Marquess of Westminster

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The Marquess of Westminster is a senior hereditary title in the British peerage historically associated with the Grosvenor family and their extensive London estates.

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Marquess of Westminster canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title
marquessate
title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
associatedWith Belgravia
Cheshire
Duke of Westminster
Eaton Hall
Grosvenor Estate
surface form: Grosvenor estates

Grosvenor family
Mayfair
category British nobility
Titles created in 1831
country United Kingdom
creationMonarch William IV
creationYear 1831
entails membership of the British peerage
firstHolder Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster
firstHolderFamily Grosvenor family
heraldicFamily Grosvenor Estate
surface form: Grosvenor
higherTitle Duke of Westminster
jurisdiction British Parliament
surface form: United Kingdom Parliament
languageOfTitle English
linkedTitle Baron Grosvenor
Duke of Westminster
Earl Grosvenor
nobilityStatus senior title
nobleFamily Grosvenor family
nobleRankOrder above earl
below duke
notableEstateConnection Grosvenor Estate
London estates
central London property
notableFor association with some of the most valuable real estate in London
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
predecessorTitle Baron Grosvenor
Earl Grosvenor
rank marquess
region England
seat Eaton Hall, Cheshire
style The Most Honourable
succession male-preference primogeniture
titleType hereditary peerage title
traditionalPoliticalInfluence City of Westminster
traditionalTerritorialDesignation City of Westminster
surface form: Westminster

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Duke of Westminster subsidiaryTitle Marquess of Westminster
Duke of Westminster predecessorTitle Marquess of Westminster
Baron Grosvenor associatedWith Marquess of Westminster
Baron Grosvenor higherTitle Marquess of Westminster
Viscount Belgrave linkedTitle Marquess of Westminster
Viscount Belgrave precedenceBelow Marquess of Westminster