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Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (October 28, 1875 – February 4, 1966) was the editor of the National Geographic Magazine from 1903 to 1954. He was the President of the National Geographic Society (1920–1954). Grosvenor was married to Elsie Bell, the daughter of Alexander Graham Bell.

• Father of National Geographic President Melville Bell Grosvenor.
• Grandfather of National Geographic President Gilbert M. Grosvenor.

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• Alexander Graham Bell was the son-in-law of Gardiner Greene Hubbard the first President of the National Geographic Society; a granddaugther of Gardiner Hubbard was the Massie Case defendent Grace Hubbard Fortescue who married a son of Congressman Robert Roosevelt-an uncle of President Theodore Roosevelt.

• Grosvenor was cousin to U. S. President and U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Howard Taft