William. With a net worth of around 9.3bn, he's also the richest . Anyone looking to take a break from the stress of modern life should consider applying for a unique job on the tiny Isle of Rona, which is completely off the grid. [6] In 2016 he sold a newly identified portrait by Joan Carlile, the first professional British female artist, to the Tate gallery. - Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor", "Dr Bendor Grosvenor Old Masters expert and television presenter", Art History News, run by Bendor Grosvenor, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bendor_Grosvenor&oldid=1139182839, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 8. [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]. The former Dons boss looks set to return to management shortly after leaving Pittodrie. The other Duke, "Bendor" Westminster (nicknamed for the "Bend'Or" in his coat of arms) was a greater embarrassment. Robert George Grosvenor, brother of the fourth Duke, lived in Northern Ireland at Ely Lodge on an island in the middle of Lough Erne. Because the Bermuda company was to be controlled by trusts, Appleby would need to follow standard procedure and disclose the names of their beneficiaries and other basic information to the regulator. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. 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. By the turn of the 20th century, the Westminster family was enormousthe 1st Duke had married twice and sired twelve children, and three of his sons had sons of their own. Duke of Westminster. 9) Theman managing Angolas sovereign wealth fund invested it in projects he stood to profit from. Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster, is the son of the late Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster and his wife Natalia Ayesha Grosvenor, the dowager Duchess of Westminster. He left no son. He left two daughters. 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 then received an MPhil from Pembroke College, Cambridge and a DPhil from the University of East Anglia. As a result, his son spoke with a Northern Irish accent which certainly made him stand out in Westminster. The buildings included a formal wing, a private wing, a clock tower, a private chapel, and stables that would rival those of any European monarch. 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. Seventh duke: born 1991. Hed never have boasted about his title or his wealth.. Richard Alexander Grosvenor and Gabriella Grosvenor. British media said his 25-year old son, Hugh Grosvenor, will inherit the title and fortune. She recalls:[17]. 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. "His anti-Semitic rants were notorious", according to a biographer of Coco Chanel. I teach history at Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester, England, and am the senior editor of The Court Historian, the journal of the Society for Court Studies. Disguised as a deliveryman, Westminster appeared at Chanel's apartment with an enormous bouquet of flowers. It is the most recent dukedom conferred on someone not related to the British royal family. The estate has been abandoned for 52 years, but photos of its interior reveal that touches of Chanel's iconic design remain. 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. 12)The billions in tax refunds by the Isle of Man and Malta to the owners of private jets and luxury yachts. William Grosvenor was brain damaged at birth, and died unmarried and childless. He takes seriously his family and the Estate's social responsibilities to contribute in real and . Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. 10)Apple secretly moved parts of its empire to Jerseyafter a row over its tax affairs. The prisoners attempted to stop the killings but failed. He left no son. The Dukes own wife, Natalia Phillips, while herself untitled, is a close relative of the Mountbattens, through their shared Romanov descent. Winston Churchill, who joined the couple on a fishing holiday there in May, 1927, wrote: This a very agreeable house in a Highland valley. His tall, diffident,. It was quite unexpected when he died suddenly there in August 2016. Nimesh Shah, a partner at the accountants Blick Rothenberg, said: Nowadays, trusts are used for a variety of reasons and tax is only one of those reasons. He was succeeded by his eldest son, RICHARD, 2nd Marquess (1795-1869), KG, PC, who wedded, in 1819, Elizabeth, younger daughter of George, 1st Duke of Sutherland. He was the son of Victor Alexander Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, son of the 1st Duke of Westminster, and Lady Sibell Mary Lumley, the daughter of the 9th Earl of Scarborough. The new laird of Reay has kept a relatively low profile. I love heraldry and genealogy. Frantic search launched for man reported missing from Aberdeen in Audi. 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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. 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. Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, grandson of the first duke, was known to family and friends as Bendor and was a lover of Coco Chanel. They had subsisted on little more than the snails in which the region abounded, but said their captors had not been overly cruel. 23) SevenRepublican super-donorskeep money in tax havens. One sister married the Duke of Roxburghe, and the other married the Queens first cousin, the Earl of Lichfield, the photographer. A year and a half later, Hugh attended Prince Georges christening after being chosen as the youngest of the royal babys seven godparents. The elder, Lady Ursula, married twice and had children, but the younger, Lady Mary, never married, and despite the lack of a ducal title, managed to keep up the princely lifestyle of her forebears, as manager of large estates in Kenya, South Africa and the Scottish Highlands, until her death in 2000. 15) Thecomplex offshore webs used by two Russian billionairesto buy stakes in Arsenal and Everton football clubs. He subsequently invested in land in South Africa and Rhodesia, and visited the colony with his wife in late 1902.[11]. According to tradition, the first Grosvenors descended from a nephew of this Hugh Lupus, and were given lands along the banks of the Dee to help keep it secure for Anglo-Norman rule, though the first records indicate their lands were at Little Budworth, a short distance to the east. Next day "Bendor", telephoning to a friend, said that if there was a war it would be entirely due to the Jews and Duff Cooper. Ancestor Sir Thomas Grosvenor married heiress Mary Davies and acquired what was then marshland in 1677. Richard Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough, His first marriage was held on 16 February 1901, when he married, Lady Ursula Mary Olivia Grosvenor (21 February 1902 1978), married, firstly, William Patrick Filmer-Sankey in 1924 and was divorced in 1940. Through a marriage in 1677, the Grosvenor family . But the man whose idea it was, and who paid for a good proportion of it, Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminyster, died of a heart attack on 9 August 2016, aged only 64. The oldest trust, simply referred to as ADWSLF in the data, was settled, or created, in 1953 by the second duke upon his death. Tragic hillwalker and dog who plunged 100ft in Glencoe to have ashes scattered together. During their 1916 campaign in Egypt, as part of the Western Frontier Force under General William Peyton, the Duke (then a major) commanded the armoured cars of the regiment and took part in the destruction of a Senussi force at the action of Agagia on 26 February 1916. 18)Prominent Brexit campaigners have put money offshore. 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. The familys enthusiasm for trusts may be explained by the fact that death duties of 17m swallowed much of the second dukes 25m fortune. [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. 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. Control of the . It wasnt until 1450 when Ralph Grosvenor married Joan Eaton and established his base at her estates at Eaton, on the west bank of the Dee a few miles south of Chester. Arriving in Cape Town, he was reported to leave that city for the front in early March. He became Duke of Westminster at the age of 25, following the death of his father on August 9, 2016, aged 64. 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. Initially, Hugh was called Hugh Lupus. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He was a supporter of the Crown in the Northwest, and served as both Sheriff of Cheshire and Sheriff of Denbighshire, in Wales. Bendor Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster's uncles and aunts: Bendor Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster's aunt was Lady Elizabeth Harriet Butler Bendor Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster's uncle-by-marriage was James Edward William Theobald Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde Bendor Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster's aunt was Lady Beatrice Constance Moncreiffe Bendor Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of . This is on Park Lane, the road bordering Hyde Park, one of the best addresses in the city. Bendor Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster's uncles and aunts: Bendor Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster's aunt was Lady Elizabeth Harriet Butler Bendor Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster's uncle-by-marriage was James Edward William Theobald Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde Bendor Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster's aunt was Lady Beatrice Constance Moncreiffe Bendor Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of . Lady Mary Constance Grosvenor (27 June 1910-2000). [1] He was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder as an adult and has advocated improved accessibility at museums. The Duke of Westminster, Hugh Grosvenor, is known for his friendship with the Royal Family as well as his impressive bank account. The powerful ducal families of northwest England wanted to ensure their wealth and power stayed within the extended family circle, which also included the Cavendishes in Derbyshire and Yorkshire, and the Percys further north. . According to the American magazine Forbes guide to the worlds wealthy, the Duke had a fortune of 9.35billion, making him the 68th richest billionaire in the world, and the third richest in the UK. 17) British celebritiesincluding Gary Linekerused an arrangement that let them avoid tax when selling homes in Barbados. MEET the new Duke of Westminster Hugh Grosvenor, who on his father s death has instantly inherited a chunk of Scotland including three mountains. He appeared smart and cheerful as he attended the nuptials of Prince Harry and Meghan at St . No family member has received any benefit derived from these but, as UK residents, if they ever did then they would be fully liable to tax in this country. 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. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster. Well-equipped with salmon, trout and snipe. And Natalia's son, Hugh Grosvenor, the seventh Duke of Westminster, was no slouch in the sartorial stakes. The air is most exhilarating, keen and yet caressing. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Police arrest man after 'disturbance' near Scots primary school. Documents from 2012 show Grosvenors shares were held by five trusts and by the sixth Duke of Westminster in his name. Save up to 30% when you upgrade to an image pack. Mrs Hinch fans banish 'stubborn' black mould from washing machines with one method. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, landowner, born 22 December 1951; died 9 August 2016 This article was amended on 12 August 2016. In 1925, the new Dukes grandfather enjoyed the company of Coco Chanel, one of the worlds leading dress designers, on his vast estate in remote north-west Sutherland. [14]:3637. [12] On 1 April 1908, he was named honorary lieutenant-colonel of the 16th Battalion, the London Regiment, a post he held until 1915. 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). Robert, created BARON EBURY; ancestor of Bendor Grosvenor. She was there with her dear friend Vera Bate who was a friend of Bend'or. His wife Loelia wrote in her memoirs: "Of course everybody, even his parents and sisters, would normally have addressed the baby as "Belgrave" so they may have thought that any nickname was preferable. The tax advantages of UK trusts such as these have been gradually whittled away. "[citation needed], During the run-up to the Second World War, he supported various right-wing and anti-Semitic causes, including the Right Club. The Ebury barons, with their seat at Moor Park in Hertfordshire, would continue into the 20th century, and inherited the Wilton earldom in 1999 (though today they live in Australia). Something went wrong, please try again later. There is no public register listing the names, beneficiaries or holdings of any UK trusts, despite the fact such vehicles control vast tracts of land and property in Britain. Answer (1 of 8): Grosvenor the family name, 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 name Bendor is derived from the Grosvenor family's medieval heraldic shield, a bend or, a golden bend (diagonal stripe), which they used until 1389, when it was claimed instead by the Scrope family in the case Scrope v Grosvenor. In 1953, the ducal title and the bulk of the estate therefore passed to William Grosvenor, already a man in his late fifties, who had lived with a caretaker all of his life due to brain damage incurred at birth. 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. When he died in 1963, the title moved to still another branch of cousins, two brothers, Gerald and Robert, the 4th and 5th dukes. Economic historians have analyzed the Grosvenor Estate, but this thesis is not concerned with [6] In later life, the Duke was notable for being virulently opposed to homosexuality. His parents are Hon. Twenty years later, he again supported a Pitt (this time the Younger) and was again rewarded, now with an earldom, in 1784. [16], In her book The Light of Common Day, Lady Diana Cooper reminisces back to 1 September 1939. The nearly 4ft by 6ft 'about $30m' canvas belongs to the family of the 1st Earl of Iveagh. Over the generations, the family developed the land into two of Londons most affluent neighbourhoods, Mayfair and Belgravia. The reason given was to better align the shareholders interests with the groups activities. (images from Wikimedia Commons or my own photos), I am a historian of monarchy and the high aristocracy of Europe. 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. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. The family's London town house was Grosvenor House, Park Lane, while Halkyn Castle was built as a sporting lodge for the family in the early 1800s. On one occasion, when tasked with setting up a Bermuda company in 1999, Grosvenor representatives asked Appleby to seek dispensation from the normal rules for declaring who the trust beneficiaries were. The title Marquess of Westminster was bestowed upon Robert Grosvenor, the 2nd Earl Grosvenor, at the coronation of William IV in 1831. With a net wealth of 10.054bn, according to the Sunday Times, he and his family rank as the 12th richest in the UK. [8], In 2017, he discovered the "lost portrait" of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham at Pollok House, Glasgow, Scotland. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. St Mary the Virgin Churchyard. The papers reveal how reluctant Grosvenor employees were to share trust details. Gerald had had a long military career, as lieutenant-colonel, then a Yeoman of the Guard from 1952. His younger brothers were also political, though divided: Thomas Egerton, Earl of Wilton as a Tory, and Lord Robert, a Whig who was passionate about solidifying the Church of England through reform (and consequently opposed Irish home rule). 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. He was as extravagant with her as he was with all of his lovers. 26) Thecelebrities, from Harvey Weinstein to Shakira, with offshore interests. By her first husband, she had two sons, Patrick (who married the film actress, Edward George Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (19041909), who died aged 4, after an operation for, His second marriage was held on 26 November 1920, when the Duke became the second husband of, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage (Various editions), Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage (Various editions), Leslie Field: "Bendor The Golden Duke of Westminster" (1983), This page was last edited on 6 January 2023, at 01:55. Coco Chanel spent. The duke and Coco spent happy times in the fishing lodge at Rosehall, which she re-decorated and furnished. The children of the 6th Duke and Duchess were therefore raised in close proximity the royal family, and there are various godparentages in both directions. Historical records matching Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster Gerard Grosvenor in MyHeritage family trees (Heywood Web Site) Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster in MyHeritage family trees (Keeling Web Site) Gerald Cavendish 6th Duke Of Westminster Grosvenor in MyHeritage family trees (Hunt Web Site) [10] He also works as a journalist and writer, and presents programmes for BBC2's The Culture Show. A picturesque estate that is "off grid" has revealed that it is looking for seasonal help this year, and it could be the perfect opportunity for those needing an escape from the hustle and bustle. Bendor Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster's in laws: Bendor Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster's father in law was Edward Sullivan Bendor Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster's mother in law was Winifred Sullivan Bendor Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster's brother in law was Langford Sullivan Bendor Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster's brother in . 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?). Stalker cop who harassed fellow officer slapped with 12 month contact ban. He was educated at Harrow School before attending the University of East Anglia for his BA Hons. Once he became duke he set about bringing the Grosvenor Estate more up to dateexpanding holdings into North America and Australia and focusing attention on the decaying Waterhouse buildings at Eaton. [1] As a dealer he specialised in Old Masters, with a particular interest in Anthony van Dyck. Bendor Gerard Robert Grosvenor (born 27 November 1977) is a British art historian, writer, and former art dealer. The second daughter married media royalty, history presenter Dan Snow, while the much younger two children, Hugh and Viola remain unmarried. [citation needed], In 1931, the Duke, a Conservative, exposed his brother-in-law William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (18721938) as a homosexual to the King and Queen. 27) How aprivate equity firm tried to extract 890m from a struggling care home operatorby making it take out a costly loan. THE new Duke of Westminster, Hugh Grosvenor, is just 25 but has just inherited nearly 100,000 acres in Scotland including three mountains following the death of his father. This house, what I reckon is the fifth house on the site, was designed by the architect John Dennys, and was not seen as a success by those who viewed it, though Id say credit should be given for trying to forge a new modern style for the English country house. The information supplied, whatever it was, appears to have satisfied the Bermuda authorities, because the company was successfully incorporated on 16 December. 24) A topDemocratic donor built up a vast $8bn private wealth fundin Bermuda. Just four months after I revealed their clandestine romance, TV historian Dan Snow and glamorous heiress Lady Edwina Grosvenor have . Last Tuesday, the Duke of Westminster, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, Britain's wealthiest native-born citizen, died suddenly on his Lancastrian estate, at the age of 64. In 2014, after almost a century owned by the Grosvenor family, it was put on the market. Vesta Ltd, incorporated in Bermuda in 1964, controlled Trumpet Company Ltd, another Bermuda company, which in turn held shares in GIHL. Grosvenor is a grandson of Robert Grosvenor, 5th Baron Ebury, [15] and fifth cousin of Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster. This wealth allowed the 3rd Baronet, Thomas, to rebuild Eaton Hall in the 1670s, the first in a series of great houses built on the site. Hugh was not sent to boarding school. 13)Offshore cash helped fund Steve Bannon's attacks on Hillary Clinton. The 2nd Duke died in 1953. The painting was thought to be a copy of a painting by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens that had been lost for nearly 400 years, but after restoration was found to be the original by Rubens.[9]. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Death duties will be payable in the UK when her children inherit. The 1st Earl Grosvenor did not neglect his northern duties, however, and married a Vernon from Staffordshire, served as Mayor of Chester in 1759, and in the late 1760s acquired the manors of Belgrave and Eccleston which bordered his Eaton estate. Hugh Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, was an active member of the Conservative Party. As a dynastic history, their story is a good example of the enduring marriage between the English provincial gentry and the economic and political power of London. "I hope," Duff spat, "that by tomorrow he will know that we are his most implacable and remorseless enemies". A spokeswoman for Grosvenor Estates - the 6th Duke's property company - says : 'He is a very, very distant relative - so distant you would barely say they were related.' Bendor himself tells me: 'I have no wish to be in Ephraim Hardcastle, normally the meanest part of a mean newspaper. 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. 14) Thesecret loan and alliance used by the London-listed multinational Glencorein its efforts to secure lucrative mining rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. RM 2HHKH3J - The 2nd Duke of Westminster at Chester Races May 1936. His fortune, which includes the family seat, Eaton Hall near Chester, now goes to Hugh, whose previous title was Earl Grosvenor. 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. By 2009, the sixth dukes trustees appear to have become wary of transacting too much of his business via tax havens. 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. 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