Grosvenor (surname) explained
Grosvenor is a surname derived from Hugh Le Grand Veneur, a member of a Norman French family that aided William the Conqueror in 1066. French: Le grand veneur, which literally means "the master huntsman" in French, was an elevated title in William's 11th-century French court. Initially, Hugh was called Hugh Lupus. Lupus was overweight, and his townsmen gradually changed the appellation from French: le grand veneur ("the master huntsman") to French: le gros veneur ("the Fat Huntsman"), and Hugh wore the epithet with pride.[1]
People
- The Grosvenor family, headed by the Duke of Westminster
- Bendor Grosvenor (born 1977), British art dealer and art historian
- Benjamin Grosvenor (born 1992), British classical pianist
- Catherine Grosvenor (born 1978), British playwright and translator
- Charles Henry Grosvenor (1833–1917), Representative from Ohio
- Ebenezer O. Grosvenor (1820–1910), American politician from Michigan
- Edwin S. Grosvenor (born 1951), publisher of American Heritage, son of Melville Bell Grosvenor and half-brother of Gilbert Melville Grosvenor
- Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor (born 1981), British prison reformer
- Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875–1966), first editor of National Geographic Magazine and president of the National Geographic Society
- Gilbert Melville Grosvenor (born 1931), editor of National Geographic Magazine, son of Melville Bell Grosvenor
- Hugh Grosvenor (born 1991), 7th Duke of Westminster
- Olivia Grosvenor (born 1992), wife of the 7th Duke of Westminster
- Luther Grosvenor (born 1946), British rock musician
- Melville Bell Grosvenor (1901–1982), editor of National Geographic Magazine and president of the National Geographic Society, son of Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
- Robert Grosvenor, multiple people
- Thomas Peabody Grosvenor (1744–1825), United States Representative from New York
- Vertamae Grosvenor (1938–2016), food writer and broadcaster
Fictional
- Archibald Grosvenor, one of the main characters in the Gilbert & Sullivan opera Patience
Notes and References
- "1066, Gilbert Le Grand Veneur, Hugh Lupus, & the Cheshire Cat," Saturday, 31 December 2011," John's Adventures in Genealogical Wonderland, Internet website http://genealogicalwonderland.blogspot.com/2011/12/1066-gilbert-le-grand-veneur-hugh-lupus.html, accessed January 25, 2020.
