Sir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Baronet is an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster. He was the son of Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet and Lettice Cholmondeley, daughter of Sir Hugh Cholmondel
Lettice, Lady Grosvenor, and her sister, Mary, Lady Calveley, ca. 1604
"Hugh Lupus Earle of Chester sitting in his parliament with the barons and abbots of that Countie Palatine". 1656 engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar, dedicated to Sir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Baronet
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Duke of Westminster is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster. It is the most recent duked
Sir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Baronet
…Sir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Baronet (c. 1604 – 31 January 1665) is an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster. He was the son of Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet and Lettice Cholmondeley, daughter of Sir Hugh Cholmondeley. He spent his childhood at Eaton Hall…
Grosvenor House, No. 33 Upper Grosvenor Street, the London residence of the Marquesses and Dukes of Westminster from 1808 to 1916.
No. 99 Park Lane (formerly No. 35), granted to the widowed Sibell, Countess Grosvenor from 1885 to 1929, and childhood home of her son Hugh, Earl Grosvenor (later 2nd Duke of Westminster).
Bourdon House, Davies Street, the London residence of the 2nd Duke of Westminster from 1917 to 1953.
St Mary's Church, Eccleston, Grosvenor Chapel: Cenotaph and Garter banner of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster