Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster

Major General His Grace
The Duke of Westminster
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Major General His Grace The Duke of Westminster Bt KG CB CVO OBE TD CD DL
	Photographed by Allan Warren in 1997
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 19 February 1979 – 11 November 1999; as a hereditary peer
Preceded by	The 5th Duke of Westminster
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Personal details
Born	Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor; 22 December 1951; Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Died	9 August 2016 (aged 64); Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Spouse	Natalia Phillips (m. 1978)
Children	Lady Tamara van Cutsem; Lady Edwina Snow; Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster; Lady Viola Roberts;
Parents	Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster; Viola Lyttelton;
Residence	Eaton Hall, Cheshire
Known for	Landowning; Property development; Philanthropy;
Civilian awards	Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter; Commander of the Royal Victorian Order;
Other titles	Earl Grosvenor (1967–1979)
Website	www.grosvenorestate.com
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1973–2012
Rank	Major General
Unit	North Irish Horse
Commands	Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Reserves and Cadets) (2004–2007); Deputy Commander Land Forces (Reserves) (2011–2012);
Military awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath; Officer of the Order of the British Empire; Efficiency Decoration; Volunteer Reserves Service Medal; Canadian Forces' Decoration;

Major General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, Bt, KG, CB, CVO, OBE, TD, CD, DL (22 December 1951 – 9 August 2016), was a British landowner, businessman, aristocrat, Territorial Army general, and peer. He was the son of Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, and Viola Lyttelton. He was Chairman of the property company Grosvenor Group. 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 fortune of £3.2 billion (approximately £8.47 billion in today's value), with only Queen Elizabeth II above him.

Born in Northern Ireland, Grosvenor moved from an island in the middle of Lower Lough Erne to be educated at Sunningdale and Harrow boarding schools in the south of England. After a troubled education, he left school with two O-levels. He entered the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and served in the Territorial Army, where he was promoted to major-general in 2004.

Via Grosvenor Estates, the business he inherited along with the dukedom in 1979, the Duke was the richest property developer in the United Kingdom and one of the country's largest landowners, with property in Edinburgh, Liverpool, Oxford, Cambridge, Southampton and Cheshire, including the family's country seat of Eaton Hall, as well as 300 acres (0.47 sq mi) of Mayfair and Belgravia in Central London. The business also has interests in other parts of Europe. According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2016, the Duke was worth £9.35 billion, placing him sixth on the list and making him the third-richest British citizen.

The Duke died on 9 August 2016 after suffering a heart attack. The title then passed to his son, Hugh.

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