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Hace 5 días · On his death in October 1869 the house passed to his eldest son, the third Marquess and, from 1874, the first Duke of Westminster. Perforce abandoning an intention to take a house just built for him in Grosvenor Place in the Second Empire style of Thomas Cundy III, he removed into the family mansion from his home in Princes Gate.
Hace 4 días · A number of alterations have since been made to the interior and at the rear, but, apart from changes at ground-floor level, the façade in Grosvenor Street remains an excellent example of the kind of street elevation favoured by the second Marquess of Westminster and his surveyor.
Hace 4 días · The existence of these buildings and their effect upon the neighbourhood must have impressed the second Marquess of Westminster, for in the late 1860's a policy was inaugurated in which he and his son Earl Grosvenor, the future first Duke, were personally involved, to encourage further improved dwellings on his estates.
Hace 5 días · The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
Hace 3 días · The constituency covers the English city of Chester on the border of Wales and parts of the surrounding Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority, including the villages of Aldford, Capenhurst, Christleton, Guilden Sutton, Mollington, Newtown, Pulford and Saughall .
Hace 4 días · During the Seven Years' War Townshend was given command of a brigade in Quebec under General James Wolfe. When the latter died on 13 September 1759, and his second-in-command (Robert Monckton) was wounded, Townshend took command of the British forces during Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
Hace 6 días · Duke of Westminster KG (* 13. Oktober 1825 auf Eaton Hall in Cheshire; † 22. Dezember 1899 in St. Giles, Dorset) war ein reicher britischer Aristokrat, Politiker und ein erfolgreicher Pferdezüchter und -besitzer. Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1. Duke of Westminster. Leben Bearbeiten. John Singer Sargent: Hugh Grosvenor, 1.
