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Dukedom of Westminster 
Creation date 27 February 1874 Created by Victoria of the United Kingdom Peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom First holder Hugh Grosvenor,
3rd Marquess of WestminsterPresent holder Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke Heir apparent Hugh Grosvenor,
Earl GrosvenorRemainder to heirs male of the body of the grantee The title Duke of Westminster was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster. The current holder of the title is Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster.
The Duke of Westminster's seat is at Eaton Hall, Cheshire.
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History of the Grosvenor family
Sir Richard Grosvenor, the 7th Baronet, was created Baron Grosvenor 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.
The subsidiary titles are: Marquess of Westminster (created 1831), Earl Grosvenor (1784), Viscount Belgrave, of Belgrave in the County of Chester (1784), and Baron Grosvenor, of Eaton in the County of Chester (1761). The Dukedom and Marquessate are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; the rest are in the Peerage of Great Britain. The courtesy title of the eldest son and heir to the Duke is Earl Grosvenor.
Grosvenor Baronets, of Eaton (1622)
- Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet (1584–1645) was a Tory MP
- Sir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Baronet (1604–1664), a son of the 1st Baronet
- Roger Grosvenor (c. 1628–1661), a son of the 2nd Baronet, predeceased his father
- Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet (1656–1700), son of Roger
- Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet (1689–1732), eldest son of the 3rd Baronet, died without issue
- Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 5th Baronet (1693–1733), second son of the 3rd Baronet, died unmarried
- Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet (d. 1755), third and youngest son of the 3rd Baronet
- Sir Richard Grosvenor, 7th Baronet (1731–1802) (created Baron Grosvenor in 1761)
Barons Grosvenor (1761)
- Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baron Grosvenor (1731–1802) (created Earl Grosvenor in 1784)
Earls Grosvenor (1784)
- Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor (1731–1802), a son of the 6th Baronet
- Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Earl Grosvenor (1767–1845) (created Marquess of Westminster in 1831)
Marquesses of Westminster (1831)
- Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster (1767–1845), only child of the 1st Earl
- Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (1795–1869), eldest son of 1st Marquess
- Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster (1825–1899) (created Duke of Westminster in 1874)
Dukes of Westminster (1874)
- Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825–1899), eldest son of the 2nd Marquess
- Victor Alexander Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (28 April 1853–22 January 1884). Grosvenor was the eldest son of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and Lady Constance Gertrude Leveson-Gower. He married Lady Sibell Mary Lumley, daughter of Richard George Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough and Frederica Mary Adeliza Drummond, on 3 November 1874. They had three children: Lady Constance Sibell Grosvenor (22 August 1875 – 8 July 1957), married 9th Earl of Shaftesbury in 1899 and had issue; Lady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor (25 December 1876 – 28 July 1936), married 7th Earl Beauchamp in 1902 and had issue; Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879–1953).
- Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879–1953), only son of Lord Grosvenor
- Edward George Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (1904–1909), only son of the 2nd Duke, died young
- William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster (1894–1963), only son of Lord Henry Grosvenor, himself third son of the 1st Duke, died unmarried
- Gerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster (1907–1967), eldest son of Capt Lord Hugh Grosvenor, himself sixth son of the 1st Duke, died without male issue
- Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster (1910–1979), younger brother of the 4th Duke
- Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (b. 1951), only son of the 5th Duke
The heir apparent is the present holder's only son Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (b. 29 January 1991). Grosvenor is the third child and first son of Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster and the former Natalia Phillips. As the only son of the present Duke, he is therefore heir apparent to the dukedom of Westminster. Through his mother he is a descendant of Princess Augusta, eldest daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales and is also a descendant of Alexandr Pushkin.
Lord Grosvenor is currently the only person in the line of succession to the dukedom of Westminster. The next in line to the marquessate and the other titles is Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton, who is heir male of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury, himself third and youngest son of the first Marquess.
Family tree
Hugh Grosvenor,
1st Duke of Westminster
1825–1899Victor Grosvenor,
Earl Grosvenor
1853–1884Lord Henry Grosvenor
1861-1914Lord Hugh Grosvenor
1884-1914Hugh Grosvenor,
2nd Duke of Westminster
1879–1953William Grosvenor,
3rd Duke of Westminster
1894–1963Gerald Grosvenor,
4th Duke of Westminster
1907–1967Robert Grosvenor,
5th Duke of Westminster
1910–1979Gerald Grosvenor,
6th Duke of Westminster
b. 1951Hugh Grosvenor,
Earl Grosvenor
b. 1991See also
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