Grosvenor (surname)

Grosvenor (/ˈɡroʊvənər/) is a surname derived from Hugh Le Grande Veneur, a member of a Norman French family that aided William the Conqueror in 1066. "Le Grande Veneur" literally means "the Master Huntsman" in French, an elevated title in William's 11th century French court. Initially, Hugh was called Hugh Lupus. Lupus was portly, and his townsmen gradually changed the appellation from "Le Grande Veneur", "the Master Huntsman," to "Le Gros Veneur", "the Fat Huntsman", and Hugh wore the epithet with pride.^[1]

Baronets/Marquesses/Dukes of Westminster

(see also Duke of Westminster):

• Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet (1584–1645)
• Sir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Baronet (1604–1664), son of 1st baronet
• Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet (1656–1700), grandson of 2nd baronet
• Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet (1689–1732), eldest surviving son of 3rd baronet
• Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 5th Baronet (1693–1733), second surviving son of 3rd baronet
• Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet (d. 1755), third surviving son of 3rd baronet, father of 7th baronet/1st earl
• Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor (1731–1802), father of 2nd earl/1st marquess
• Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster (1767–1845), father of 2nd marquess
• Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (1795–1869), father of 3rd marquess/1st duke
• Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825–1899)
  • Lord Hugh Grosvenor (1884–1914), son of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
• Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879–1953), grandson of 1st duke by eldest son
• William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster (1894–1963), grandson of 1st duke by third son
• Gerald Hugh Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster (1907–1967), grandson of 1st duke by elder son from second wife (sixth of all)
• Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster (1910–1979), brother of 4th duke
• Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951-), eldest son of 5th duke
  • Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (born 1991), son of Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster

Barons Ebury

• Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury (1801–1893)
• Robert Wellesley Grosvenor, 2nd Baron Ebury (1834–1918)
• Robert Victor Grosvenor, 3rd Baron Ebury (1868–1921)
• Francis Egerton Grosvenor, 4th Baron Ebury (1883–1932)
• Robert Egerton Grosvenor, 5th Baron Ebury (1914–1957)
• Francis Egerton Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton, 6th Baron Ebury (b. 1934)

Editors of National Geographic

• Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875–1966), first editor of National Geographic Magazine and president of the National Geographic Society
• Melville Bell Grosvenor (1901–1982), editor of National Geographic Magazine and president of the National Geographic Society, son of Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
• Gilbert Melville Grosvenor (born 1931), editor of National Geographic Magazine, son of Melville Bell Grosvenor
• Edwin S. Grosvenor (born 1951), publisher of American Heritage, son of Melville Bell Grosvenor and half-brother of Gilbert Melville Grosvenor

Other people

• Catherine Grosvenor (born 1978), a British playwright and translator
• Ebenezer O. Grosvenor (1820–1910), an American politician from Michigan
• Luther Grosvenor (born 1946), a British rock musician
• Thomas G. Grosvenor (1842–1886) (second son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury), First Secretary at the British Legation in Peking (1879–1883)
• Thomas Peabody Grosvenor (1744–1825), a United States Representative from New York
• Vertamae Grosvenor (born 1938), a food writer and broadcaster
• Charles Henry Grosvenor, Representative from Ohio
• Benjamin Grosvenor, a British classical pianist
• Darren Grosvenor (born 1964), an American actor and screenwriter

References

1. "1066, Gilbert Le Grand Veneur, Hugh Lupus, & the Cheshire Cat," Saturday, 31 December 2011," John's Adventures in Genealogical Wonderland, Internet website , accessed January 25, 2015.