Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 5th Baronet
Sir Richard Grosvenor, 5th Baronet of Eaton
Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 5th Baronet (1693 – February 1733) was an English Member of Parliament and an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster.
Thomas Grosvenor was the second surviving son of Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet. His two oldest brothers, Thomas and Roger, pre-deceased their father.[1] In 1727 Grosvenor and his older brother Richard won the two parliamentary seats for Chester. Grosvenor succeeded to the baronetcy when Richard died in July 1732. However by that time Grosvenor was already very ill and, having been advised to travel to Italy, he died in Naples in the February of the following year.[2]
References
- ↑ Handley, Stuart (2004) (online edition 2008) 'Grosvenor, Sir Thomas, third baronet (1655–1700)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 April 2010. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ↑ Newton, Diana; Lumby, Jonathan, The Grosvenors of Eaton, Eccleston, Cheshire: Jennet Publications, p. 15, ISBN 0-9543379-0-5
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Henry Bunbury Sir Richard Grosvenor |
Member of Parliament for the City of Chester 1727–1733 With: Sir Richard Grosvenor 1727–1733 Robert Grosvenor 1733 |
Succeeded by Sir Robert Grosvenor Charles Bunbury |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| Preceded by Richard Grosvenor |
Baronet (of Eaton) 1732–1733 |
Succeeded by Robert Grosvenor |
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