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GROSVENOR, Richard (1762-1819), of Swell Court, Som.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
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Constituency
Dates
4 Sept. 1786 - Apr. 1788
15 Sept. 1794 - 1796
15 Dec. 1802 - 1807
1818 - 8 Feb. 1819
Family and Education
b. 5 Oct. 1762, 1st s. of Thomas Grosvenor. educ. Westminster 1773; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1779. m. 11 Mar. 1788, Sarah Frances, da. and h. of Edward Drax of Charborough, Dorset, and took names of Erle Drax before Grosvenor, 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1795.
Offices Held
Biography
Grosvenor was returned for a Government seat, which he vacated when his cousin Lord Belgrave came of age. No vote or speech by him is recorded during his first term in Parliament.
He died 8 Feb. 1819.