Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor (1762–1819)
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Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor (5 October 1762 – 8 February 1819), was a British politician.
Born Richard Grosvenor and a member of the Grosvenor family now headed by the Duke of Westminster
, he was the son of Thomas Grosvenor
, second son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet
. His mother was Deborah, daughter of Stephen Skynner, while Field Marshal
Thomas Grosvenor
was his younger brother.
Erle-Drax-Grosvenor was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Clitheroe
in 1794, a seat he held until 1796. In 1802 he was elected Member of Parliament
for Chester (succeeding his younger brother Thomas), which constituency he represented until 1807. He returned once again to the House of Commons
in 1818 when he was returned for New Romney
, a seat he held until his death the following year.
Erle-Drax-Grosvenor married Frances, daughter of Edward Drax, of Charborough Park
, Dorset
, in 1788, and assumed the additional surnames of Erle-Drax. He died in February 1819, aged 56. His son Richard
succeeded him as MP for New Romney.
Born Richard Grosvenor and a member of the Grosvenor family now headed by the Duke of Westminster
, he was the son of Thomas Grosvenor
, second son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet
. His mother was Deborah, daughter of Stephen Skynner, while Field Marshal
Thomas Grosvenor
was his younger brother.
Erle-Drax-Grosvenor was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Clitheroe
in 1794, a seat he held until 1796. In 1802 he was elected Member of Parliament
for Chester (succeeding his younger brother Thomas), which constituency he represented until 1807. He returned once again to the House of Commons
in 1818 when he was returned for New Romney
, a seat he held until his death the following year.
Erle-Drax-Grosvenor married Frances, daughter of Edward Drax, of Charborough Park
, Dorset
, in 1788, and assumed the additional surnames of Erle-Drax. He died in February 1819, aged 56. His son Richard
succeeded him as MP for New Romney.
Born Richard Grosvenor and a member of the Grosvenor family now headed by the Duke of Westminster
, he was the son of Thomas Grosvenor
, second son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet
. His mother was Deborah, daughter of Stephen Skynner, while Field Marshal
Thomas Grosvenor
was his younger brother.
Erle-Drax-Grosvenor was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Clitheroe
in 1794, a seat he held until 1796. In 1802 he was elected Member of Parliament
for Chester (succeeding his younger brother Thomas), which constituency he represented until 1807. He returned once again to the House of Commons
in 1818 when he was returned for New Romney
, a seat he held until his death the following year.
Erle-Drax-Grosvenor married Frances, daughter of Edward Drax, of Charborough Park
, Dorset
, in 1788, and assumed the additional surnames of Erle-Drax. He died in February 1819, aged 56. His son Richard
succeeded him as MP for New Romney.
Born Richard Grosvenor and a member of the Grosvenor family now headed by the Duke of Westminster
Duke of Westminster
The title Duke of Westminster was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster. The current holder of the title is Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster....
, he was the son of Thomas Grosvenor
Thomas Grosvenor (1734–1795)
-Background:Grosvenor was the second son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet, and Jane, daughter of Thomas Warre. Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor, was his elder brother.-Political career:Grosvenor sat as Member of Parliament for Chester from 1755 to 1795....
, second son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet
Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet
Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet was an English Member of Parliament and an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster....
. His mother was Deborah, daughter of Stephen Skynner, while Field Marshal
Field Marshal (UK)
Field Marshal is the highest military rank of the British Army. It ranks immediately above the rank of General and is the Army equivalent of an Admiral of the Fleet and a Marshal of the Royal Air Force....
Thomas Grosvenor
Thomas Grosvenor (British Army officer)
Field Marshal Thomas Grosvenor was a senior officer in the British Army.-Military career:Born the third son of Thomas Grosvenor MP, Grosvenor was educated at Westminster School and commissioned into the 1st foot guards in 1779. He was in charge of security at the Bank of England during the Gordon...
was his younger brother.
Erle-Drax-Grosvenor was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Clitheroe
Clitheroe (UK Parliament constituency)
Clitheroe was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire.The town of Clitheroe was first enfranchised as a parliamentary borough in 1559, returning two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and finally to the...
in 1794, a seat he held until 1796. In 1802 he was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Chester (succeeding his younger brother Thomas), which constituency he represented until 1807. He returned once again to the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
in 1818 when he was returned for New Romney
New Romney (UK Parliament constituency)
New Romney was a parliamentary constituency in Kent, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1371 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act....
, a seat he held until his death the following year.
Erle-Drax-Grosvenor married Frances, daughter of Edward Drax, of Charborough Park
Charborough House
Charborough House is located between Sturminster Marshall and Bere Regis in Dorset, England. The Deer Park and estate adjoins the villages of Winterborne Zelston, Newton Peveril and Lytchett Matravers...
, Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, in 1788, and assumed the additional surnames of Erle-Drax. He died in February 1819, aged 56. His son Richard
Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor (1797–1828)
Richard Edward Erle-Drax-Grosvenor , was a British politician.A member of the Grosvenor family now headed by the Duke of Westminster, he was the son of Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor and Sarah Frances, daughter of Edward Drax, of Charborough House, Dorset...
succeeded him as MP for New Romney.
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Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor (5 October 1762 – 8 February 1819), was a British politician.Born Richard Grosvenor and a member of the Grosvenor family now headed by the Duke of Westminster
Duke of Westminster
The title Duke of Westminster was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster. The current holder of the title is Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster....
, he was the son of Thomas Grosvenor
Thomas Grosvenor (1734–1795)
-Background:Grosvenor was the second son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet, and Jane, daughter of Thomas Warre. Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor, was his elder brother.-Political career:Grosvenor sat as Member of Parliament for Chester from 1755 to 1795....
, second son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet
Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet
Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet was an English Member of Parliament and an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster....
. His mother was Deborah, daughter of Stephen Skynner, while Field Marshal
Field Marshal (UK)
Field Marshal is the highest military rank of the British Army. It ranks immediately above the rank of General and is the Army equivalent of an Admiral of the Fleet and a Marshal of the Royal Air Force....
Thomas Grosvenor
Thomas Grosvenor (British Army officer)
Field Marshal Thomas Grosvenor was a senior officer in the British Army.-Military career:Born the third son of Thomas Grosvenor MP, Grosvenor was educated at Westminster School and commissioned into the 1st foot guards in 1779. He was in charge of security at the Bank of England during the Gordon...
was his younger brother.
Erle-Drax-Grosvenor was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Clitheroe
Clitheroe (UK Parliament constituency)
Clitheroe was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire.The town of Clitheroe was first enfranchised as a parliamentary borough in 1559, returning two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and finally to the...
in 1794, a seat he held until 1796. In 1802 he was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Chester (succeeding his younger brother Thomas), which constituency he represented until 1807. He returned once again to the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
in 1818 when he was returned for New Romney
New Romney (UK Parliament constituency)
New Romney was a parliamentary constituency in Kent, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1371 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act....
, a seat he held until his death the following year.
Erle-Drax-Grosvenor married Frances, daughter of Edward Drax, of Charborough Park
Charborough House
Charborough House is located between Sturminster Marshall and Bere Regis in Dorset, England. The Deer Park and estate adjoins the villages of Winterborne Zelston, Newton Peveril and Lytchett Matravers...
, Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, in 1788, and assumed the additional surnames of Erle-Drax. He died in February 1819, aged 56. His son Richard
Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor (1797–1828)
Richard Edward Erle-Drax-Grosvenor , was a British politician.A member of the Grosvenor family now headed by the Duke of Westminster, he was the son of Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor and Sarah Frances, daughter of Edward Drax, of Charborough House, Dorset...
succeeded him as MP for New Romney.
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Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor (5 October 1762 – 8 February 1819), was a British politician.Born Richard Grosvenor and a member of the Grosvenor family now headed by the Duke of Westminster
Duke of Westminster
The title Duke of Westminster was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Hugh Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster. The current holder of the title is Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster....
, he was the son of Thomas Grosvenor
Thomas Grosvenor (1734–1795)
-Background:Grosvenor was the second son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet, and Jane, daughter of Thomas Warre. Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor, was his elder brother.-Political career:Grosvenor sat as Member of Parliament for Chester from 1755 to 1795....
, second son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet
Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet
Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet was an English Member of Parliament and an ancestor of the modern day Dukes of Westminster....
. His mother was Deborah, daughter of Stephen Skynner, while Field Marshal
Field Marshal (UK)
Field Marshal is the highest military rank of the British Army. It ranks immediately above the rank of General and is the Army equivalent of an Admiral of the Fleet and a Marshal of the Royal Air Force....
Thomas Grosvenor
Thomas Grosvenor (British Army officer)
Field Marshal Thomas Grosvenor was a senior officer in the British Army.-Military career:Born the third son of Thomas Grosvenor MP, Grosvenor was educated at Westminster School and commissioned into the 1st foot guards in 1779. He was in charge of security at the Bank of England during the Gordon...
was his younger brother.
Erle-Drax-Grosvenor was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Clitheroe
Clitheroe (UK Parliament constituency)
Clitheroe was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire.The town of Clitheroe was first enfranchised as a parliamentary borough in 1559, returning two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and finally to the...
in 1794, a seat he held until 1796. In 1802 he was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Chester (succeeding his younger brother Thomas), which constituency he represented until 1807. He returned once again to the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
in 1818 when he was returned for New Romney
New Romney (UK Parliament constituency)
New Romney was a parliamentary constituency in Kent, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1371 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act....
, a seat he held until his death the following year.
Erle-Drax-Grosvenor married Frances, daughter of Edward Drax, of Charborough Park
Charborough House
Charborough House is located between Sturminster Marshall and Bere Regis in Dorset, England. The Deer Park and estate adjoins the villages of Winterborne Zelston, Newton Peveril and Lytchett Matravers...
, Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, in 1788, and assumed the additional surnames of Erle-Drax. He died in February 1819, aged 56. His son Richard
Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor (1797–1828)
Richard Edward Erle-Drax-Grosvenor , was a British politician.A member of the Grosvenor family now headed by the Duke of Westminster, he was the son of Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor and Sarah Frances, daughter of Edward Drax, of Charborough House, Dorset...
succeeded him as MP for New Romney.