Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster

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Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster, 2018

Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster (born January 29, 1991 in London ) is a British landowner . He is the son of Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster .

education and profession

Grosvenor graduated from Ellesmere College near Ellesmere , Shropshire , and studied landscape management at Newcastle University . He worked for the asset managers Wheatsheaf Investment and Grosvenor Group and the green electricity company bio-bean .

capital

A major part of his assets is property ownership in the London boroughs of Mayfair , Belgravia and Pimlico, as well as in Cheshire , Lancashire and Scotland . The family fortune, most of which he inherited, was estimated at £ 9.4 billion in 2016 .

Trivia

He is the godfather of the George of Cambridge .

Individual evidence

  1. Who is the new Duke of Westminster? BBC , August 11, 2016, accessed August 12, 2016 .
  2. Andreas Hippin: The Bachelor , in: NZZ , August 13, 2016, p. 11
  3. ^ Gordon Rayner: Prince George christening: profiles of the godparents. The Daily Telegraph , October 23, 2013, accessed August 12, 2016 .
predecessor Office successor
Gerald Grosvenor Duke of Westminster
since 2016
current holder of the title