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| Hugh Grosvenor Duke of Westminster @Wikipedia |
(1879-1953)
2nd Duke of Westminster
Son of: Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, son of 1st Duke of Westminster & Lady Sibell Lumley, daughter of 9th Earl of Scarborough.
Husband of:
1. Constance Cornwallis-West, mar 1901
4. Anne Sullivan.
His lovers were:
1) Coco Chanel.
First encounter.
"In 1925, he was introduced to Gabrielle ('Coco') Chanel after a party in Monte Carlo and pursued her. He was extravagant with her as he was will all of his lovers. He purchased a home for Chanel in London's prestigious Mayfair district, and in 1927 gave her a parcel of land on the French Riviera at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin where Chanel built her villa, La Pausa. His romantic liaison with Chanel lasted ten years. An illustration of both Westminster extravagance and orchestrated technique in the courting of women has endured in the form of apocryphal stories. He purportedly concealed a huge uncut emerald at the bottom of a crate of vegetables delivered to Chanel. Disguised as a deliveryman, Westminster appeared at Chanel's apartment with an enormous bouquet of flowers. Hus ruse was only uncovered after Chanel's assistant offered 'the delivery boy' a tip." (A Brief History of the Dukedom of Westminster)
"Later on, Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, GCVO, DSO (familiarly 'Bendor') came into the life of Coco Chanel. He was a British landowner and one of the richest men in the world. Their love affair had lasted for 14 years. This unusually long love affair led Coco into a different environment -- the world of British aristocracy." (Astrum People)
Affair's end & aftermath: "If she had given birth to the heir of the Duke, she would have become his wife. Prior to 1928, while the passion was strong in him, he was willing to marry her too. Coco was 46 years old when she began visiting doctors, but it was too late -- nature opposed to her dream. The Duke of Westminster, suffered no less than his beloved woman but was forced to marry another one." (Astrum People)
". . . Patsy's other daughter, Constance Edwina, always known as Shelagh, married Hugh Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster, himself always know as Bend'or, in 1901, But that marriage, to one of the richest landowners in England, was not happy in the long term and failed to reverse the decline. . . " (American Jennie: The Remarkable Life of Lady Randolph Churchill: 228)
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