gerald grosvenor 6th duke of westminster

In 1963, his cousin William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster died and Grosvenor's elder brother Gerald became 4th Duke. He was described in his successor's maiden speech as popular and well-liked.Īt birth, as a son of the younger son of a peer, Grosvenor was entitled to no title or courtesy title at all. In parliament he stuck mainly to constituency issues, but was responsible for a bill to help increase adoptions, which became the Adoption Act 1964. Re-elected in 1959, he retired in 1964, he was succeeded by his cousin, the Marquess of Hamilton. In the 1955 general election, he was elected to Parliament as member for Fermanagh & South Tyrone. In 1952 he was appointed High Sheriff of Fermanagh. Grosvenor lived in Northern Ireland most of his life at Ely Lodge, Blaney, on an island in the middle of Lough Erne. He resigned his commission on 15 April 1960 and was permitted to retain the rank of lieutenant colonel. On 14 February 1956, he moved from the Active List to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers. He was awarded a clasp to his Efficiency Decoration on 26 October 1954. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 15 February 1953. On 11 November 1949, he was awarded the Efficiency Decoration (TD) for long service with the Territorial Army. He transferred to the North Irish Horse on. On, he transferred to the reformed City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) and was promoted from his pre-war substantive rank of second lieutenant to major with seniority from 24 April 1944. He ended World War II as a war substantive major. On 28 June 1938, Grosvenor was commissioned into the 11th (City of London Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade, a newly formed Territorial Army unit of the Royal Artillery, as a second lieutenant. He reached the rank of cadet lance corporal. He was a member of the school's contingent of the junior division of the Officer Training Corps.

Grosvenor was educated at Eton College, an all-boys public boarding school in Berkshire. Grosvenor's mother, Lady Mabel Crichton, was the daughter of John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne. Katherine Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham. Robert Grosvenor, younger son of Lord Hugh Grosvenor, himself the sixth son and tenth child of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster by his second wife, the Hon. In the 1970s he was the richest man in Britain.īackground and early life Grave of Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster The 5th Duke of Westminster's memorial in Eccleston Church Lieutenant-Colonel Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, TD, JP, DL (24 April 1910 – 19 February 1979) was a British soldier, landowner, businessman and politician.

Gerald grosvenor 6th duke of westminster