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The Grosvenors
A Cheshire Family's Marriage, London's Growth, and the Making of Britain's Wealthiest Aristocratic Dynasty
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Independently Published Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36953788
EAN: 9798191262376
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Zustellung: Mi, 04.11.2026
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Beschreibung
In 1953, a British duke's death triggered a tax bill so large it made headlines across the country. It was proof of what many had suspected for nearly a century: the Grosvenor family was among the wealthiest in Europe. But how does a family of medieval Cheshire huntsmen end up owning some of the most valuable real estate on earth. The Grosvenors traces this remarkable rise across more than eight centuries, from a twelfth century land grant in Cheshire to a global property empire spanning London, Vancouver, Tokyo, and beyond. At the heart of the story is a single marriage in 1677, when a young Cheshire baronet wed the heiress to an unremarkable stretch of marshy farmland just outside London. Neither could have known that this land would one day become Mayfair and Belgravia, two of the most desirable addresses in the world. This book follows the family through the political dangers of the English Civil War, the corrupt sale of noble titles under King James I, and the extraordinary partnership with builder Thomas Cubitt that transformed farmland into fashionable streets. It traces their elevation from baronets to barons, earls, marquesses, and finally dukes, a rise that placed them among the highest ranks of British nobility. It also confronts the family's more difficult chapters, including a duke whose sympathies toward fascism brought lasting controversy, and the modern challenges of inheritance taxation that forced a dramatic reinvention of the family's centuries old business model. Readers will come away with more than a single family's story. This is also a history of London itself, its explosive growth from a modest riverside town into the capital of a global empire, and the particular alchemy of timing, land, and patient investment that can transform an ordinary inheritance into extraordinary fortune. It offers genuine insight into how power and wealth actually accumulated within British aristocratic society, often through means far removed from the battlefield heroics and political triumphs that define more familiar noble histories. Written in a clear, narrative style and drawn entirely from documented historical sources, this book is for readers who enjoy immersive nonfiction history, stories of dynastic ambition, and the hidden forces that shape great cities. Step into the story of a family whose name is written across the streets of London, and discover how a fortuitous marriage, a growing city, and generations of careful stewardship built one of the most enduring fortunes in British history.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Ally Cobs
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 84