Lord Hugh Grosvenor

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

Captain Lord Hugh William Grosvenor (6 April 1884 – 30 October 1914) was the son of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and his second wife, formerly The Hon. Katherine Cavendish.

Grosvenor was the commander of C Squadron, 1st Life Guards, and was killed in action during World War I.[1]

He married Lady Mabel Crichton, daughter of John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne and his wife, the former Lady Florence Cole, daughter of William Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen, on 21 April 1906.

Children of Lord and Lady Hugh Grosvenor:

He died in World War I.[2]

References

  1. ^ CWGC entry
  2. ^ Horace A. Laffaye (2009). The Evolution of Polo. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786438142. http://books.google.com/books?id=9i-bgOjaVysC&pg=PA142&dq=...robbed+the+British+of+some+of+their+top+and+most+promising+players.&hl=en&ei=z1yuTdHxNsfJgQfn54D4Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=...robbed%20the%20British%20of%20some%20of%20their%20top%20and%20most%20promising%20players.&f=false. "It is very true that the First World War robbed the British of some of their top and most promising players: Geoffrey Bowlby, Harold Brassey, Leslie Cheape, Noel Edwards, Francis and Rivy Grenfell, Lord Hugh Grosvenor, Brian Osborne, Bertie Wilson..." 

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