. As was seen in the recent television drama of the same name, this residential area designed by Thomas Cubitt became the centre of aristocratic life in the Regency period of the early 19th century. The subsidiary titles are: Marquess of Westminster (created 1831), Earl Grosvenor (1784), Viscount Belgrave, of Belgrave in the County of Chester (1784), and Baron Grosvenor, of Eaton in the County of Chester (1761). [10] The war ended in May 1902. [17] His father's eldest half-brother is Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton. Disguised as a deliveryman, Westminster appeared at Chanel's apartment with an enormous bouquet of flowers. He purportedly concealed a huge uncut emerald at the bottom of a crate of vegetables delivered to Chanel. 4)Twitter and Facebook received hundreds of millions of dollars in investments that can be traced back to Russian state financial institutions. Death. Coco Chanel and her fascinating ties to Scotland laid bare in new book. 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. Fourth duke: 1907-1967. He appeared smart and cheerful as he attended the nuptials of Prince Harry and Meghan at St . One sister married the Duke of Roxburghe, and the other married the Queens first cousin, the Earl of Lichfield, the photographer. Duke of Westminster. [2], The 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Dukes were each grandsons of the first. The dukedom of Westminster may be relatively new (1874), but their development of Mayfair and Belgravia stretches back to the early 18th century, and their control of extensive estates in Cheshire much, much further, to the 12th century or before. Sotheby's have announced a highlight of their next Old Master sale in London in July; Francesco Guardi's 'Venice, a View of the Rialto Bridge from the Fondamenta del Carbon'. Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster GCVO DSO (familiarly " Bendor ") (19 March 1879 - 19 July 1953) was a British landowner and one of the wealthiest men in the world. In the First World War the Duke volunteered for front-line combat and served with distinction, showing both initiative in battle and technical skill with motor-cars. in 1907. Control of the . Paper Subscription to the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, Paper Subscription to the Paisley Daily Express, 2023 Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd, Princess Diana's bodyguard says it's "impossible" for James Hewitt to be Prince Harrys father, Man arrested after climbing over security fence at Buckingham Palace, Prince George's first wheels - a Range Rover Vogue - go up for sale, Remote Scottish island seeking couple for once-in-a-lifetime job opportunity. Despite his familys wealth, Hugh has remained modest. Grosvenor is a grandson of Robert Grosvenor, 5th Baron Ebury, [15] and fifth cousin of Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster. [7] From 2005 until 2014, he worked for Philip Mould Ltd,[6] where he made a number of significant art historical discoveries, including lost works by artists such as Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, and Sir Anthony van Dyck, on whom he is an acknowledged specialist. They frequently acted as mayors of Chester, sheriffs of Cheshire, or members of Parliament for the county. Bendor Grosvenor, the 2nd Duke, and Chanel became lovers and spent many holidays together at Stack Lodge and another nearby house at Lochmore. Further south, nearer the river, was Pimlico, developed as a residential area a bit later. 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. The Duke of Westminster's seats are at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, and at Abbeystead House, Lancashire. 27) How aprivate equity firm tried to extract 890m from a struggling care home operatorby making it take out a costly loan. 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. 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He said investors in the property fund would have paid tax in their own countries and the use of jurisdictions such as Bermuda was common for these types of funds, in order to avoid investors being taxed twice. Despite having married four times, he sired only one son who lived for five years, and two daughters. The hidden gem beach near Glasgow ideal for a spring walk is just 45 minutes away. He was described as "a pure Victorian who had eyes for his shotgun, his hunters, his dogs a man who enjoyed hiding diamonds under the pillow of his mistresses "[5] He was also prompt to seek military service when war broke out, volunteering to fight as a front-line officer in both the Boer War and the First World War. 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. She was like her father in her passion for sport, and was known as an accomplished racecar driver. Seventh duke: born 1991. [6] In 2016 he sold a newly identified portrait by Joan Carlile, the first professional British female artist, to the Tate gallery. The papers reveal how reluctant Grosvenor employees were to share trust details. He purchased a home for Chanel in London's prestigious Mayfair district, and in 1927 gave her a parcel of land on the French Riviera at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin where Chanel built her villa, La Pausa. He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.) (images from Wikimedia Commons or my own photos), I am a historian of monarchy and the high aristocracy of Europe. Duke of Westminster is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Frantic search launched for man reported missing from Aberdeen in Audi. Epic Guardi to be sold at Sotheby's - Aristo sell-off continues February 24 2011. A reference to the Duke of. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Alongside it was a parallel Panama structure: Nakar Holding SA, incorporated in 1977, owned shares in Compact International Inc, which in turn held part of GIHL. 5) The tax-avoiding Cayman Islands trustmanaged by the Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeaus chief moneyman. 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 great flat plain south of the River Mersey that had been dominated by the Roman military camp, or castrum, which gradually became the city of Chester was a key area the Normans wanted to control after their conquest in 1066. [2] The 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Dukes were each grandsons of the first. Bendor Gerard Robert Grosvenor (born 27 November 1977) is a British art historian, writer and former art dealer. Members of the 29-year-old's family were sickened after spotting a sign reading 'Justice for Morton Eadie' being flown above the stadium during Sunday's Old Firm match in Glasgow. Cops raced to the scene earlier today after the alarm was raised at around 1.50pm. The information supplied, whatever it was, appears to have satisfied the Bermuda authorities, because the company was successfully incorporated on 16 December. 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. "I hope," Duff spat, "that by tomorrow he will know that we are his most implacable and remorseless enemies". [citation needed], On 14 March 1916, he led the armoured cars on a daring raid against superior forces that destroyed the enemy camp at Bir Asiso. He completed the familys political transition to the Whig party and served in the government of Lord John Russell as Lord Steward of the Household in 1850. 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. Waterhouse fans were outraged. The 2nd Duke of Westminster was nicknamed "Bendor". Hugh Richard Arthur "Bendor" Grosvenor. 16) Stars of theBBC hit sitcom Mrs Brown's Boys used a web of offshore companies to avoid tax. by: Harrison, Michael, 1907-1991 Published: (1966) Lady Elizabeth and the Grosvenors; life in a Whig family, 1822-1839. by: Huxley, Gervas Published: (1965) He left no son. People of State Pension age living on their own may be due extra 201 each week from April. By the turn of the century, Grosvenor International Holdings Ltd (GIHL) had assets worth more than C$1bn (600m), with 42% of its shares held by screen companies in Bermuda and Panama. 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 succeeded the Dukedom on the death his father in August 2016. His affair with Chanel lasted ten years. Aside from his palatial residences at Grosvenor House in Mayfair and Cliveden, the 1st Duke yet again decided to rebuilt Eaton Hall in Cheshire. A massive colonnade was added later in the century, and in 1889 Grosvenor House became one of the first electrified buildings in the country. Francis Egerton Grosvenor, 4th Baron Ebury, This page was last edited on 13 February 2023, at 20:47. [5] His PhD thesis was entitled "The Politics of Foreign Policy: Lord Derby and the Eastern Crisis, 1875-8". IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content. 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. A picture taken at the scene shows at least three police vehicles and a marked van in attendance while a uniformed officer stands guard at the crossroads junction. Over the generations, the family developed the land into two of Londons most affluent neighbourhoods, Mayfair and Belgravia. 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. Change). The Earl of Wilton is heir presumptive to the Marquessate. Five years earlier, the duke had added to his many properties in Britain and Europe by buying the Reay estate. Grosvenor House was later leased to the United States for use as the American Embassy. Since 1984, they have been subject to a 10-yearly tax charge, although there are exemptions for agricultural land and trading businesses. 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. The constituency was first known to have been represented in Parliament in 1545 and continued to exist until the redistribution of seats in 1918. Over the next century, the family married, as expected, with the major county families of CheshireFitton, Stanley, Legh, Norris, Venablesbut also across the Welsh border into Flintshire. 29)One of the worlds biggest touts used an offshore firm to avoid tax on profits from reselling Adele and Ed Sheeran tickets. [6] In later life, the Duke was notable for being virulently opposed to homosexuality. The 1st Marquess of Westminster died in 1845 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Richard (who had been known for most of his life by the courtesy title Viscount Belgrave). Grosvenor is a grandson of Robert Grosvenor, 5th Baron Ebury,[15] and fifth cousin of Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster. The 2nd Duke of Westminster, Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor (known as 'Bend'Or'), is usually seen as a super-rich landowner and spoilt playboy. The Duke of Westminster, Hugh Grosvenor, is known for his friendship with the Royal Family as well as his impressive bank account. At all events it stuck, and my husband's friends never called him anything but Bendor or Benny". The main course was steak and chips while dessert was provided in a bar area off the dance floor. We are careful to ensure that our ownership of overseas property is through vehicles incorporated in the same country as the asset. In Monte Carlo in 1923, Grosvenor was introduced to Coco Chanel by Vera Bate Lombardi. Grosvenor Estate owns 300 acres in some of Londons wealthiest areas. The second Duke of Westminster, known as 'Bendor' after his grandfather's racehorse, 'Bend Or', owned 17 Rolls-Royces and used to hide diamonds under the pillows of his mistresses. Hugh Grosvenor is set to inherit his family's . He then proposed an unusual arrangement: Would it make a difference if the information requested was placed in a sealed envelope and marked for the eyes of the CEO of the BMA only so that such information does not pass through the hands of intermediaries such as ourselves?. RM 2K2K08Y - 'Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899) English landowner, racehorse owner and Liberal Member of Parliament, pictured c1890. Bartender shares 'rude' comment customers should never say when ordering drinks. [7], Lord Grosvenor had taken a commission with the Royal Horse Guards and was in South Africa serving in the Second Boer War, when in December 1899 he succeeded his grandfather. [16] He is also of Swiss and Dutch heritage. This horses curious name recalls the most infamous lawsuit in the history of heraldry, from 1389, when two families, Grosvenor and Scrope (of Bolton Castle in West Yorkshire), both claimed the same simple coat-of-arms, a gold diagonal strip (a bend or) on a blue (or azure) field. [1] On 26 November 1920, the Duke became the second husband of Violet Mary Nelson (1891-1983). The family's first hereditary honour was a baronetcy conferred by James I in 1622, largely to raise revenue . [17] His father's eldest half-brother is Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton.[18]. In 1794, he had married the heiress of one of the other leading aristocratic clans in the northwest, Lady Eleanor Egerton of Wilton, and their second son would later adopt the Egerton surname, and inherit the title Earl of Wilton and the estates centred on Heaton Park (now in Greater Manchestersee Dukes of Bridgewater). Several streets were laid out on what had been the site of the annual May Fair, and were given royal approval by the creation of a new parish and a new parish church, St. Georges Hanover Square, which became one of the most fashionable places to have a society wedding in the 18th century. 28) Trumps close allyRobert Kraft, the New England Patriots owner, is the longtime owner of an offshore firm. 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). Eventually, the offshore companies swapped their shares in GIHL for a 6.5% holding in the overall Grosvenor Group, collecting 3.7m over a seven-year period. 19 Jul 1953 (aged 74) Cheshire, England. His prominence in the House of Commons as MP for Chester earned him a baronetcy in 1622. Ash Regan claimed a devolved parliament could set up a new central bank and ditch the pound just months after a vote for indepenence. Something went wrong, please try again later. The other Duke, "Bendor" Westminster (nicknamed for the "Bend'Or" in his coat of arms) was a greater embarrassment. The new Duke of Westminster was passed on to the late Duke's son. Twenty years later, he again supported a Pitt (this time the Younger) and was again rewarded, now with an earldom, in 1784. 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. But the papers show that not all the familys wealth was managed onshore. when he [the Duke of Westminster] added that Hitler knew after all that we were his best friends, he set off the powder-magazine. The 2nd Duke died in 1953. The international property empire of the dukes of Westminster pumped dividends worth millions of pounds into secretive companies in Bermuda and Panama, the Paradise Papers reveal. Paradise Papers bring to light key parts of structure used to manage 9.5bn fortune inherited last year by Hugh Grosvenor, 26. Much of this fortune is still based in London and Cheshire properties, but the Grosvenor Group has expanded globally, and includes a surprising number of office towers in San Francisco and Vancouver, and shopping malls in Sweden, France, Shanghai and Liverpool. [1] As a dealer he specialised in Old Masters, with a particular interest in Anthony van Dyck. She recalls:[17]. With a net worth of around 9.3bn, he's also the richest . 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. It was quite unexpected when he died suddenly there in August 2016. It is the most recent dukedom conferred on someone not related to the British royal family. Until 1999, about half of the shares in a subsidiary that ran Grosvenors North American and Australian operations were controlled by tax haven companies. 22) The law firm at the centre of the Paradise Papers leak was criticised for 'persistent failures' on terrorist financing and money laundering rules. He then received an MPhil from Pembroke College, Cambridge and a DPhil from the University of East Anglia. He becomes the seventh Duke of Westminster and is now the second wealthiest under 30 in the world, a mere 1billion short of Wal-Mart heir Lukas Waltons fortune. Richard Alexander Grosvenor and Gabriella Grosvenor. 13)Offshore cash helped fund Steve Bannon's attacks on Hillary Clinton. 17) British celebritiesincluding Gary Linekerused an arrangement that let them avoid tax when selling homes in Barbados. Grosvenor has been a member of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Council on National Records and Archives, and the Lord Chancellor's Forum for Historical Manuscripts and Academic Research. The companies were dissolved later that year. In 2014, after almost a century owned by the Grosvenor family, it was put on the market. Lady Constance Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 6. 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. His sister Lady Tamara is married to Edward van Cutsem, brother of fellow godparent William van Cutsem, and his mother, the Duchess of Westminster, is Prince Williams godmother. An avid participant in the hunting life, the Duke owned lodges reserved for the sport in Scotland and France (the Chteau Woolsack). The title Marquess of Westminster was bestowed upon Robert Grosvenor, the 2nd Earl Grosvenor, at the coronation of William IV in 1831. 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. He was educated at Harrow School before attending the University of East Anglia for his BA Hons. Mary Davies, Lady Grosvenor, is only normally noted in two other contexts in the histories of the family: one that she converted to Catholicism in about 1695, and the other, that she went mad about the same timeI suspect these are just two ways of telling the same story according to the biases of the time In any case, she lived a long life, until 1730, by which time her three sons, Richard, Thomas and Robert (the 4th, 5th and 6th baronets in succession) had begun developing the northern parts of Ebury Manor into a new area of fashionable residence they called Mayfair, centred around Grosvenor Square. Where the group occasionally has entities in offshore locations, it is typically as a result of the requirements of joint-venture partners.. 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. 18th May 2016. The 6 th Duke of Westminster would later defend the social rented . The heir, 'Earl Grosvenor', predeceased his father, so young 'Bendor' took over as 2 nd Duke and ruled over the Grosvenor estates (estimated in 1900 at about 6 million pounds, or over 700 million in today's money) for the next half-century. Assets worth 600m belonging directly to the 6th Duke, which were not held in trust, were inherited by his wife exempt from tax, as is normal for married couples. The 3rd Marquis of Westminster succeeded his father in 1869, and was soon after raised once more in the peerage, to the top rank, a dukedom, in the resignation honours requested by Gladstone in 1874. It is quite different to England. . In 1908, the Duke competed in the London Olympics as a motorboat racer for Great Britain. He took a few notes on their conversation. On Monday, a "massive" walrus was spotted basking on a rock on the west coast of Scotland by a local fisherman, and it has been speculated that it may be the same animal that was recorded in Iceland last week. "Le Grand Veneur" literally means "the Master Huntsman" in French, an elevated title in William's 11th-century French court. This look did not last long, and the house would later be clad in a new pink faade in the 1980s, in what is described as French chteau style (hmmm). It thus seemed to make sense to move the Grosvenors up into this world of dukes, and it didnt hurt that the 1st Duke of Westminsters annual income had reached about 200,000 (about 25 million today). Lavish life of billionaire Duke of Westminster, 31, who owns 'half of London' and has special link to William and Kate Kevin Adjei-Darko Published: 13:40, 27 Sep 2022 Updated: 14:56, 28 Sep. Eccleston, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England Show Map. 6) TheFormula One champion Lewis Hamilton avoided taxes on a 17m jetusing an Isle of Man scheme. Hugh, Duke of Westminster is a Trustee of Grosvenor and Chair of the Westminster Foundation which represents the Duke's charitable activity and that of the Grosvenor businesses. 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. The Dukes own wife, Natalia Phillips, while herself untitled, is a close relative of the Mountbattens, through their shared Romanov descent. 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