Baron Ebury

Baron Ebury, of Ebury Manor in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that dates from 1857. In 1999, it became a subsidiary title of the earldom of Wilton after the 6th Baron Ebury inherited the earldom from his distant cousin, the 7th Earl of Wilton.

Barony of Ebury
Arms of the Barons Ebury (pre 1999) Arms: Azure, a Garb Or, a Mullet for difference. Crest: A Talbot statant Or. Supporters: On either side a Talbot reguardant Or, collared Azure, and charged on the shoulder with a Mullet Azure, for difference.
Creation date	15 September 1857
Created by	Queen Victoria
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Lord Robert Grosvenor
Present holder	Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton
Heir apparent	Julian Grosvenor, Viscount Grey de Wilton
Status	Extant
Former seat(s)	Moor Park
Motto	VIRTUS NON STEMMA (Virtue, not ancestry)
Note: since 1999, Baron Ebury has been a subsidiary title of the earldom of Wilton

History

The peerage was created in September 1857 for the Whig politician Lord Robert Grosvenor. He was the third son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, and his wife Lady Eleanor Egerton, daughter of Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton.

Both Lord Robert and his elder brother Lord Thomas were in special remainder to the viscountcy of Grey de Wilton and the earldom of Wilton, created for their maternal grandfather in 1801. Upon the latter's death in 1814, Lord Thomas succeeded as second Earl of Wilton.

Lord Ebury was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He represented Westminster in Parliament as a Liberal. His grandson, the fifth Baron, served as a government whip from 1939 to 1940 in the government of Neville Chamberlain. In 1999, his eldest son, the sixth Baron, succeeded as eighth Earl of Wilton on the death of his kinsman, the seventh Earl.

The Honourable Norman Grosvenor, younger son of the first Baron, sat as Member of Parliament for Chester.

Barons Ebury (1857)

• Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury (1801–1893)
• Robert Wellesley Grosvenor, 2nd Baron Ebury (1834–1918)
• Robert Victor Grosvenor, 3rd Baron Ebury (1868–1921)
• Francis Egerton Grosvenor, 4th Baron Ebury (1883–1932)
• Robert Egerton Grosvenor, 5th Baron Ebury (1914–1957)
• Francis Egerton Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton, 6th Baron Ebury (b. 1934)

For further barons, see Earl of Wilton.

Family tree

Grosvenor and Grey family tree: Dukes of Westminster, Marquesses of Westminster Earls: Grosvenor, Sussex (5th creation), and of Wilton Viscounts: Belgrave, Grey de Wilton, and de Longueville and Barons: Grey de Wilton, Grey of Ruthin (Ruthyn), Grey de Radcliffe, Ebury, Grosvenor, and Stalbridge

Baron Grey de Wilton (1st creation), 1285 Reginald Grey d. 1308 1st Baron Grey de Wilton John Grey c. 1268–1323 2nd Baron Grey de Wilton Baron Grey of Ruthin, 1324 Henry Grey 1281–1342 3rd Baron Grey de Wilton Roger Grey d. 1352/1353 1st Baron Grey of Ruthin King Edward III 1312–1377 Reynold Grey 1311–1370 4th Baron Grey de Wilton Reynold Grey c. 1322 – c. 1388 2nd Baron Grey of Ruthin John of Gaunt 1340–1399 Thomas Holland Earl of Kent c. 1314–1360 Henry Grey c. 1340–1396 5th Baron Grey de Wilton Reynold Grey c. 1362 – c. 1440 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthin Elizabeth of Lancaster bef. 1363–1426 John Holland Earl of Huntingdon Duke of Exeter c. 1352–1400 Richard Grey c. 1393–1442 6th Baron Grey de Wilton John Grey c. 1387–1439 Constance Holland 1387–1437 Reynold Grey c. 1421–1493/94 7th Baron Grey de Wilton Edmund Grey c. 1362 – c. 1440 1st Earl of Kent, 4th Baron Grey of Ruthin See Template:Dukes of Kent family tree Edmund Grey d. 1499 8th Baron Grey de Wilton George Grey 2nd Earl of Kent, 5th Baron Grey of Ruthin c. 1460–1503 Edmund Grey c. 1469–1511 9th Baron Grey de Wilton Richard Grey 3rd Earl of Kent, 6th Baron Grey of Ruthin 1481–1524 Henry Grey 4th Earl of Kent, 7th Baron Grey of Ruthin c. 1495–1562 George Grey c. 1493–1514/1515 10th Baron Grey de Wilton Thomas Grey c. 1496–1517 11th Baron Grey de Wilton Richard Grey c. 1505–1523 12th Baron Grey de Wilton William Grey c. 1509–1562 13th Baron Grey de Wilton Henry Grey 1520–1545 Arthur Grey 1536–1593 14th Baron Grey de Wilton Reginald Grey d. 1573 5th Earl of Kent, 8th Baron Grey of Ruthin Henry Grey 1541–1615 6th Earl of Kent, 9th Baron Grey of Ruthin Charles Grey c. 1545–1623 7th Earl of Kent, 10th Baron Grey of Ruthyn Bridget Grey d. 1648 Thomas Grey 1575–1614 15th Baron Grey de Wilton Susan Grey Henry Grey c. 1583–1639 8th Earl of Kent, 11th Baron Grey of Ruthyn Barony Grey de Wilton (1st creation) extinct, 1614 Baronet of Egerton and Oulton, 1617 Roland Egerton d. 1646 1st Baronet Charles Longueville 1612–1643 12th Baron Grey de Ruthyn John Egerton d. 1674 2nd Baronet Susan Longueville d. 1676 13th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn suo jure Viscount de Longueville (1st creation), 1690 John Egerton d. 1729 3rd Baronet Charles Yelverton 1657–1679 14th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Henry Yelverton c. 1664–1703/1704 1st Viscount de Longueville, 15th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Earl of Sussex (5th creation), 1717 Holland Egerton c. 1689–1730 4th Baronet Talbot Yelverton c. 1664–1703/1704 1st Earl of Sussex, 2nd Viscount de Longueville, 16th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Edward Egerton bef. 1721–1743/1744 5th Baronet Thomas Grey Egerton c. 1721–1756 6th Baronet George Augustus Yelverton 1727–1758 2nd Earl of Sussex, 3rd Viscount de Longueville, 17th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Henry Yelverton 1728–1799 3rd Earl of Sussex, 4th Viscount de Longueville, 18th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Earldom of Sussex (5th creation) and Viscountcy de Longueville (1st creation) extinct, 1799 Baron Grosvenor of Eaton in the County of Chester, 1761 Earl Gosvenor and Viscount Belgrave of Belgrave in the County of Chester, 1784 Baron Grey de Wilton (2nd creation), 1784 Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton, 1801 Richard Grosvenor 1731–1802 7th Baronet of Eaton, 1st Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor Thomas Egerton 1749–1814 7th Baronet of Egerton and Oulton, 1st Earl of Wilton, Viscount Grey de Wilton, and Baron Grey de Wilton Barbara Yelverton d. 1781 Barony Grey de Wilton (2nd creation) extinct, 1784 Marquess of Westminster, 1831 Robert Grosvenor 1767–1845 1st Marquess of Westminster, 2nd Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor Eleanor Egerton 1770–1846 Henry Yelverton 1780–1810 19th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Baron Ebury of Ebury Manor in the County of Middlesex, 1857 Richard Grosvenor 1795–1869 2nd Marquess of Westminster, 3rd Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor Thomas Grosvenor (Egerton) 1799–1882 2nd Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton Robert Grosvenor 1801–1893 1st Baron Ebury Barbara Rawdon-Hastings 1810–1858 20th Baroness Grey de Ruthyn suo jure George Augustus Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1808–1844 Marquess of Hastings Duke of Westminster, 1874 Baron Stalbridge of Stalbridge in the County of Dorset, 1886 Baron Grey de Radcliffe in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 1875 Barony Grey de Ruthin (Ruthyn) abeyance terminated, 1885 Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1825–1899 1st Duke of Westminster, 3rd Marquess of Westminster, 4th Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor Richard de Aquila Grosvenor 1837–1912 1st Baron Stalbridge Arthur Edward Holland Grey Egerton 1833–1885 3rd Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton, Baron Grey de Radcliffe Seymour John Grey Egerton 1839–1898 4th Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton Robert Wellesley Grosvenor 1834–1918 2nd Baron Ebury Bertha Lelgarde Clifton 1835–1887 22nd Baroness Grey de Ruthyn suo jure Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings 1842–1868 Marquess of Hastings, Earl of Loudoun, 21st Baron Grey de Ruthyn, Baron Botreaux, Baron Hungerford, Baron de Moleyns, Baron Hastings Barony Grey de Radcliffe extinct, 1885 Barony Grey de Ruthyn abeyant, 1868 Victor Alexander Grosvenor 1853–1884 styled Earl Grosvenor Henry George Grosvenor 1861–1914 Hugh Grosvenor 1880–1949 2nd Baron Stalbridge Arthur George Egerton 1863–1915 5th Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton Robert Victor Grosvenor 1868–1921 3rd Baron Ebury Ella Cicely Mary Clifton 1856–1912 Rawdon George Grey Clifton 1858–1912 23rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn Cecil Talbot Clifton 1862–1934 24th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Barony Stalbridge extinct, 1949 Barony Grey de Ruthyn abeyant, 1934 Barony Grey de Ruthyn abeyance terminated, 1940 Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor 1879–1953 2nd Duke of Westminster, 4th Marquess of Westminster, 5th Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor William Grosvenor 1894–1963 3rd Duke of Westminster, 5th Marquess of Westminster, 6th Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor Hugh William Grosvenor 1884–1914 Seymour Edward Frederick Egerton 1896–1927 6th Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton Francis Egerton Grosvenor 1883–1932 4th Baron Ebury John Lancelot Wykeham Butler-Bowden 1883–1963 25th Baron Grey de Ruthyn Barony Grey de Ruthyn abeyant, 1963 Gerald Hugh Grosvenor 1907–1967 4th Duke of Westminster, 6th Marquess of Westminster, 7th Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor Robert George Grosvenor 1910–1979 5th Duke of Westminster, 7th Marquess of Westminster, 8th Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor Seymour William Arthur John Egerton 1921–1999 7th Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton Robert Grosvenor 1914–1957 5th Baron Ebury Francis Grosvenor b. 1934 8th Earl of Wilton and Viscount Grey de Wilton, 6th Baron Ebury heir presumptive to the Marquessate of Westminster Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor 1951–2016 6th Duke of Westminster, 8th Marquess of Westminster, 9th Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor Julian Grosvenor b. 1959 styled Viscount Grey de Wilton Heir apparent to the 8th Earldom of Wilton Hugh Grosvenor b. 1991 7th Duke of Westminster, 9th Marquess of Westminster, 10th Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, and Baron Grosvenor

See also

• Duke of Westminster
• Baron Grey de Wilton
• Baron Stalbridge

References

• Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: Dean & Son. p. 331.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages