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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The term Cavalier was first used to describe cavalrymen, and later by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier royalist supporters of Charles I of England and his son Charles II during the Engl
Prince Rupert of the Rhine, often considered to be an archetypal Cavalier
Lord John Stuart and his Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart, c. 1638, by Sir Anthony van Dyck. Both Lord John Stewart and Lord Bernard Stewart died in the English Civil War, fighting on the Royalist side.
Triple Unite gold coin of 1644: the Latin legend translates as "The Protestant religion, the laws of England, the liberty of Parliament. Let God arise and His enemies be scattered."
Charles I in Three Positions, the triple portrait of Charles I by Anthony van Dyck