The first substantial house was built in the 17th century. Duke of Westminster no longer UK's richest property magnate. In August of 2016, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, the 6 th Duke of Westminster and the richest person in England died at the age of 64. Prince George's godfather has pledged millions to coronavirus relief efforts. He was the son of Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, and Viola Lyttelton. Billionaire landowner the Duke of Westminster, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, dies aged 64, his family says. Grosvenor and his sisters were educated at a local state primary school, followed by a small private day school, Mostyn House School, near the family home of Eaton Hall, Cheshire. The 6th Duke of Westminster was credited for his charity work, which included making a £500,000 donation to farmers during the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak. Along with his inheritance, the new duke is also likely to take on responsibility for the Westminster Foundation, the charitable body that manages the philanthropic activities of the Grosvenor family. Duke, in the United Kingdom, is the highest-ranking hereditary title in all four peerages of the British Isles.A duke thus outranks all other holders of titles of nobility (marquess, earl, viscount and baron).. The 6th Duke of Westminster, who died last Wednesday, owned a land portfolio worth £9 billion. [8][9][10], After university, Grosvenor (at the time Earl Grosvenor) worked in estate management at Wheatsheaf Investment from 2013 to 2014, and the Grosvenor Group from 2014 to 2015, before becoming Accounts Manager at Bio-bean, a green energy company, in January 2016. ; Married to Zagryazhskaya) and the grandfather of Ivan Alexandrovich Zagryazhsky (1749–1807), from whom Natalya Ivanovna Zagryazhskaya was born (married to Goncharova). He inherited the family assets when his father, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, passed away in … A second big development by the family 100 years later became Belgravia, named after the village of Belgrave, near the family’s country seat in Cheshire. In Westminster, London, England, Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor was born in the year 1991 (age 29 years; as in 2020) of 29th January. His 21st birthday party at Eaton Hall, which reportedly cost £5m, also made the newspapers. legal battle against Westminster city council in 1990 to protect a number of social housing flats. In the first ever edition of The Sunday Times Rich List, published in 1989, he was ranked as the second richest person in the United Kingdom, with a f… He became Duke of Westminster on 9 August 2016, on the death of his father Gerald Grosvenor. At 46, the duke is the fifth wealthiest man in Britain, worth an estimated pounds 1.7bn. He was baptised into the Church of England on 23 June 1991. [12][13][14][15], In April 2020, Grosvenor donated several million pounds in support of the British government response to the COVID-19 pandemic and National Health Service. Vanity Fair described him as "baby-faced" and "absurdly rich", while the Tatler List said that after inheriting his father's estate he would "own half of London". The royal family resides at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, and at … At just 25, Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, who has become the 7th Duke of Westminster after the sudden death of his 64-year-old father on Tuesday, will inherit a family fortune estimated by American business magazine Forbes at about £9bn, and the ancestral seat Eaton Hall in Cheshire. Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster (born 29 January 1991), styled as Earl Grosvenor until August 2016, is a British aristocrat, billionaire, businessman, and owner of Grosvenor Group. Fortune hunters were urged by tabloids to beat a path to his door. It came into the family by marriage in 1677, when London was much smaller than it is today, and Mary Davies married Sir Thomas Grosvenor [1] . The Duke of Westminster owns more of Britain than the Queen, through an estate that can trace its history back hundreds of years. Meanwhile, the next duke, the fifth, also had notably savvy estate planning in place. The primogeniture law for the British monarchy was abolished in 2013 before the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first child, Prince George. New money from Asia replaces the old in Estates Gazette rich list, as the value of … He was educated at Harrow, where he gained two O-levels, and Sandhurst, and later went to work on ranches in Australia and Canada. The origins of the Grosvenor family fortune date back more than 300 years when an ancestor of the new duke, Sir Thomas Grosvenor, married wealthy heiress Mary Davies, who had inherited a medieval manor in Middlesex and 500 acres of undeveloped land west of London. Buckingham Palace said the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh had been made aware of the news and a message of condolence was being sent to the family, while Kensington Palace said: “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were very sad to learn of the Duke of Westminster’s passing yesterday. He had a net worth of $12 billion, which he … Major General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, KG, CB, CVO, OBE, TD, CD, DL (22 December 1951 – 9 August 2016), was a British landowner, businessman, philanthropist, Territorial Army general, and peer. The 6th Duke and Duchess of Westminster with Earl Grosvenor shortly after his birth. Speaking about his son in 1993, he said: “He’s been born with the longest silver spoon anyone can have, but he can’t go through life sucking on it. The Duke of Westminster has died suddenly aged 64, leaving nearly 300 acres of land in London’s most expensive areas to his 25-year-old son.. It doesn’t belong to me.”. THE Duke of Westminster died at the age of 64 yesterday after suddenly falling ill with a suspected heart attack. [4] He became Duke of Westminster at the age of 25, following the death of his father on August 9, 2016, aged 64. Hugh Grosvenor becomes third wealthiest landowner in Britain and 68th wealthiest person in the world, according to Forbes, Last modified on Tue 28 Nov 2017 11.38 EST. His youngest sister, Lady Viola Grosvenor, is a supporter of the children’s charity Kidscape. The estate covers about 10,872 acres (4,400 ha). Hugh, the 7th Duke of Westminster, inherited his title and a family fortune now estimated at £10.1bn when his father Gerald died three years ago. Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster (born 29 January 1991), styled as Earl Grosvenor until August 2016, is a British aristocrat, billionaire, businessman, and owner of Grosvenor Group.He became Duke of Westminster on 9 August 2016, on the death of his father Gerald Grosvenor.. [16], Little is publicly known about Grosvenor's personal life. A spokeswoman for Lancashire constabulary said there were no suspicious circumstances and a file would be passed to the coroner. [11] This wealth is held in a trust, of which Grosvenor is a beneficial owner but not the legal owner—an arrangement that received considerable press attention, owing to the inheritance tax exemption it confers. 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He is the only brother to 3 sisters named Lady Tamara Katherine Grosvenor, Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor and Lady Viola Georgina Grosvenor. Little is publicly known of the former student of countryside management at Newcastle University. He also fought a legal battle against Westminster city council in 1990 to protect a number of social housing flats built on the family’s land in Pimlico, London, which the council wanted to sell. At Ellesmere, Grosvenor served as a School Prefect, Captain of Meynell House and Captain of the First XI Football Team in his final year. The 6th Duke of Westminster receiving his army wings from the chief of the general staff, General Sir Michael Walker, after executing a perfect helicopter landing into Netheravon airfield, Wiltshire. Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster, wears his wealth well. His sisters include Lady Edwina Grosvenor, a prison reformer and philanthropist. Unlike many of his social contemporaries, the new duke was not educated at boarding school, but attended a state primary before going to a private day school close to home in Cheshire. He grew up in an isolated rural community in Northern Ireland believing he was destined to become a beef farmer. He is godfather to a future king, and now owns a large chunk of the most exclusive parts of London. I can’t sell. The Duke of Westminster's £8.3 billion fortune is believed to have been handed down to his son, Hugh Grosvenor The Duke of Westminster, who I’ve written about previously,owns a large grouse moor in Lancashire, extensive farmlands in Cheshire, and prime real estate in central London. - 5th ed. He has to put back what he has been given.”. Another Van Cutsem brother, William, is also a godparent to Prince George. The foundation was set up in the 1970s and has awarded more than £40m in grants. The Duke of Westminster, 29-year-old Hugh Grosvenor, is one of the richest people in the U.K. He has kept largely out of the limelight, though found himself the subject of media attention when he became the youngest and wealthiest of Prince George’s godparents. His father was a close friend of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, who were said by Clarence House to be “deeply shocked and greatly saddened” by the death. Of his wealth, the duke once said: “Given the choice, I would rather not have been born wealthy, but I never think of giving it up. Unlike so many other aristocrats, he knows how to hang on to his property assets. What to know about the extremely eligible Duke of Westminster - and why he's richer than the Queen. Britain’s Dukes are some of the largest private landowners in the country. [17] However, in October 2013, he was named a godfather to Prince George of Cambridge. In London alone the Grosvenor Estate, dating back to … -, Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, British government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, "Rich List 2019: who is Hugh Grosvenor, the UK's youngest billionaire? The Duke and his family are estimated to be worth £10.1 billion (US$13 billion), according to the Sunday Times Rich List in May 2019. Described as “baby-faced” and “absurdly rich” by Vanity Fair magazine, the young earl made an appearance on the Tatler List, with the description: “Hughie’s a Newcastle graduate with his own wine collection who goes wild for the girls”, adding that after inheriting his father’s estate he would “own half of London”. Another sister, Lady Edwina, is married to the historian and television presenter Dan Snow. 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