Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury
(1801-1893), Courtier and Whig politician, Treasurer of the HouseholdEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 10 portraits
Robert Grosvenor was the son of the 1st Marquess of Westminster, also Robert Grosvenor, and his wife, Eleanor. He entered the House of Commons as a Whig MP in 1822, where he remained until becoming Baron Ebury in 1857. Grosvenor served as Comptroller of the Household, was admitted to the Privy Council and was appointed Treasurer of the Household. His most controversial measure was his Sunday Trading Bill, introduced in 1855, forbidding most shops in London to open on Sundays. Apart from his political career, he was an active campaigner for Protestantism in the Church of England, and was the founder and president of the Society for the Revision of the Prayer-Book.
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury
by Frederick Sargent
pencil, 1870s or 1880s?
NPG 5607
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury
by Thomas McLean & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864-1868
NPG x137625
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury
by John Watkins
albumen print, 1865-1870
NPG Ax21855
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865-1870
NPG Ax7428
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Joseph Slater
stipple engraving, 1831 or after
NPG D20632
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, (1837)
NPG D36066
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, (1837)
NPG D20639
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury
by Daniel John Pound, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
line engraving, circa 1860
NPG D47454
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury ('Statesmen, No. 82.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 15 April 1871
NPG D43479
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