Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, landowner, born 22 December 1951; died 9 August 2016 This article was amended on 12 August 2016. "Le Grand Veneur" literally means "the Master Huntsman" in French, an elevated title in William's 11th-century French court. But the Grosvenors are not native to Cheshire: the family name is unmistakably of Norman origin as descendants of the great (or fat) hunter, probably a master of the hunt in the service of the dukes of Normandy. "[3], For sea excursions, he had his choice of two yachts, Cutty Sark and Flying Cloud. In March 2007, Grosvenor announced it was buying out Vesta and Nakar for 40m. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. A six-bedroom converted station house dating back to 1867 has recently gone on the market, and it allows buyers to purchase their own diesel locomotive and stretch of track. One sister married the Duke of Roxburghe, and the other married the Queens first cousin, the Earl of Lichfield, the photographer. Bendor Gerard Robert Grosvenor (born 27 November 1977) is a British art historian, writer, and former art dealer. One of the families brought into close contact this way are the Van Cutsems, one of whom married the Dukes eldest child, Tamara, in 2004. Sixth duke: 1951 to 9 August 2016. General Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, died aged 64 on August 9 2016. Best places in Scotland to see Northern Lights again tonight after rare stunning display. Burial. Since 1984, they have been subject to a 10-yearly tax charge, although there are exemptions for agricultural land and trading businesses. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Managed from Canada, the international wing of Grosvenor was created in 1953 when the estate made its first big expansion outside Britain by acquiring the 485-hectare Annacis Island in the middle of the Fraser river in Vancouver. Hugh Grosvenor became Britains youngest billionaire following his fathers death in 2016. The papers reveal how reluctant Grosvenor employees were to share trust details. His increased wealth and stature may also have encouraged him to pursue a marriage outside the normal spheres of the Cheshire gentry. [15], An illustration of both Westminster's extravagance and orchestrated technique in the courting of women has endured in the form of various apocryphal stories. He is also a writer and a former government adviser on . The Duke of Westminster, Hugh Grosvenor, is known for his friendship with the Royal Family as well as his impressive bank account. Leila Borrington, 23 was found guilty of manslaughter yesterday after her three-year-old stepson, Harvey was found 'unconscious' in their family home with severe head injuries. IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content. Grosvenor was born on 27 November 1977 in London. [2] He now presents, with Emma Dabiri (Jacky Klein in Series 1), the BBC4 series Britain's Lost Masterpieces,[3] which began in 2016.[4]. She married Sir Thomas Grosvenor in 1677, when she was only 12 (and he 21). Seventh duke: born 1991. Waterhouse fans were outraged. The presenter told viewers: "Oh yeah, I had a bit of an outfit, wardrobe crisis this morning". [13] This portrait is now on display at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, and has taken the place of the La Tour pastel as the definitive portrait of Charles.[14]. In 2014, after almost a century owned by the Grosvenor family, it was put on the market. Dr Bendor Grosvenor is an art historian specialising in Old Masters and British pictures, especially portraits. Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, GCVO, DSO (familiarly "Bendor"; 19 March 1879 - 19 July 1953) was a British landowner and one of the wealthiest men in the world. Over the next century, the family married, as expected, with the major county families of CheshireFitton, Stanley, Legh, Norris, Venablesbut also across the Welsh border into Flintshire. [5] His PhD thesis was entitled "The Politics of Foreign Policy: Lord Derby and the Eastern Crisis, 1875-8". [16] He is also of Swiss and Dutch heritage. Police arrest man after 'disturbance' near Scots primary school. After a brief visit back home, he returned in February 1900 to serve with the Imperial Yeomanry, as an ADC to Lord Roberts and Lord Milner. In late 1923, Coco Chanel met the 2nd Duke of Westminster at a dinner in Monte Carlo. "[citation needed], During the run-up to the Second World War, he supported various right-wing and anti-Semitic causes, including the Right Club. View more posts. As a young man, he served in the Boer War and World War I, and was active in sport, notably competing in the 1908 Olympics in motorboat racing. With a net worth of around 9.3bn, he's also the richest . The identities of the owners of these four companies have never been publicly disclosed by Grosvenor. He left no son. [6] In 2016 he sold a newly identified portrait by Joan Carlile, the first professional British female artist, to the Tate gallery. The 2nd Duke of Westminster was nicknamed "Bendor". During the event held at Eaton Hall, guests were treated to a fireworks display and a dinner featuring a tasting plate of half a scotch egg, smoked salmon and Morecambe Bay potted shrimps. British media said his 25-year old son, Hugh Grosvenor, will inherit the title and fortune. A leak of 13.4m files, including documents from the archives of the offshore law firm Appleby, combined with public information from the UK companies register, has brought to light key parts of the structure used to manage the seventh dukes fortune - estimated at 9.5bn in the Sunday Times rich list. The second daughter married media royalty, history presenter Dan Snow, while the much younger two children, Hugh and Viola remain unmarried. Dan Snow and Duke Of Westminster's daughter wed in secret. 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The sixth Duke of Westminster was buried in the Old Churchyard at St Mary's Church, Eccleston, in the Grosvenor family plot. As a nineteen-year-old, he briefly attended a French boarding school run by the Count de Mauny, who was rumoured to have made sexual advances towards some of its pupils. Thanks to careful planning by his predecessors, the 26-year-old inherited the sprawling Grosvenor Group without having to pay the 40% death duties imposed on most British taxpayers. [16] He is also of Swiss and Dutch heritage. (Bendor, Duke of Westminster) p. 2 of cover (Hugh Richard Arthur (Bendor), 2nd Duke of estminster, succeeded 1899) [6] In later life, the Duke was notable for being virulently opposed to homosexuality. Further south, nearer the river, was Pimlico, developed as a residential area a bit later. The former Dons boss looks set to return to management shortly after leaving Pittodrie. [1] On 26 November 1920, the Duke became the second husband of Violet Mary Nelson (1891-1983). The Dukedom and Marquessate are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; the rest are in the Peerage of Great Britain. In the 1920s, he had a highly visible ten-year affair with Coco Chanel, which took on a darker shade in the 1930s as his interests were increasingly drawn to the far right and anti-Semitism, and there were rumours of his attempts to use Chanels connections with the Nazis to broker a deal with Hitler in the midst of World War II. He becomes the seventh Duke of Westminster and is now the second wealthiest under 30 in the world, a mere 1billion short of Wal-Mart heir Lukas Waltons fortune. As Gerald Cavendish Grosvenors only son and heir, the 25-year-old assumes the title and estate of his billionaire dad, the UKs biggest landowner, who died from a suspected heart attack on Tuesday, aged 64. Stewart Andrew was also fined 1125 and ordered to pay a 75 victim surcharge to the woman, who he had previously been in a relationship with, when he appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court. Evil stepmother who filmed toddler as he lay dying found guilty of manslaughter. The 1st Marquess of Westminster died in 1845 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Richard (who had been known for most of his life by the courtesy title Viscount Belgrave). [16], In her book The Light of Common Day, Lady Diana Cooper reminisces back to 1 September 1939. The duke married four times and was divorced three times. Grosvenor ( / rovnr /) is a surname derived from Hugh Le Grand Veneur, a member of a Norman French family that aided William the Conqueror in 1066. Applebys officer noted: They do not have too many offshore holdings as they have to be very careful reputationally, as the property group is owned by trusts for the Duke of Westminsters family.. The Duke of Westminster's seats are at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, and at Abbeystead House, Lancashire. (LogOut/ Two drivers rushed to hospital after head-on smash on Scots road. The 6 th Duke of Westminster would later defend the social rented . Their Senussi captors attempted to run away but were gunned down by the enraged British rescuers. What do rural Cheshire and the most fashionable neighbourhoods in West London have in common? There is no heir to the Dukedom of Westminster. His prominence in the House of Commons as MP for Chester earned him a baronetcy in 1622. As a politician, the 2nd Earl also started out as a Tory then shifted towards the more reform-minded parties, supporting Catholic Emancipation and laws to benefit the poor, and as part of the coronation honours for William IV in 1831, was created Marquess of Westminster, recognising that his family was now a major player in London. Both have been part of the extensive portfolio of the Grosvenor family for centuries. A reference to the Duke of. A bartender has shared some of the worst mistakes that customers might make on a night out. Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, grandson of the first duke, was known to family and friends as Bendor and was a lover of Coco Chanel. His first major art discovery was a mis-catalogued portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence being sold at a London auction in 2003 as a work by Lawrence's pupil George Henry Harlow. Dad who lost all his limbs in freak accident is finally able to hold his daughters again. Richard Alexander Grosvenor and Gabriella Grosvenor. He became Duke of Westminster at the age of 25, following the death of his father on August 9, 2016, aged 64. He also added to the familys landholdings in the north by acquiring the Abbeystead estate, near Lancaster, with 18,000 acres bordering on the Forest of Bowland. The 29-year-old aristocrat is also Prince George's godfather. RM 2HHKH3J - The 2nd Duke of Westminster at Chester Races May 1936. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Baroness Howard de Walden and family, 4.316bn 4. [2], The 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Dukes were each grandsons of the first. Edinburgh Street Food, which is the capital's first permanent seven-day-a-week street food market, is now open and serving up a delicious array of tasty dishes. Grosvenors annual reports show millions in payments collected in Panama and Bermuda: a combined 1m in 1999, direct from GIHL, and a similar sum the year before. Much of this fortune is still based in London and Cheshire properties, but the Grosvenor Group has expanded globally, and includes a surprising number of office towers in San Francisco and Vancouver, and shopping malls in Sweden, France, Shanghai and Liverpool. Over the generations, the family developed the land into two of Londons most affluent neighbourhoods, Mayfair and Belgravia. The earlier life of the 5th Duke of Westminster gives a slightly different twist to this story so far: born in 1910, he was quite far down the line of succession, and concentrated his political interests on his mothers estates in Northern Ireland, living at Ely Lodge on Lough Erne and serving as MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, 1955-64, and High Sheriff of County Fermanagh. The Grosvenor spokesman said, after checking the records, no evidence had been found to suggest that the trustees asked for any such dispensation from the Bermuda Monetary Authority in 1999. The Duke received the DSO for his exploits. She married, secondly, Major Stephen Vernon in 1940. In Monte Carlo in 1923, Grosvenor was introduced to Coco Chanel by Vera Bate Lombardi. 25) The schemes used to avoid tax on UK property deals. Police were alerted to the incident at around 7am on Tuesday February, 28. The 1st Duke of Westminster is known for his horses (and his only formal government appointment was in fact Master of the Horse, in 1880, though this was by now just a ceremonial role). The new royal residence, Buckingham Palace, lay between Mayfair and Belgravia, and formed an effective beating heart of the new aristocratic quarter of west London. He appeared smart and cheerful as he attended the nuptials of Prince Harry and Meghan at St . Francis Egerton Grosvenor, 4th Baron Ebury, This page was last edited on 13 February 2023, at 20:47. At all events it stuck, and my husband's friends never called him anything but Bendor or Benny". 22) The law firm at the centre of the Paradise Papers leak was criticised for 'persistent failures' on terrorist financing and money laundering rules. The marriage was not long a happy one, and within five years Henrietta, Lady Grosvenor, was embroiled in a scandalous affair with the Kings younger brother, the Duke of Cumberland. The tax advantages of UK trusts such as these have been gradually whittled away. The seventh Duke of Westminster, Hugh Grosvenor, is the wealthiest man in the North West. By the turn of the century, Grosvenor International Holdings Ltd (GIHL) had assets worth more than C$1bn (600m), with 42% of its shares held by screen companies in Bermuda and Panama. The connections between London and Cheshire are evident in the street names of Mayfair and Belgravia: Eaton Street in particular is named for the manor that has been the seat of the family since the middle of the 15th century. The hidden gem beach near Glasgow ideal for a spring walk is just 45 minutes away. A prominent art historian and former Conservative adviser has cut ties with the Tories, saying that it is time to "destroy" the party.Bendor Grosvenor, who is a co-presenter of BBC4's Britain's. With a net wealth of 10.054bn, according to the Sunday Times, he and his family rank as the 12th richest in the UK. The Earl moved his own London residence from Millbank House (on the Thames) in 1805 to Mayfair, to a house he purchased from the Duke of Gloucester which he renamed Grosvenor House. Learning that the crews of HMT Moorina and HMS Tara were being held in poor conditions at Bir Hakeim, he led the nine armoured cars with three armed but un-armoured cars and a further 28 cars and ambulances on the Bir Hakeim rescue a 120-mile (190km) dash across the desert. Picture: New York Times. The legendary Ibrox striker was at Hampden on Sunday as his former team proved second best once again. Grosvenor Square was the site of many of Londons most prestigious mansions, and would be the home of the embassy of the United States from 1960 to 2018. Chanel was becoming one of the world's most recognisable clothes designers, and the duke was Britain's richest man with an estimated income of a guinea per minute. Mary Davies was the daughter of a scrivener (scribe) and lawyer of London, who, at a young age, was already heiress to the Manor of Ebury, in Middlesex. Bendor, the golden Duke of Westminster by Leslie Field, 1983, Weidenfeld and Nicolson edition, in English The heir, 'Earl Grosvenor', predeceased his father, so young 'Bendor' took over as 2 nd Duke and ruled over the Grosvenor estates (estimated in 1900 at about 6 million pounds, or over 700 million in today's money) for the next half-century. Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, GCVO, DSO (familiarly "Bendor"; 19 March 1879 19 July 1953) was a British landowner and one of the wealthiest men in the world. The Scrope family won the lawsuit, forcing the Grosvenors to adopt their golden wheatsheaf (a garb in heraldic language, an ancient symbol of Cheshire), but had fallen into obscurity, so in a way, this reclaiming of the bend or symbolism was a victory long in coming. [11] In 2015, he married Ishbel Hall and he has one daughter and two step-sons. A beloved Edinburgh pub is famous for its unique signage at its front doorwhich has divided tourists after a Scots local shared a picture of it. He succeeded the Dukedom on the death his father in August 2016. This was the view of contemporaries, and previous biographers have reinforced it. Robert George Grosvenor, brother of the fourth Duke, lived in Northern Ireland at Ely Lodge on an island in the middle of Lough Erne. The name "Grosvenor" turns up a lot in Chester, and was even possibly "borrowed" for a well-known treasure scam which also involved "Sherlock Holmes": His massive portfolio includes nearly 100,000 acres in Scotland, the stunning Reay Forest Estate in Sutherland, including the famous peaks of Ben Stack, Arkle and Foinaven. In a fax dated 9 November, Appleby promised to revert to the BMA to determine what they will give in on, saying it had already obtained from the BMA that they have indicated they will not require a personal declaration from the duke. He supported government reforms and the movement for temperance (shutting down several of the pubs on his own estate), which may seem unusual considering that his other great passion was horse-racing (or maybe I am being judgy?). William. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. This followed a private service on Friday, August 12, held just three days after his death. Members of the 29-year-old's family were sickened after spotting a sign reading 'Justice for Morton Eadie' being flown above the stadium during Sunday's Old Firm match in Glasgow. The earlier full name of the city, Castrum Deva, reflects the importance of the River Dee as a border between English and Welsh territories, and one of William the Conquerors chief lieutenants (and probable kinsmen), Hugh Lupus (the wolf, or le Gros the fat) was named Earl of Chester, with extensive military and administrative powers. 5) The tax-avoiding Cayman Islands trustmanaged by the Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeaus chief moneyman. In the 1930s he developed extreme right-wing opinions and became a member of several anti-Semitic organizations including the Anglo-German Fellowship. The Grosvenor Group, a property company owned by the Duke of Westminster, swung to a loss in 2020 as a result of the pandemic, but still paid out a dividend of 47m ($66m), up from 46.3m the. The Duke died of coronary thrombosis at Loch More Lodge on his Scottish estate in Sutherland in 1953, aged 74, and was buried in the churchyard of Eccleston Church near Eaton Hall, Cheshire. After his dalliance with Coco Chanel, he was fascinated by the Brazilian Aime de Heeren, who was not interested in marrying him, but to whom he gave significant jewellery, once part of the French Crown Jewels. In 1794, he had married the heiress of one of the other leading aristocratic clans in the northwest, Lady Eleanor Egerton of Wilton, and their second son would later adopt the Egerton surname, and inherit the title Earl of Wilton and the estates centred on Heaton Park (now in Greater Manchestersee Dukes of Bridgewater). His titles and the entailed Westminster estate passed to his cousin, William Grosvenor, and thence to the two sons of his youngest half-uncle Lord Hugh Grosvenor (killed in action in 1914). They had subsisted on little more than the snails in which the region abounded, but said their captors had not been overly cruel. The traditional burial place of the Dukes is the Old Churchyard adjacent to St Mary's Church, Eccleston. 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