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Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor Major-General, 6th Duke of Westminster, Kilogram, OBE, TD, DL (born 22 December 1951 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland), is the son of Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster and his wife Hon. Viola Maud Lyttelton. In 2005 he became Chancellor of the University of Chester. He was educated at Harrow School and Sandhurst.
The richest aristocrat in the United Kingdom, the Duke completed list of wealthiest Sunday Times as The Great Bretagne'l'individu s richest for many years and was only surpassed in 2004 by billionaire Jew -Russian Roman Abramovich. Duke was third in the Sunday Times rich list 2008, behind Roman Abramovich and Indian-born industrialist, Lakshmi Mittal, who currently holds the first place. An estimated fortune of £ 7 billion ($ 14 billion) are derived largely from property in central London, where he owns approximately 300 acres (1.2 km ²) of the most exclusive shopping and residential property in Mayfair and Belgravia (land there which included the U.S. Embassy stands, in Grosvenor Square), as well as areas in Lancashire, Cheshire (Eaton Hall) and Scotland. In addition to controlling its possessions traditional real estate company of the Duke of Grosvenor Group, is an active real estate developer with interests around the world. It is the principal director of The Paradise Project in Liverpool. The Duke is also President of a number of charities including the establishment of environmental science.
Military Career
After leaving Harrow school with a single O-level, Duke has failed the entrance examination to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Duke joined the Territorial Army in 1970 as a trooper.
Later in 1973 the duke occupied by Sandhurst and later ordered (Cheshire Yeomanry) Squadron, founded by his ancestors, and The Queen's own Yeomanry. He was also appointed honorary colonel of several regiments, including the 7th Regiment. Army Air Corps, Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry The Queen's own Yeomanry, corps officer training universities of Northumbria, Colonel in Chief of the Canadian Royal Westminster Regiment and Colonel Commandant Yeomanry on.
In 2004 he was appointed to the new post of Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (reservations and Cadets) with promotion to the rank of Major General. It was the first reservist holding such rank since the 30s, but he said he "did in private that he would never bantered achieved such seniority but for his wealth and social status."
In March 2007, after serving in the Ministry of Defence for four years he handed the responsibility of 50,000 reservists and 138,000 cadets commander Gen Simon Lalor. The Duke is now engaged in the review of reservation in the same rank.
Personal life
As a child the Duke lived on a Isalnd the middle of Loch Erne. His early education was in Ulster and went to Sunningdale School and then the harrow.
The duke married Natalia Ayesha Phillips, daughter of Lieutenant. - Column Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips and his wife Georgina Wernher in 1978. The Duchess is a direct descendant of the Russian poet Alexander S. Pushkin, and therefore his ancestor Ibrahim Hannibal. The older sister of the Duchess is Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn, wife of James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn.
* Ms. Tamara Katherine Grosvenor (B. December 20, 1979) married Edward Bernard Charles van Cutsem (November 6, 2004)
* Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor (B. November 3, 1981)
* Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (B. January 29, 1991), the heir apparent of the Duke.
* Mrs. Viola Georgina Grosvenor (B. October 12, 1992)
Flea market of Saint-Ouen
Duke's company, Grosvenor Continental Europe, has bought up-market Serpette and Paul-Bert sections of 120 years old Saint-Ouen market, just north of 18th arrondissement in Paris in 2005.
Antiques dealers in the Saint-Ouen flea market, which attracts millions of visitors each year, has launched a protest Asterix model in October 2007 to the Duke's attempt to impose elevations "exorbitant" rent. The traders accuse the duke of wanting to transform the traditional flea market-luxury market as Antiques Louvre, an expensive antiques arcade in central Paris. The combined rental value of the 420 launch at the flea market amounts to almost € 4 million.
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