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Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
English landowner, politician, and racehorse owner (1825-1899)
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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 13 October 1825
- Died
- 22 December 1899
- Place of birth
- Cheshire
- Place of death
- Dorset
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Grosvenor
- Mother
- Elizabeth Leveson-Gower
- Child
- Margaret Cambridge, Marchioness of Cambridge, Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, Lord Hugh Grosvenor, unknown son Grosvenor, unknown son Grosvenor, Elizabeth Butler, Marchioness of Ormonde, Beatrice Grosvenor, Lord Henry Grosvenor, Blanche Grosvenor, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord Gerald Grosvenor, Mary Grosvenor
- Sibling
- Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge, Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, Octavia Grosvenor
- Occupation
- politician, aristocrat
- Position held
- member of the 20th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 19th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 18th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 17th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 16th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 15th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the House of Lords, Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire, Lord Lieutenant of the County of London, Master of the Horse (England)
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Native language
- British English
- Awards
- Knight of the Garter, baronet
- candidacy in election
- 1847 United Kingdom general election, 1868 United Kingdom general election, 1865 United Kingdom general election, 1852 United Kingdom general election, 1857 United Kingdom general election, 1859 United Kingdom general election
- described by source
- Nordisk familjebok, Dictionary of National Biography, first supplement, Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886
- educated at
- University of Oxford, Eton College
- honorific prefix
- Grace, The Most Honourable
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- member of political party
- Liberal Party
- military branch
- British Army
- name in native language
- Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
- noble title
- Duke of Westminster, Marquess, Earl Grosvenor, viscount
- place of burial
- Chester Cathedral
- social classification
- nobility
- work location
- London
- writing language
- British English
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