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Hace 3 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 5 días · Grosvenor Square. The great square which lay at the heart of the Grosvenors' Mayfair estate was notable more for its size, and fame, than for its architectural distinction.
Hace 3 días · Westminster was a parliamentary constituency in the Parliament of England to 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain 1707–1800 and the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801. It returned two members to 1885 and one thereafter.
Hace 5 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 · Nestled in the shadow of its more famous neighbors, St Margaret‘s Church is a true hidden treasure of Westminster. Its story is woven into the very fabric of London‘s history, from the days of the Benedictine monks to the present-day deliberations of Parliament.
Hace 1 día · 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 · Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster, is a 33-year-old billionaire businessman and aristocrat. Referred to as ‘Hughie’ by his friends, he is one of the richest men in England, and is the 7th Duke of Westminster. He inherited his title and estate from his late father Gerald Grosvenor in 2016, at the age of just 25.
