Baron Ebury, of Ebury Manor in the

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, is a title in the

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that dates from 1857. In 1999, it became a

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of the earldom of Wilton after the 6th Baron Ebury inherited the earldom from his distant cousin, the 7th Earl 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 Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, (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 wa ...

, and his wife Lady Eleanor Egerton, daughter of

Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton Thomas Grey Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton (14 August 1749 – 23 September 1814), known as Sir Thomas Grey Egerton, Bt from 1766 to 1784, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1772 to 1784 when he was raised to the peerage ...

. 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

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in Parliament as a Liberal. His grandson, the fifth Baron, served as a government whip from 1939 to 1940 in the

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. 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

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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.''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ebury * 1857 establishments in the United Kingdom Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1857 Peerages created for UK MPs

History

Barons Ebury (1857)

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