Grosvenor (surname)

Grosvenor (/ˈɡroʊvənər/ GROH-vən-ər) is a surname derived from Hugh Le Grand Veneur, a member of a Norman French family that aided William the Conqueror in 1066. Le grand veneur, which literally means "the master huntsman" in French, was an elevated title in William's 11th-century French court. Initially, Hugh was called Hugh Lupus. Lupus was overweight, and his townsmen gradually changed the appellation from le grand veneur ("the master huntsman") to le gros veneur ("the Fat Huntsman"), and Hugh wore the epithet with pride.[1]

## People

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* The Grosvenor family, headed by the Duke of Westminster
* Bendor Grosvenor (born 1977), British art dealer and art historian
* Benjamin Grosvenor (born 1992), British classical pianist
* Catherine Grosvenor (born 1978), British playwright and translator
* Charles Henry Grosvenor (1833–1917), Representative from Ohio
* Ebenezer O. Grosvenor (1820–1910), American politician from Michigan
* Edwin S. Grosvenor (born 1951), publisher of American Heritage, son of Melville Bell Grosvenor and half-brother of Gilbert Melville Grosvenor
* Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor (born 1981), British prison reformer
* Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875–1966), first editor of National Geographic Magazine and president of the National Geographic Society
* Gilbert Melville Grosvenor (born 1931), editor of National Geographic Magazine, son of Melville Bell Grosvenor
* Hugh Grosvenor (born 1991), 7th Duke of Westminster
* Olivia Grosvenor (born 1992), wife of the 7th Duke of Westminster
* Luther Grosvenor (born 1946), British rock musician
* Melville Bell Grosvenor (1901–1982), editor of National Geographic Magazine and president of the National Geographic Society, son of Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
* Robert Grosvenor, multiple people
* Thomas Peabody Grosvenor (1744–1825), United States Representative from New York
* Vertamae Grosvenor (1938–2016), food writer and broadcaster

## Fictional

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* Archibald Grosvenor, one of the main characters in the Gilbert & Sullivan opera Patience

## References

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1. ^ "1066, Gilbert Le Grand Veneur, Hugh Lupus, & the Cheshire Cat," Saturday, 31 December 2011," John's Adventures in Genealogical Wonderland, Internet website [1], accessed January 25, 2020.

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