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Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury

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518: 43: 1285: 474:. Lord Ebury served as chairman and president of the London Homoeopathic Hospital from its foundation in 1849, and during that time even defended the doctrine and the institution against its opponents in Parliament. 1196: 1375: 836:"Upper Grosvenor Street: South Side Pages 231-238 Survey of London: Volume 40, the Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings). Originally published by London County Council, London, 1980" 1365: 1275: 589: 1360: 604: 985: 965: 585: 436: 341: 349: 333: 577: 1189: 501:, 7.2 kilometres (4.5 mi) south of Watford. The railway never operated at a profit and eventually closed in 1952, but has since been converted into a 1340: 1123: 184: 1280: 930: 533: 376: 57: 1018: 961: 353: 1174: 1043: 412: 1039: 990: 972: 926: 1350: 976: 396: 380: 108: 800: 1345: 428: 392: 301: 33: 614:
Hon. Richard Cecil Grosvenor (1848-1919), a barrister who married Jessie Amelia Clarke, a daughter of the Rev. Charles Clarke, in 1898.
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became Prime Minister in July 1834. The Whig government fell in November the same year. Grosvenor did not serve in Melbourne's second
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and was the founder and President of the society for the "revision of the prayer-book". He was also involved in the movement led by
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On 17 May 1831, Lord Ebury was married to the Hon. Charlotte Arbuthnot Wellesley, eldest daughter of the diplomat
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Hon. Algernon Henry Grosvenor (1864–1907), who married Catherine Dorothea Mary Simeon, eldest daughter of
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Hon. Thomas George Grosvenor (1842–1886), who married Sophia Williams, daughter of the American
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Lord Ebury died in November 1893, aged 92, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son
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which lasted from 1835 to 1841. However, when the Whigs returned to office in 1846 under
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Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
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and, his second wife, the former Hon. Catherine Dorothea Colville (sister of
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
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Apart from his political career, Lord Ebury was an active campaigner for
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Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes
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contributions in Parliament by Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury
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until 1847. When the Whigs came to power in November 1830 under
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in Buckinghamshire. The scheme failed and the line, the
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Peers of the United Kingdom created by Queen Victoria
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James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe
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In 1860, Lord Ebury led a business venture with the
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He retained this office also when 16:British courtier and Whig politician 788:. 11 September 1857. p. 3075. 346:Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton 338:Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton 14: 530:Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley 495:Watford and Rickmansworth Railway 299:Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury 1341:UK MPs who were granted peerages 907:Parliament of the United Kingdom 717:. 3 December 1830. p. 2537. 671:Dictionary of National Biography 536:). They had a London home at 29 340:. He was the younger brother of 41: 1281:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford 807:. 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Index

The Right Honourable
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caricatured
'Ape'
Vanity Fair
Comptroller of the Household
William IV
The Earl Grey
The Viscount Melbourne
Lord George Beresford
Henry Lowry-Corry
Treasurer of the Household
Victoria
Lord John Russell
Earl Jermyn
Lord Marcus Hill
Whig
Westminster School
Alma mater
Christ Church, Oxford
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Whig
Comptroller of the Household
Treasurer of the Household
Baron Ebury
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster
Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton
Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster
Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton

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