Author: Tom Quinn
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
ISBN: 1785904248
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 245
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When Gerald Grosvenor, sixth Duke of Westminster, died in August 2016 he was one of the world's richest men, his fortune estimated at just under £10 billion. Yet he hated his wealth and spent long periods suffering from severe depression, much of it brought on by a feeling that his whole life had been a failure and that his money had destroyed any chance of happiness. At the same time, he could be ruthless in running the business while often feeling he was only a mascot. Gerald Grosvenor came into the line of succession by mere chance – or 'rotten bad luck' as he put it. The third Duke was childless and the title passed to a cousin, who became fourth Duke in 1963 and then, when he died four years later, to his younger brother, Gerald's father, Robert Grosvenor, who lived on an island in Lough Erne where Gerald grew up. Tom Quinn interviewed the sixth Duke on a number of occasions as well as people who knew the duke socially or had at various times worked with or for him. He discovered a complex man tortured by what he saw as his failures. He was a man who longed to return to his idyllic rural childhood yet was only really happy as an adult in the company of call girls. The book looks at the long and often eccentric history of the Grosvenor family and its wealth and the complex means by which that wealth has been shielded from the taxman, as well as the bizarre life of a man who was that strangest of things: The Reluctant Billionaire.
The Reluctant Billionaire
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts
Author: William Richard Cutter
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 866
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 866
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The Grosvenor Family in Connecticut
Author: James Fraser Gluck
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Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Languages : en
Pages : 48
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A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank; but uninvested with heritable honours
Author: John Burke (Genealogist.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 842
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Languages : en
Pages : 842
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The Connoisseur
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical--genealogical
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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A Complete Guide to Heraldry
Author: Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
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Category : Heraldry
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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Category : Heraldry
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Author: Thomas Williams Bicknell
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Category : Rhode Island
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Category : Rhode Island
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Prominent Families of New York
Author: Lyman Horace Weeks
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Grosvenor
Author: Grosvenor Family
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ISBN: 9781711240268
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Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Show off your last name and family heritage with this Grosvenor coat of arms and family crest shield notebook journal. Great birthday, diary, or family reunion gift for people who love ancestry, genealogy, and family trees.
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ISBN: 9781711240268
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Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Show off your last name and family heritage with this Grosvenor coat of arms and family crest shield notebook journal. Great birthday, diary, or family reunion gift for people who love ancestry, genealogy, and family trees.