Grosvenor
Grosvenor ( /ˈɡroʊvənər/, Norman French for "great hunter" or "fat hunter", Grand Veneur in standard French) may refer to:
People
Baronets/Marquesses/Dukes of Westminster
(see also Duke of Westminster):
- Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet (1584-1645)
- Sir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Baronet (1604-1664), son of 1st baronet
- Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet (1656-1700), grandson of 2nd baronet
- Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet (1689-1732), eldest surviving son of 3rd baronet
- Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 5th Baronet (1693-1733), second surviving son of 3rd baronet
- Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet (d. 1755), third surviving son of 3rd baronet, father of 7th baronet/1st earl
- Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor (1731-1802), father of 2nd earl/1st marquess
- Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster (1767-1845), father of 2nd marquess
- Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (1795-1869), father of 3rd marquess/1st duke
- Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899)
- Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879-1953), grandson of 1st duke by eldest son
- William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster (1894-1963), grandson of 1st duke by third son
- Gerald Hugh Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster (1907-1967), grandson of 1st duke by elder son from second wife (sixth of all)
- Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster (1910-1979), brother of 4th duke
- Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951-), eldest son of 5th duke
Barons Ebury
Editors of National Geographic
- Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875–1966), first editor of National Geographic Magazine and president of the National Geographic Society
- Melville Bell Grosvenor (1901-1982), editor of National Geographic Magazine and president of the National Geographic Society, son of Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
- Gilbert Melville Grosvenor (born 1931), editor of National Geographic Magazine , son of Melville Bell Grosvenor
- Edwin S. Grosvenor (born 1951), publisher of American Heritage, son of Melville Bell Grosvenor and half-brother of Gilbert Melville Grosvenor
Other people
- Catherine Grosvenor (born 1978), a British playwright and translator
- Ebenezer O. Grosvenor (1820–1910), an American politician from Michigan
- Luther Grosvenor (born 1946), a British rock musician
- Thomas G. Grosvenor (1842–1886) (second son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury), First Secretary at the British Legation in Peking (1879–1883)
- Thomas Peabody Grosvenor (1744–1825), a United States Representative from New York
- Vertamae Grosvenor (born 1938), a food writer and broadcaster
- Charles Henry Grosvenor, Representative from Ohio
- Benjamin Grosvenor, a British classical pianist
- Grosvenor P. Lowery (1831-1893), Corporate Attorney for Thomas Edison and Western Union.
Places, buildings and structures
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