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Lord Henry George (23 June 1861 – 27 December 1914), who married, first, Dora Mina, the daughter of James Erskine-Wemyss, and was the father of William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster; and second, Rosamund Angharad, the daughter of Edward Lloyd.
Duke of Westminster is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster . It is the most recent dukedom conferred on someone not related to the British royal family .
George II was the last monarch to be buried in the abbey, in 1760, and George III's brother, Henry Frederick, was the last member of the royal family to be buried in the abbey, in 1790.
3 de ene. de 2013 · By 960 AD, the church had become a Benedictine monastery, and the Abbey's black-robed monks were familiar figures at Westminster for almost 600 years, until Henry VIII split from Rome.
13 de mar. de 2024 · Henry VI became king on the death of his father, Henry V, in 1422. He was just nine months old and the youngest person ever to succeed to the English throne. A regency council governed until Henry was crowned in the Abbey and vested with the powers of kingship when he was eight.
1 de jun. de 2024 · An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey also presents a unique pageant of British history – the shrine of St Edward the Confessor, the tombs of kings and queens, and countless memorials to the famous and the great.
The Palace of Westminster has been a Grade I listed building since 1970 and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. The site of the Palace of Westminster was strategically important during the Middle Ages, as it was located on the banks of the River Thames.
