Duke of Westminster

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duchy hereditary title peerage of the United Kingdom

The Duke of Westminster is a hereditary British peerage title held by the head of the Grosvenor family, one of the United Kingdom’s wealthiest landowning dynasties with extensive property holdings in central London and beyond.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster	2
Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster	1
Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster	1
Marquess of Westminster	1
Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster	1
William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	duchy ⓘ hereditary title ⓘ peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedCompany	Grosvenor Estate ⓘ surface form: Grosvenor Group
associatedDistrict	City of Westminster ⓘ
associatedEstate	Eaton Estate ⓘ Grosvenor Estate ⓘ
associatedIndustry	property ⓘ
associatedPhilanthropy	Grosvenor family charitable activities ⓘ
associatedPlace	Belgravia ⓘ surface form: Belgravia, London Cheshire ⓘ Eaton Hall, Cheshire ⓘ Mayfair, London, England ⓘ surface form: Mayfair, London
associatedWealthRanking	one of the wealthiest peers in the United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWith	Grosvenor family ⓘ
coatOfArmsBearer	Grosvenor family ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy	Queen Victoria ⓘ
creationDate	1874-01-27 ⓘ
currentHolder	Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster ⓘ
currentHolderStart	2016 ⓘ
firstHolder	Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster ⓘ
genderOfTitleHolder	male-preference primogeniture ⓘ
hasHeirApparent	yes ⓘ
inheritedBy	heirs male of the body lawfully begotten of the first Duke ⓘ
isHereditary	true ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
nobleFamily	Grosvenor family ⓘ
notableFor	large landholdings in central London ⓘ wealth ⓘ
peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
precedenceInUKPeerage	among highest non-royal dukes ⓘ
predecessorTitle	Marquess of Westminster ⓘ
rank	duke ⓘ
region	England ⓘ
status	extant ⓘ
styleOfAddress	His Grace ⓘ
subsidiaryTitle	Baron Grosvenor ⓘ Earl Grosvenor ⓘ Marquess of Westminster ⓘ Viscount Belgrave ⓘ
titleCreationReason	elevation of the Grosvenor family for political and social services ⓘ
titleHolderMustBe	member of the Grosvenor family ⓘ
titleType	non-royal dukedom ⓘ
traditionalFamilySeat	Eaton Hall, Cheshire ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mayfair, London, England → historicallyOwnedBy → Duke of Westminster ⓘ

subject surface form: Mayfair

Grosvenor family → nobleTitleHeld → Duke of Westminster ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marquess of Westminster