Hugh
Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster
Hugh
Richard Louis Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster (born 29 January 1991), styled
as Earl Grosvenor until August 2016, is a British aristocrat, billionaire,
businessman, and owner of Grosvenor Group. He became Duke of Westminster on 9
August 2016, on the death of his father Gerald, 6th Duke of Westminster.
As of 2021,
the Duke and his family are 12th on Sunday Times Rich List with an estimated
net worth of £10.045 billion. He was the world's richest person aged under 30.
Hugh
Richard Louis Grosvenor is the third child and only son of Gerald Grosvenor,
6th Duke of Westminster, and his wife Natalia (née Phillips). He was baptised
into the Church of England on 23 June 1991.
Through his
mother, he is descended from the Romanov imperial family of Russia, the Russian
writer Alexander Pushkin and his wife Natalia Nikolayevna Goncharova,[4] as
well as from Pushkin's great-grandfather—African freed slave turned Russian
nobleman Abram Petrovich Hannibal. Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor is also a
descendant of the Hetman of Zaporizhian Host Petro Doroshenko through Natalia
Nikolayevna Goncharova. She is the great-great-granddaughter of the famous
Ukrainian Hetman.
His elder
sisters are Lady Tamara Katherine Grosvenor (married Edward van Cutsem, son of
Hugh van Cutsem) and Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor (married TV historian Dan
Snow. The latter is a prison reformer and philanthropist, who co-founded The
Clink Restaurants. The youngest sister is Lady Viola Georgina Grosvenor.
The letters
patent that created the dukedom provide that the title go to the eldest male
heir. As a duke, he ranks highly in the order of precedence in England and
Wales.
Education
All the
siblings were educated at a local state primary school, followed by a small
private day school, Mostyn House School, near the family home of Eaton Hall,
Cheshire. He then attended Ellesmere College, Shropshire, from 2000 to 2009. At
Ellesmere, Grosvenor served as a School Prefect, Captain of Meynell House and
Captain of the First XI Football Team in his final year. He was awarded Full
Colours in Football, and, as a member of the School's Combined Cadet Force, he
obtained a BTEC First Diploma in Public Services with Distinction.
From 2010
to 2013, he studied countryside management at Newcastle University, graduating
with a Bachelor of Science degree with upper second-class honours
Eaton Hall is the country house of the Duke of Westminster. It is 1 mile (2 km)
south of the village of Eccleston, in Cheshire, England. The house is
surrounded by its own formal gardens, parkland, farmland and woodland. The
estate covers about 10,872 acres (4,400 ha).
The first
substantial house was built in the 17th century. In the early 19th century it
was replaced by a much larger house designed by William Porden. This in turn
was replaced by an even larger house, with outbuildings and a chapel, designed
by Alfred Waterhouse. Building started in 1870 and concluded about 12 years
later. By 1960 the fabric of the house had deteriorated and, like many other
mansions during this period, it was demolished, although the chapel and many of
the outbuildings were retained. A new house was built but its design was not
considered to be sympathetic to the local landscape, and in the late 1980s it
was re-cased and given the appearance of a French château.
The house
has been surrounded by formal gardens since the 17th century, the design of
which has changed over the centuries in accordance with current ideas and
fashions, as has the surrounding parkland. A variety of buildings are included
in the estate, some decorative, others built for the business of the estate;
many of these are listed buildings. The house and estate are not normally open
to the public, but the gardens are open on three days a year to raise money for
charity, and some of the estate's buildings can be hired for charitable
purposes.
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