The Lord Stalbridge | |
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Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | |
In office 25 February 1872 – 17 February 1874 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
Preceded by | Viscount Castlerosse |
Succeeded by | The Viscount Barrington |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 28 April 1880 – 9 June 1885 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
Preceded by | Sir William Hart Dyke, Bt |
Succeeded by | Areas Akers-Douglas |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 January 1837 |
Died | 18 May 1912 London | (aged 75)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal Party Liberal Unionist |
Spouse(s) | (1) Hon. Beatrice Vesey (d. 1876) (2) Eleanor Hamilton-Stubber (d. 1911) |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Richard de Aquila Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge, PC (28 January 1837 – 18 May 1912), styled Lord Richard Grosvenor between 1845 and 1886, was a British politician and businessman. Initially a Liberal, he served under William Ewart Gladstone as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1872 and 1874 and as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury between 1880 and 1885. However, he broke with Gladstone over Irish Home Rule in 1886 and joined the Liberal Unionists.