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grosvenor

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for grosvenor.

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With that said, would you like to take your camera for a stroll by the Grosvenor Park Hotel?

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Quick take

A surname.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

A surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for grosvenor.

noun

A surname.

Example sentences

1

With that said, would you like to take your camera for a stroll by the Grosvenor Park Hotel?

2

The US Embassy in London wants to buy the land underneath it in Grosvenor Square.

3

Aren't you Matt Grosvenor who used to or still does work with Exablaze?

4

Isn't this part of London part of the Grosvenor Estate?

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And 90% of them probably in Grosvenor Square.

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That explains why the Grosvenor Family, a family who've owned the same company for 100 years longer than the united states has been in existent, is so poor.

7

I like a lot of Saarinen's work, especially his furniture, but even Homer nods, and his Grosvenor Square building looks like a cinderblock with a grudge.

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For instance the Grosvenor Estate of the Duke of Westminster recently passed an estimated $59bn company and $16bn in personal wealth to the next generation without paying any inheritance tax at all.

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>A spokesman for the Grosvenor Estate said the family trust paid inheritance tax of 6 per cent on the value of its assets every ten years.

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I don't have statistics, but a fun factoid is that the Grosvenor family, who own many properties in the west end of London, were originally granted those properties because the grantee was the grand-nephew of William the Conqueror.

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Say your ancestor Rich Grosvenor owned the village of Belgrave near Westminster Cathedral and the farmland around it - then just by holding on to it, watching it as it becomes prime urban real estate and living off the million-pound rents you and your children can't avoid becoming billionaires a dozen times over.

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The Duke of Westminster, a multibillionaire, was paid £748,716 for his ownership of Grosvenor Farms, the Earl of Plymouth £675,085, the Duke of Buccleuch £260,273, the Duke of Devonshire £251,729 and the Duke of Atholl £231,188 for his Blair Castle estate.

Quote examples

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If you think English speakers have an easy time saying "Siraitia grosvenorii", the scientific name, named after the "discover" Grosvenor, then you have some serious delusions.

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Asked for his advice on how young entrepreneurs should succeed, the late Gerald Grosvenor once replied: “Make sure they have an ancestor who was a very close friend of William the Conqueror.” [1] 1.

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You must certainly send it next year to the Grosvenor.” … “I know you will laugh at me,” he replied, “but I really can’t exhibit it.

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> "Take these words of mine…" As a sibling comment mentions, this is interpreted (eg, Zerwick and Grosvenor on gLuke) as an idiom, but from Aramaic (I don’t know enough about Semitic languages to say) akin to “before your very eyes” in English.

Proper noun examples

1

Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster doesn't exactly take a lot of risk for his rents.

2

A reporter for the Financial Times once asked Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, what advice he would give to a young entrepreneur wanting to succeed.

3

The Duke of Westminster is one Hugh Grosvenor.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use grosvenor in a sentence?

With that said, would you like to take your camera for a stroll by the Grosvenor Park Hotel?

What does grosvenor mean?

A surname.

What part of speech is grosvenor?

grosvenor is commonly used as noun.