Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster

Who is Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster?

Major-General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster KG, CB, CVO, OBE, TD, DL, CD, is a British landowner, who served as an Army officer, and the son of Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, and his wife The Hon. Viola Maud Lyttelton. He is the owner of property company Grosvenor Group.

According to the "Sunday Times Rich List 2014," the Duke of Westminster is worth £8.5 billion, placing him tenth in the list and making him the third richest British citizen after British-Indians David and Simon Reuben, and richest member of the peerage, with a wealth significantly greater than Queen Elizabeth.

He was educated at Harrow School and RMA Sandhurst. In 2005, he was elected Chancellor of the University of Chester.

Via Grosvenor Estates, the Duke is the richest property developer in the United Kingdom and one of the country's largest landowners, with vast estates in Oxford, Cheshire and Scotland, as well as large areas of Mayfair and Belgravia in central London, and also elsewhere in Europe.