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unusual facts about Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge



Ardgowan House

Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet and his wife Lady Octavia, daughter of the 2nd Marquess of Westminster, continued improvements to the grounds, employing their gardener brought from Eaton Hall, Cheshire to install formal gardens.

Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge

Eleanor Lilian Grosvenor (1885–1977), married Major Josceline Grant; mother of Elspeth Huxley

In 1867 he was the head of an international committee to promote the Channel Tunnel, which contemplated a submarine railroad between England and France.

Westminster Memorial Hospital

In 1871, some 2 years after the death of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster his wife, Lady Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, and one daughter gave a plot of land for the construction of a hospital in her husband’s memory.

William Gifford

After graduation, he earned the patronage of Lord Grosvenor.


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