Duchess of Westminster is a title given to the wife of the Duke of Westminster, an extant title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom which was created in 1874 by Queen Victoria. The incumbent is Olivia Henson, wife of Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster, since their marriage in 2024.
List of Duchesses of Westminster #PortraitNameBirthMarriageBecame Duchess of WestminsterSpouseDeathCeased being Duchess of WestminsterReason ceased being Duchess1Constance Sutherland-Leveson-Gower16 June 183428 April 1852Thompson, F. M. L., (2004) (online edition 2006) 'Grosvenor, Hugh Lupus, first duke of Westminster (1825–1899)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Retrieved on 26 April 2010. 27 February 1874Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster19 December 1880Died2Katherine Cavendish185719 July 188219 December 194122 December 1899Husband's death3Constance Cornwallis-West16 May 187516 February 1901Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster21 January 197019 December 1919Divorce4Violet Nelson189126 November 192021 January 197019265Loelia Ponsonby6 February 190220 February 19301 November 199319476Anne Sullivan13 April 19157 February 194731 August 200319 July 1953Husband's death7Sally Perry190911 April 194519 July 1953Gerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster30 May 199025 February 19678Viola Lyttelton10 June 19123 December 194625 February 1967Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster3 May 198719 February 19799Natalia Phillips8 May 19597 October 197819 February 1979Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of WestminsterAlive9 August 201610Olivia Henson1 September 19927 June 2024Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of WestminsterIncumbent
Unmarried Dukes of Westminster
William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster, died in 1963, unmarried and childless. Therefore, there was no Duchess consort during this period.
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