Gerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster

For other people named Gerald Grosvenor, see Gerald Grosvenor (disambiguation).

Gerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster
Born	13 February 1907(1907-02-13) London, England
Died	25 February 1967(1967-02-25) (aged 60) Cheshire, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Army
Rank	Colonel
Commands held	9th Lancers
Awards	Distinguished Service Order
Other work	Privy Counsellor

Colonel Gerald Hugh Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster DSO PC (13 February 1907 – 25 February 1967) was the son of Captain Lord Hugh William Grosvenor and Lady Mabel Crichton and a grandson of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster.

He was commissioned into the 9th Lancers from Sandhurst in 1926.^[1] He was promoted Lieutenant in 1929, Captain in 1936, and Major in 1943. From 1936 to 1938 he served as regimental adjutant and in 1938 he was appointed adjutant of the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry.

He commanded his regiment in World War II as a Lieutenant-Colonel and was wounded in the leg by a shell splinter on 18 July 1944, suffering from attacks of septicaemia for the remainder of his life. In 1947 he was invalided out of the Army, but in 1950 he was commissioned Lieutenant in the Wiltshire Army Cadet Force.

He married Sally Perry on 11 April 1945.

In 1952 he was appointed as an Exon in the Yeomen of the Guard.^[2]

On 18 February 1955, he was appointed honorary colonel of the Cheshire Yeomanry and on 19 May 1961, he was appointed colonel of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers.^[3] In 1959 he served as High Sheriff of Cheshire.^[4] He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1964. He died in 1967, age 60 and his titles passed to his brother, Robert Grosvenor.

References

^ London Gazette: no. 33198. p. 5765. 3 September 1926. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39616. p. 4201. 5 August 1952. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42357. p. 1. 19 May 1961. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
^ London Gazette: no. 41656. p. 1725. 13 March 1959. Retrieved 6 February 2008.

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4th Duke of Westminster

Political offices
Preceded by The Duke of Hamilton	Lord Steward 1964–1967	Succeeded by The Viscount Cobham
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Grosvenor	Duke of Westminster 1963–1967	Succeeded by Robert Grosvenor

Dukes of Westminster

Grosvenor Baronets of Eaton	Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet (1622-1645) • Sir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Baronet (1645-1665) • Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet (1665-1700) • Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet (1700-1732) • Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 5th Baronet (1732-1733) • Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet (1733-1755) • Sir Richard Grosvenor, 7th Baronet (1755-1761)

Barons Grosvenor	Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baron Grosvenor (1761-1784)

Earls Grosvenor	Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor (1784-1802) • Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Earl Grosvenor (1767-1831)

Marquesses of Westminster	Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster (1831-1845) • Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (1845-1869) • Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster (1825-1874)

Dukes of Westminster	Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1874-1899) • Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1899—1953) • William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster (1953-1963) • Gerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster (1963-1967) • Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster (1967-1979) • Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1979-)

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Name	Westminster, Gerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke Of
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Date of birth	13 February 1907
Place of birth	London, England
Date of death	25 February 1967
Place of death	Cheshire, England