘a summons from you shall be immediately obeyed by your most sincere friend and servant.’ To which Pitt replied:3 ‘As you are manifesting your zeal for his Majesty and for your country in so essential a manner where you are [with the militia], it would be unpardonable selfishness in me to express the regret which losing the pleasure of seeing [you] must always occasion.’ Grosvenor obtained his peerage on Pitt’s recommendation.
- In the Lords he did not follow Pitt. He seconded the Address of thanks for the peace preliminaries, 9 Dec. 1762, protested against the repeal of the Stamp Act, and supported the American war. His great object was to become lord lieutenant of Cheshire—‘this is a thing I am very earnest about’, he told Bute in 1761;4 and when again refused the office in 1780, felt slighted and hung back from supporting North. But William Knox assured North there was no fear of Grosvenor’s going into opposition, ‘for the family principles are too strongly monarchical to allow of a combination with republicans; and, besides, his Lordship does not forget, as some others have done, that he owes his peerage to the grace of his present Majesty’.5 He voted against Fox’s East India bill, and received his earldom at the recommendation of the younger Pitt.
- He died 5 Aug. 1802.
- From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/gr... _____________________
- PORTER (afterwards DE HOCHEPIED), George (1760-1828), of Stockbridge, Hants.
- b. 23 Apr. 1760, 1st surv. s. of Sir James Porter, ambassador to the Porte, by Clarissa Catherine, da. of Elbert, 2nd Baron de Hochepied, Dutch ambassador to the Porte. m. 1 Sept. 1802, Henrietta, da. of Henry Vernon† of Hilton Park, Staffs., wid. (after separation in 1769) of Richard Grosvenor†, 1st Earl Grosvenor, s.p. suc. fa. 1776; cos. as 6th Baron de Hochepied (Hungary) 6 Feb. 1819 (royal sanction 27 Sept.) and took name of de Hochepied 6 May 1819.
- From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/po... __________________________
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Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl of Grosvenor's Timeline
| 1731 |
June 18, 1731
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Eaton Hall, Eaton, Cheshire
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| 1765 |
June 6, 1765
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Eaton, Blacon, Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom
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| 1767 |
March 22, 1767
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St George Hanover Square, Westminster, London, England
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| 1768 |
May 13, 1768
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Of Eaton, Blacon, Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom
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| 1802 |
August 5, 1802
Age 71
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Earls Court, London, England (United Kingdom)
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