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Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, KG (22 March

1767 – 17 February 1845) was the son of the 1st Earl

Grosvenor, whom he succeeded in 1802 as 2nd Earl Grosvenor. He

was created Marquess of Westminster in 1831. He was an English Member of

Parliament (MP) and an ancestor of the modern-day Dukes of Westminster.

Grosvenor continued to develop the family's London estates, he rebuilt their

country house, Eaton Hall in

Cheshire where he also restored the gardens, and built a new London home, Grosvenor House. He maintained and extended the family

interests in the acquisition of works of art, and in horse racing and breeding

racehorses. Robert Grosvenor was born on 22 March 1767 in the parish of St George Hanover Square,

London. He was the third son and the only surviving child of Richard

Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor and Henrietta, Lady Grosvenor,

and was initially known as Viscount Belgrave. He was educated at Westminster School, Harrow School, and Trinity College, Cambridge,

where he graduated MA in

1786. In addition to his formal education, William Gifford acted as his private tutor. Gifford accompanied Grosvenor when the latter

undertook his Grand Tour between 1786 and 1788. Gifford described him as a "most

amiable" and "accomplished" pupil. On

28 April 1794 Grosvenor married Eleanor, the only child of Sir Thomas

Egerton (later the 1st Earl Wilton).

They had four children; in 1795 Richard, Lord Belgrave, who succeeded his

father; in 1799 Thomas, who became the 2nd Earl of Wilton on

the death of his grandfather; in 1801 Robert, later the 1st Baron Ebury;

and finally a daughter, Amelia, who died in her early teenage years. Grosvenor

was elected as MP for East Looe in

1788 and served this constituency until 1790; during this time he was appointed

a Lord of the

Admiralty. His first speech in the House of Commons of Great

Britain contained a quotation from the ancient Greek

orator Demosthenes, which led to the satirist Peter Pindar calling him "the lord of Greek". In 1790 he was elected as MP for Chester and

continued to serve in this seat until 1802. Between 1793 and 1801 he was a

commissioner of the Board of Control. He raised a regiment of volunteers from

the city of Westminster to

fight against France and in 1798 was appointed its major-commandant. When his

father died on 5 August 1802 he became the 2nd Earl Grosvenor. Grosvenor

was Mayor of Chester in 1807–08, and was

responsible for the building of Thomas Harrison's Northgate in the city

in 1810. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire from

1798 to 1845. When

Grosvenor entered parliament, he continued the family tradition of Pitt the Younger.

However, after Pitt's death in 1806, he changed his allegiance and became

a Whig. This led to

his support for the victims of the Peterloo massacre, for Catholic Emancipation, for

the abolition of the Corn Laws, and his voting for the Reform Bill. He was a man of principle; he championed Queen Caroline and is

reputed to have thrown either a Bible or a Prayer Book at the

head of King George IV. And

when the Duke of

Wellington was presented with the freedom of the city

of Chester, Grosvenor refused to allow the town hall to be used for the event. The relations between

Grosvenor and the king later improved, and in the coronation honours of 1831 he was created Marquess of

Westminster. He participated in the coronation of

Queen Victoria in 1837. On 11 March 1841 he was received as a Knight of the Garter. 

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