Diana Newton and Jonathan Lumby
| 'A guinea a minute' was the income which Bendor, second Duke of Westminster inherited in 1900 and enjoyed with panache. He was likened to Lorenzo the Magnificent. | |
| Grosvenor wealth was secured in 1677 when Sir Thomas Grosvenor of Eaton near Chester married 12 year old Mary Davies, heiress to 'swampy meads' outside London. Mayfair and Belgravia were developed there by his successors. |  |
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At Eaton, fabulous country houses were designed in succession by Samwell, Porden and Waterhouse, each built, then replaced. House parties gathered there and the family entertained magnificently at Grosvenor House in London. |
| A patron of art, Sir Thomas Grosvenor encouraged George
Stubbs to paint in his famed paddocks. For three centuries, the stables
produced horses renowned on the race-track - Touchstone, Ormonde, Bendor,
Arkle.
MPs for Chester or Cheshire, the Grosvenors were later active in the Lords. |
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Full of human interest, this concise history is illustrated
by 60 paintings and etchings, amongst them Stubb'sThe Grosvenor
Hunt and portraits by Gainsborough and Romney.
It glances at the family's early ancestry; it explores the support of the first Duke, Hugh Lupus, for Gladstone and liberal projects; and it traces the Grosvenors continuing role as Cheshire landowners and benefactors. |
| This book is the first to span the history of the forebears of the Duke of Westminster, whose holdings and influence are now global. | |
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| Pricing and orders | Acknowledgements | Authors | Grosvenor Property | Eaton Estate |