Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster

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. [cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= Hugh Chisholm|others= |title=The Encyclopædia Britannica|origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=vf8tAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA549&dq=Robert+Grosvenor,+1st+Marquess+of+Westminster&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=F6KbSO3UE4a2jgH9tsn7BA#PPA549,M1|format= |year= 1911|month= |publisher= The Encyclopædia Britannica Company| |pages= p549]

He was responsible for the development of Belgravia, and a statute of him by Jonathan Wylder was placed in Belgrave Square in 1998.cite web |url=http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/london/belgrave.htm |title=Belgrave Square |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5ZuOnytsL|archivedate= 2008-08-07|quote= |accessdate=2008-08-07]

He married Lady Eleanor Egerton, daughter of the 1st Earl of Wilton, on 28 April 1794. [cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=The Gentleman's Magazine|origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url= 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|format= |edition= |series= |volume= Vol. XXIII|date= |year= 1845|month= January|publisher= John Boyer Nichols and sons|pages= p425|chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= ] 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. [cite book |last= Beltz|first= George Frederick |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=Memorials of the Order of the Garter, from Its Foundation to the Present Time |origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=4xwNAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA38&dq=Robert+Grosvenor,+1st+Marquess+of+Westminster&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=F6KbSO3UE4a2jgH9tsn7BA|format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |volume= |date= |year= 1841|month= |publisher= Wiliam Pickering|location= |language= |isbn= |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages= |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= ]

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.

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