Robert Grosvenor, 5th Baron Ebury
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Robert Egerton Grosvenor, DSO
, 5th Baron Ebury (8 February 1914 - 5 May 1957), was a British
politician.
A member of the Grosvenor family headed by the Duke of Westminster
, Ebury was the son of Francis Egerton Grosvenor, 4th Baron Ebury, and his wife Mary Adela (née Glasson). He succeeded his father in the barony in 1932 and served as a Lord-in-Waiting
(government whip in the House of Lords
) under Neville Chamberlain
from 1939 to 1940. He served in the Royal Artillery during the war, and was awarded the DSO for his bravery under fire during the siege at Cassino in 1944.
Lord Ebury married firstly Anne, daughter of Herbert Walter Acland-Troyte, in 1933. They had two sons but were divorced in 1941 (she died in 1982). He married secondly the Hon. Denise Margaret, daughter of John Reginald Lopes Yarde Buller, 3rd Baron Churston, in 1941. They had two sons and two daughters but were divorced in 1954 (she died in 2005). He married thirdly Sheila Winifred, daughter of Arthur Edward Dashfield, in 1954. A keen racing driver, Lord Ebury died in an accident at Prescott, Gloucestershire in May 1957, aged 43, while driving a Jaguar C-type. He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son from his first marriage, Francis, who in 1999 succeeded a kinsman as eighth Earl of Wilton
.
Distinguished Service Order
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, 5th Baron Ebury (8 February 1914 - 5 May 1957), was a British
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politician.
A member of the Grosvenor family 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....
, Ebury was the son of Francis Egerton Grosvenor, 4th Baron Ebury, and his wife Mary Adela (née Glasson). He succeeded his father in the barony in 1932 and served as a Lord-in-Waiting
Lord-in-Waiting
Most Lords in Waiting are Government whips in the House of Lords who are members of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. As members of the Royal Household their duties are nominal, though they are occasionally required to meet visiting political and state leaders on visits...
(government whip in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
) under Neville Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain
Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...
from 1939 to 1940. He served in the Royal Artillery during the war, and was awarded the DSO for his bravery under fire during the siege at Cassino in 1944.
Lord Ebury married firstly Anne, daughter of Herbert Walter Acland-Troyte, in 1933. They had two sons but were divorced in 1941 (she died in 1982). He married secondly the Hon. Denise Margaret, daughter of John Reginald Lopes Yarde Buller, 3rd Baron Churston, in 1941. They had two sons and two daughters but were divorced in 1954 (she died in 2005). He married thirdly Sheila Winifred, daughter of Arthur Edward Dashfield, in 1954. A keen racing driver, Lord Ebury died in an accident at Prescott, Gloucestershire in May 1957, aged 43, while driving a Jaguar C-type. He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son from his first marriage, Francis, who in 1999 succeeded a kinsman as eighth Earl of Wilton
Earl of Wilton
Earl of Wilton, of Wilton Castle in the County of Hereford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1801 for Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton, along with the subsidiary title of Viscount Grey de Wilton, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom...
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