Dukes of Westminster

The future children of the man with the ENORMOUS piggybank….!

Jun 9, 2024

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy, law, religion

“Princes”, Chester Cathedral, Dukes of Westminster, Edward IV, Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Wydeville, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Hereditary Titles Bill, Lady Edwina Grosvenor, male primogeniture, marriages, Prince George, Prince Louis of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte, Succdession to the Crown Act

I cannot even begin to imagine having £10.127 billion at my disposal. But that’s what Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster has in his piggybank. Oh, I wish….! He will have married Olivia Henson on 7 June 2024 at Chester Cathedral, and Prince William will be an usher. Prince George also has a role,…
Heraldic Crécy, but where’s the green….?

Aug 26, 2022

anniversaries, art, battles, law

bend or, Bishops of Durham, Courtenays, Crecy, Dan Escott, de Cobham, Dukes of Westminster, Earls of Chester, Fitzalans, Green, Grosvenors, heraldic colours, heraldic disputes, Latimers, Nevilles, Scropes of Bolton, Warren Museum, wheatsheaf

We all love heraldry, so here is a very colourful illustration by the renowned heraldic artist, Dan Escott. It shows the banners at the Battle of Crécy in 1346. The caption for the work is: “As you can see it is rather stylised but it shows very clearly the use of Heraldry for identification for…
Of a well-connected art expert …

Jan 29, 2022

anniversaries, art, genealogy, heraldry, law, television reviews

baronets, Barons of Ebury, Barons Scrope of Bolton, Barringtons, Britain’s lost Masterpieces, Charles Manners-Sutton, Chester, Dan Snow, Dr. Bendor Grosvenor, Dukes of Westminster, Jacobite portraiture, James VI/I, Justin Welby, Lady Edwina Grosvenor, racehorses, Reginald Cardinal Pole, Rubens, Scrope/ Grosvenor case, van Dyck, William Pykenham

After a few Archbishops of Canterbury and an Archdeacon (perhaps), we now come to an expert on art – Old Masters and Jacobite art in particular. Dr. Bendor Grosvenor, as seen in this BBC2 series when he has identified portraits such as the first Villiers Duke of Buckingham, is descended from the Cheshire family that…

Dukes of Westminster

The future children of the man with the ENORMOUS piggybank….!

Heraldic Crécy, but where’s the green….?

Of a well-connected art expert …