Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster

Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, GCVO, DSO (19 March 1879 – 19 July 1953) was a British landowner and one of the wealthiest men in the world.

The Duke of Westminster
GCVO DSO
The Duke in the early 1900s
Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire
Custos Rotulorum of Cheshire
In office
19 December 1905  15 April 1920
MonarchsEdward VII
George V
Preceded byEarl Egerton
Succeeded bySir William Bromley-Davenport
Member of the House of Lords
as Duke of Westminster
In office
20 March 1900  19 July 1953
Preceded byThe 1st Duke of Westminster
Succeeded byThe 3rd Duke of Westminster
Personal details
Born
Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor

(1879-03-19)19 March 1879
Died19 July 1953(1953-07-19) (aged 74)
NationalityBritish
Spouses
(m. 1901; div. 1919)
    Violet Nelson
    (m. 1920; div. 1926)
      Loelia Ponsonby
      (m. 1930; div. 1947)
        (m. 1947)
        ChildrenLady Ursula Vernon
        Edward Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor
        Lady Mary Grosvenor
        Parent(s)Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor
        Lady Sibell Lumley

        He was the son of Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, son of the 1st Duke of Westminster, and Lady Sibell Lumley, the daughter of the 9th Earl of Scarborough. Through his mother's subsequent marriage after his father's death, he was the stepson of George Wyndham.

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