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Robert George Grosvenor

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 24 April 1910

Died: 19 February 1979

Peerages

5th Duke of Westminster - 25 February 1967

son of Lord Hugh William Grosvenor

grandson of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor

son of Lady Mabel Crichton

grandson of John Henry Crichton

husband of Hon Viola Maud Lyttelton

son-in-law of John Cavendish Lyttelton

father-in-law of Thomas Patrick John Anson

father of Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor

father-in-law of Guy David Innes-Ker

brother of Gerald Hugh Grosvenor

Education

Eton College

Army Officer

Elections fought

26 May 1955		Fermanagh & South Tyrone	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,268	49.79
2 September 1955 The Northern Ireland High Court unseats Philip Clarke on the basis that he was disqualified on the grounds that he was a felon - he was serving a ten-year sentence for treason - and that Lord Robert Grosvenor was duly declared elected.
8 October 1959		Fermanagh & South Tyrone	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,080	81.36