Lt. Col. Richard Thompson Lawley, 4th Baron Wenlock

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Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Thompson Lawley, 4th Baron Wenlock, CB (1856–1918) was a British Army officer and polo champion who became the 4th Baron Wenlock and the 11th Lawley Baronet of Spoonhill in 1912.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lawley,_4th_Baron_Wenlock

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Jun 1818, St George Hanover Square, London

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Beilby Richard Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock (2 April 1818 – 6 November 1880) was an English nobleman, eldest son of Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock and 8th Baronet. He succeeded in the Barony and Baronetcy and to the family estate at Escrick, Yorkshire on the death of his father in 1852.

He served in the Yorkshire Hussars latterly as Colonel, was Member of Parliament for Pontefract 1851–1852 and was Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire 1864–1880.

He married Lady Elizabeth Grosvenor, daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, and had eight children, including four sons who each in turn succeeded to the titles.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beilby_Lawley,_2nd_Baron_Wenlock

Beilby married Lady Elizabeth Grosvenor, Marchioness of Westminster on 28 Nov 1846 in London. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster and Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower) was born on 9 Jul 1826 in St George Hanover Square, London; died on 16 Dec 1899 in Escrick, Yorkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Caroline Neville on 10 May 1817 in St James, Piccadilly, London. Caroline was born on 6 Oct 1792 in London; died on 2 May 1868 in London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster KG PC (27 January 1795 – 31 October 1869), styled The Honourable Richard Grosvenor from 1795 to 1802, Viscount Belgrave from 1802 to 1831 and Earl Grosvenor from 1831 to 1845, was an English politician, landowner, property developer and benefactor.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Grosvenor,_2nd_Marquess_of_Westminster

Richard married Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower on 16 Sep 1819 in Trentham, Stafford. Elizabeth (daughter of George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland and Elizabeth Sutherland, 19th Countess of Sutherland) was born on 8 Nov 1797 in Stittenham, Yorkshire; died on 11 Nov 1891 in Inwood, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Jane Thompson. Jane was born in 1742; died on 9 Nov 1816 in Spoonhill, Much Wenlock, Shropshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, KG (22 March 1767 – 17 February 1845) was the son of the 1st Earl Grosvenor, whom he succeeded in 1802 as 2nd Earl Grosvenor. He was created Marquess of Westminster in 1831. He was an English Member of Parliament (MP) and an ancestor of the modern-day Dukes of Westminster. Grosvenor continued to develop the family's London estates, he rebuilt their country house, Eaton Hall in Cheshire where he also restored the gardens, and built a new London home, Grosvenor House. He maintained and extended the family interests in the acquisition of works of art, and in horse racing and breeding racehorses.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Grosvenor,_1st_Marquess_of_Westminster

Robert married Eleanor Egerton. Eleanor was born in 1770; died on 30 Nov 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Elizabeth Sutherland, 19th Countess of Sutherland on 4 Sep 1785. Elizabeth was born on 24 May 1765 in Leven Lodge, Edinburgh, Scotland; died on 29 Jan 1839 in Hamilton Place, Hyde Park, London; was buried on 20 Feb 1839 in Dornoch Cathedral, Sutherland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth Sutherland Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (née Gordon, 24 May 1765 – 29 January 1839), also suo jure 19th Countess of Sutherland, was a Scottish peer from the Leveson-Gower family, best remembered for her involvement in the Highland Clearances.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Leveson-Gower,_Duchess_of_Sutherland