Robert Grosvenor, 5th Baron Ebury
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Robert Egerton Grosvenor, 5th Baron Ebury (8 February 1914-5 May 1957), was a British politician.
A member of the Grosvenor family headed by the Duke of Westminster, Ebury was the son of Francis Egerton Grosvenor, 4th Baron Ebury, and his wife Mary Adela (née Glasson). He succeeded his father in the barony in 1932 and served as a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) under Neville Chamberlain from 1939 to 1940.
Lord Ebury married firstly Anne, daughter of Herbert Walter Acland-Troyte, in 1933. They had two sons but were divorced in 1941 (she died in 1982). He married secondly the Hon. Denise Margaret, daughter of John Reginald Lopes Yarde Buller, 3rd Baron Churston, in 1941. They had two sons and two daughters but were divorced in 1954 (she died in 2005). He married thirdly Sheila Winifred, daughter of Arthur Edward Dashfield, in 1954. Lord Ebury died in a motor racing accident in May 1957, aged 43. He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son from his first marriage, Francis, who in 1999 succeeded a kinsman as eighth Earl of Wilton.
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- www.thepeerage.com
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Francis Egerton Grosvenor |
Baron Ebury 1932–1957 |
Succeeded by Francis Egerton Grosvenor |
