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'''Natalia Ayesha Grosvenor, Dowager Duchess of Westminster''' (''née'' '''Phillips'''; born 8 May 1959), is a British aristocrat, philanthropist and winemaker. She is the widow of the [[Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster|6th Duke of Westminster]] and mother of the [[Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster|7th Duke]]. Third cousin once removed of the children of [[Tsar Nicholas II]]. As of 2024, the Duchess's family, specifically her son, were 11th on the ''[[Sunday Times Rich List]]'' with a net worth of £10.127 billion.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Watts |first=Robert |date=2024-05-19 |title=The Duke of Westminster and the Grosvenor family net worth — Sunday Times Rich List 2024 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/duke-of-westminster-net-worth-sunday-times-rich-list-q8qt09zx7 |access-date=2024-05-19 |language=en |issn=0140-0460}}</ref>
'''Natalia Ayesha Grosvenor, Dowager Duchess of Westminster''' (''née'' '''Phillips'''; born 8 May 1959), is a British aristocrat, philanthropist and winemaker. She is the widow of the [[Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster|6th Duke of Westminster]] and mother of the [[Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster|7th Duke]]. As of 2024, the Duchess's family, specifically her son, were 11th on the ''[[Sunday Times Rich List]]'' with a net worth of £10.127 billion.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Watts |first=Robert |date=2024-05-19 |title=The Duke of Westminster and the Grosvenor family net worth — Sunday Times Rich List 2024 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/duke-of-westminster-net-worth-sunday-times-rich-list-q8qt09zx7 |access-date=2024-05-19 |language=en |issn=0140-0460}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Born Natalia Ayesha Phillips, she is the youngest daughter of [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Harold Phillips (British Army officer)|Harold "Bunnie" Phillips]] and [[Georgina Kennard|Georgina "Gina" Wernher]].<ref name=Dewar2001>{{Cite book|last=Dewar|first=Peter Beauclerk|year=2001|title=Burke' Landed Gentry of Great Britain: Together with Members of the Titled and non-Titled Contemporary Establishment|edition=19|publisher=[[Burke's Peerage]]|isbn=978-0-9711966-0-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wEFuRPsYHwwC}}</ref> Her paternal grandparents were [[Colonel]] Joseph Phillips and Mary Bryce, daughter of [[John Pablo Bryce]]. Her maternal grandparents were [[Harold Augustus Wernher|Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Bt]], and [[Anastasia de Torby|Countess Anastasia de Torby]], morganatic daughter of [[Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia]]. Tally, as she is known to friends and family, had an older brother, Nicholas (1947–1991), and three older sisters, including [[Marita Crawley|Marita Knight]] and the late [[Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn]].<ref name="Trevelyan">{{cite book |last1=Trevelyan |first1=Raleigh |title=Grand Dukes and Diamonds: The Wernhers of Luton Hoo |date=1991 |publisher=Faber and Faber |location=London |isbn=9780436534041}}</ref> She and her siblings are direct descendants of poet [[Alexander Pushkin]] and [[Afro-Russian]] engineer [[Abram Gannibal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rbth.com/politics_and_society/2016/08/12/descendant-of-pushkin-and-the-romanovs-becomes-worlds-youngest-billionaire_620511|title=Descendant of Pushkin and the Romanovs Becomes The World's Youngest Billionaire|website=rbth.com|date=12 August 2016|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409225734/https://www.rbth.com//politics_and_society/2016/08/12/descendant-of-pushkin-and-the-romanovs-becomes-worlds-youngest-billionaire_620511|archive-date=9 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
Born Natalia Ayesha Phillips, she is the youngest daughter of [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Harold Phillips (British Army officer)|Harold "Bunnie" Phillips]] and [[Georgina Kennard|Georgina "Gina" Wernher]].<ref name=Dewar2001>{{Cite book|last=Dewar|first=Peter Beauclerk|year=2001|title=Burke' Landed Gentry of Great Britain: Together with Members of the Titled and non-Titled Contemporary Establishment|edition=19|publisher=[[Burke's Peerage]]|isbn=978-0-9711966-0-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wEFuRPsYHwwC}}</ref> Her paternal grandparents were [[Colonel]] Joseph Phillips and Mary Bryce, daughter of [[John Pablo Bryce]]. Her maternal grandparents were [[Harold Augustus Wernher|Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Bt]], and [[Anastasia de Torby|Countess Anastasia de Torby]], [[Morganatic marriage|morganatic]] daughter of [[Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia]]. Tally, as she is known to friends and family, had an older brother, Nicholas (1947–1991), and three older sisters, including [[Marita Crawley|Marita Knight]] and the late [[Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn]].<ref name="Trevelyan">{{cite book |last1=Trevelyan |first1=Raleigh |title=Grand Dukes and Diamonds: The Wernhers of Luton Hoo |date=1991 |publisher=Faber and Faber |location=London |isbn=9780436534041}}</ref> She and her siblings are direct descendants of poet [[Alexander Pushkin]] and [[Afro-Russian]] engineer [[Abram Gannibal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rbth.com/politics_and_society/2016/08/12/descendant-of-pushkin-and-the-romanovs-becomes-worlds-youngest-billionaire_620511|title=Descendant of Pushkin and the Romanovs Becomes The World's Youngest Billionaire|website=rbth.com|date=12 August 2016|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409225734/https://www.rbth.com//politics_and_society/2016/08/12/descendant-of-pushkin-and-the-romanovs-becomes-worlds-youngest-billionaire_620511|archive-date=9 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Activities==
==Activities==
The Duchess supports many charitable endeavours in [[Cheshire]] and across the United Kingdom, these include the Alex Moulton Charitable Trust and the Hospice of the Good Shepherd.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Patrons |url=https://moultontrust.org/patrons |website=Alex Moulton Charitable Trust |access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Leah |title=Duchess of Westminster officially opens Hospice of the Good Shepherd's new extension |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/duchess-westminster-officially-opens-hospice-13253649 |access-date=11 February 2022 |work=Cheshire Live |date=30 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=de Lucia |first1=Carmen |title=It's exactly 30 years since Chester's Hospice of the Good Shepherd first opened |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/its-exactly-30-years-chesters-16112370 |access-date=11 February 2022 |work=Cheshire Live |date=11 April 2019}}</ref>
The Duchess supports many charitable endeavours in [[Cheshire]] and across the United Kingdom, these include the Alex Moulton Charitable Trust and the Hospice of the Good Shepherd.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Patrons |url=https://moultontrust.org/patrons |website=Alex Moulton Charitable Trust |access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Leah |title=Duchess of Westminster officially opens Hospice of the Good Shepherd's new extension |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/duchess-westminster-officially-opens-hospice-13253649 |access-date=11 February 2022 |work=Cheshire Live |date=30 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=de Lucia |first1=Carmen |title=It's exactly 30 years since Chester's Hospice of the Good Shepherd first opened |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/its-exactly-30-years-chesters-16112370 |access-date=11 February 2022 |work=Cheshire Live |date=11 April 2019}}</ref>


The Duchess is godmother of [[William, Prince of Wales]], in turn, [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], was godmother of her daughter, [[Lady Edwina Grosvenor|Lady Edwina]], and her son, [[Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster|Hugh]], is godfather of [[Prince George of Wales]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holmes |first1=David |title=Earl is godfather to baby Prince George |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/duke-westminsters-son-privileged-role-6230784 |access-date=10 February 2022 |work=Cheshire Live |date=23 October 2013}}</ref>
The Duchess is godmother of [[William, Prince of Wales]]; in turn, [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], was godmother of her daughter, [[Lady Edwina Grosvenor|Lady Edwina]], and her son, [[Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster|Hugh]], is the godson of [[Charles III]] and godfather to [[Prince George of Wales]] and [[Prince Archie of Sussex]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holmes |first1=David |title=Earl is godfather to baby Prince George |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/duke-westminsters-son-privileged-role-6230784 |access-date=10 February 2022 |work=Cheshire Live |date=23 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/duke-of-westminster-wedding-prince-harry-meghan-william-z9v692srw|title=Harry and Meghan excluded from Duke of Westminster's wedding|work=The Times|first=Roya|last=Nikkhah|date=2 December 2023|access-date=2 December 2023|archive-date=2 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202193927/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/duke-of-westminster-wedding-prince-harry-meghan-william-z9v692srw|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref>


The Duchess owns a vineyard in [[Portofino]] called "La Cappelletta" where she produces ''Vermentino della Cappelletta'', a Ligurian [[Vermentino]].<ref name="Pitorri">{{cite news |last1=Pitorri |first1=Grazia |title=La duchessa di Westminster diventa contadina (a Portofino) |url=https://www.elle.com/it/magazine/women-in-society/news/a168345/duchessa-di-westminster-portofino-vino/ |access-date=15 February 2022 |work=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]] |date=27 March 2017 |language=Italian}}</ref><ref name="Bush">{{cite news |last1=Bush |first1=Bettina |title=A Portofino il vino della duchessa di Westminster |url=https://genova.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/03/14/news/a_portofino_il_vino_della_duchessa_di_westminster-160547284/ |access-date=15 February 2022 |work=[[la Repubblica]] |date=14 March 2017 |language=Italian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A Portofino il vino della Duchessa di Westminster |url=https://www.ansa.it/canale_terraegusto/notizie/vino/2017/03/14/a-portofino-il-vino-della-duchessa-di-westminster_95684537-1435-40bd-b86d-04cbbb81a743.html |access-date=15 February 2022 |work=[[Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata|ANSA]] |date=14 March 2017 |language=Italian}}</ref>
The Duchess owns a vineyard in [[Portofino]] called "La Cappelletta" where she produces ''Vermentino della Cappelletta'', a Ligurian [[Vermentino]].<ref name="Pitorri">{{cite news |last1=Pitorri |first1=Grazia |title=La duchessa di Westminster diventa contadina (a Portofino) |url=https://www.elle.com/it/magazine/women-in-society/news/a168345/duchessa-di-westminster-portofino-vino/ |access-date=15 February 2022 |work=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]] |date=27 March 2017 |language=Italian}}</ref><ref name="Bush">{{cite news |last1=Bush |first1=Bettina |title=A Portofino il vino della duchessa di Westminster |url=https://genova.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/03/14/news/a_portofino_il_vino_della_duchessa_di_westminster-160547284/ |access-date=15 February 2022 |work=[[la Repubblica]] |date=14 March 2017 |language=Italian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A Portofino il vino della Duchessa di Westminster |url=https://www.ansa.it/canale_terraegusto/notizie/vino/2017/03/14/a-portofino-il-vino-della-duchessa-di-westminster_95684537-1435-40bd-b86d-04cbbb81a743.html |access-date=15 February 2022 |work=[[Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata|ANSA]] |date=14 March 2017 |language=Italian}}</ref>


==Marriage and issue==
==Marriage and issue==
Natalia met [[Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster|Gerald Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor]], at a ball at [[Blenheim Palace]] in 1977.{{CN|date=May 2024}} When Natalia's maternal grandmother heard she was being courted by the heir to the dukedom of Westminster, she told her "Don't let him go. Don't let him go, you must come down and bring him to lunch".<ref name="Trevelyan"/>
Natalia met [[Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster|Gerald Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor]], at a ball at [[Blenheim Palace]] in 1977.<ref name="Kiehna">{{cite web |last1=Kiehna |first1=Lauren |title=A Spinel Tiara for an Aristocratic Bride |url=https://www.thecourtjeweller.com/2021/08/a-spinel-tiara-for-an-aristocratic-bride.html |website=The Court Jeweller |date=17 August 2021 |access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref> When Natalia's maternal grandmother heard she was being courted by the heir to the dukedom of Westminster, she told her "Don't let him go. Don't let him go, you must come down and bring him to lunch".<ref name="Trevelyan"/>


They married the next year at [[St Mary's Church, Luton]], near her family seat, [[Luton Hoo]], on 17 October 1978. Natalia wore a gown designed by Sarah Butler and an antique diamond and spinel tiara which Grosvenor had bought for her that had belonged to [[Catherine Bagration|Princess Catherine Bagration]].{{CN|date=May 2024}} Notable guests at the wedding included [[Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester]], [[Prince Michael of Kent|Prince]] and [[Princess Michael of Kent]], and [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Lord Mountbatten]], whose granddaughter, [[India Hicks]], was a bridesmaid.{{CN|date=May 2024}} Upon marriage, Natalia was styled as ''Countess Grosvenor''.
They married the next year at [[St Mary's Church, Luton]], near her family seat, [[Luton Hoo]], on 17 October 1978. Natalia wore a gown designed by Sarah Butler and an antique diamond and spinel tiara which Grosvenor had bought for her that had belonged to [[Catherine Bagration|Princess Catherine Bagration]].<ref name="Kiehna"/> Notable guests at the wedding included [[Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester]], [[Prince Michael of Kent|Prince]] and [[Princess Michael of Kent]], and [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Lord Mountbatten]], whose granddaughter, [[India Hicks]], was a bridesmaid. Upon marriage, Natalia was styled as ''Countess Grosvenor''.


Four months later, Grosvenor's father died and he became the 6th Duke of Westminster, thus making Natalia the [[Duchess of Westminster]]. They have four children and six grandchildren:
Four months later, Grosvenor's father died and he became the 6th Duke of Westminster, thus making Natalia the [[Duchess of Westminster]]. They had four children and six grandchildren:
* Lady Tamara Katherine Grosvenor (born 20 December 1979), married Edward van Cutsem, son of [[Hugh van Cutsem]], on 6 November 2004 at [[Chester Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Royals attend top society wedding |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3987875.stm |access-date=10 February 2022 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=6 November 2004}}</ref> They have three children:
* Lady Tamara Katherine Grosvenor (born 20 December 1979), married Edward van Cutsem, son of [[Hugh van Cutsem]], on 6 November 2004 at [[Chester Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Royals attend top society wedding |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3987875.stm |access-date=10 February 2022 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=6 November 2004}}</ref> They have three children:
** Jake Louis Hannibal van Cutsem (born 21 May 2009)
** Jake Louis Hannibal van Cutsem (born 21 May 2009)
** Louis Hugh Lupus van Cutsem (born 17 April 2012)
** Louis Hugh Lupus van Cutsem (born 17 April 2012)
** Isla van Cutsem (born December 2015)
** Isla van Cutsem (born December 2015)
* [[Lady Edwina Grosvenor|Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor]] (born November 1981), married [[Dan Snow|Daniel Snow]] on 27 November 2010. They have three children:
* [[Lady Edwina Grosvenor|Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor]] (born November 1981), married [[Dan Snow|Daniel Snow]] on 27 November 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flintshirechronicle.co.uk/flintshire-news/local-flintshire-news/2010/12/02/duke-and-duchess-of-westminster-s-daughter-lady-edwina-marriestv-presenter-dan-snow-51352-27751501/ |title=Flintshire |publisher=Flintshirechronicle.co.uk |date=1 January 2012 |access-date=3 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230154123/http://www.flintshirechronicle.co.uk/flintshire-news/local-flintshire-news/2010/12/02/duke-and-duchess-of-westminster-s-daughter-lady-edwina-marriestv-presenter-dan-snow-51352-27751501/ |archive-date=30 December 2010 }}</ref> They have three children:
** Zia Snow (born 13 October 2011)
** Zia Snow (born 13 October 2011)
** Wolf Robert Snow (born 9 September 2014)
** Wolf Robert Snow (born 9 September 2014)
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The Dowager Duchess of Westminster
Born
Natalia Ayesha Phillips

(1959-05-08) 8 May 1959 (age 65)
Spouse
(m. 1978; died 2016)
Children
Parents

Natalia Ayesha Grosvenor, Dowager Duchess of Westminster (née Phillips; born 8 May 1959), is a British aristocrat, philanthropist and winemaker. She is the widow of the 6th Duke of Westminster and mother of the 7th Duke. As of 2024, the Duchess's family, specifically her son, were 11th on the Sunday Times Rich List with a net worth of £10.127 billion.[1]

Early life

Born Natalia Ayesha Phillips, she is the youngest daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Harold "Bunnie" Phillips and Georgina "Gina" Wernher.[2] Her paternal grandparents were Colonel Joseph Phillips and Mary Bryce, daughter of John Pablo Bryce. Her maternal grandparents were Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Bt, and Countess Anastasia de Torby, morganatic daughter of Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia. Tally, as she is known to friends and family, had an older brother, Nicholas (1947–1991), and three older sisters, including Marita Knight and the late Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn.[3] She and her siblings are direct descendants of poet Alexander Pushkin and Afro-Russian engineer Abram Gannibal.[4]

Activities

The Duchess supports many charitable endeavours in Cheshire and across the United Kingdom, these include the Alex Moulton Charitable Trust and the Hospice of the Good Shepherd.[5][6][7]

The Duchess is godmother of William, Prince of Wales; in turn, Diana, Princess of Wales, was godmother of her daughter, Lady Edwina, and her son, Hugh, is the godson of Charles III and godfather to Prince George of Wales and Prince Archie of Sussex.[8][9]

The Duchess owns a vineyard in Portofino called "La Cappelletta" where she produces Vermentino della Cappelletta, a Ligurian Vermentino.[10][11][12]

Marriage and issue

Natalia met Gerald Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, at a ball at Blenheim Palace in 1977.[13] When Natalia's maternal grandmother heard she was being courted by the heir to the dukedom of Westminster, she told her "Don't let him go. Don't let him go, you must come down and bring him to lunch".[3]

They married the next year at St Mary's Church, Luton, near her family seat, Luton Hoo, on 17 October 1978. Natalia wore a gown designed by Sarah Butler and an antique diamond and spinel tiara which Grosvenor had bought for her that had belonged to Princess Catherine Bagration.[13] Notable guests at the wedding included Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, and Lord Mountbatten, whose granddaughter, India Hicks, was a bridesmaid. Upon marriage, Natalia was styled as Countess Grosvenor.

Four months later, Grosvenor's father died and he became the 6th Duke of Westminster, thus making Natalia the Duchess of Westminster. They had four children and six grandchildren:

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ Watts, Robert (19 May 2024). "The Duke of Westminster and the Grosvenor family net worth — Sunday Times Rich List 2024". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b Dewar, Peter Beauclerk (2001). Burke' Landed Gentry of Great Britain: Together with Members of the Titled and non-Titled Contemporary Establishment (19 ed.). Burke's Peerage. ISBN 978-0-9711966-0-5.
  3. ^ a b Trevelyan, Raleigh (1991). Grand Dukes and Diamonds: The Wernhers of Luton Hoo. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 9780436534041.
  4. ^ "Descendant of Pushkin and the Romanovs Becomes The World's Youngest Billionaire". rbth.com. 12 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Our Patrons". Alex Moulton Charitable Trust. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. ^ Jones, Leah (30 June 2017). "Duchess of Westminster officially opens Hospice of the Good Shepherd's new extension". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  7. ^ de Lucia, Carmen (11 April 2019). "It's exactly 30 years since Chester's Hospice of the Good Shepherd first opened". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  8. ^ Holmes, David (23 October 2013). "Earl is godfather to baby Prince George". Cheshire Live. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  9. ^ Nikkhah, Roya (2 December 2023). "Harry and Meghan excluded from Duke of Westminster's wedding". The Times. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  10. ^ Pitorri, Grazia (27 March 2017). "La duchessa di Westminster diventa contadina (a Portofino)". Elle (in Italian). Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  11. ^ Bush, Bettina (14 March 2017). "A Portofino il vino della duchessa di Westminster". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  12. ^ "A Portofino il vino della Duchessa di Westminster". ANSA (in Italian). 14 March 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  13. ^ a b Kiehna, Lauren (17 August 2021). "A Spinel Tiara for an Aristocratic Bride". The Court Jeweller. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Royals attend top society wedding". BBC News. 6 November 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  15. ^ "Flintshire". Flintshirechronicle.co.uk. 1 January 2012. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  16. ^ "Crowds hope to see William at Duke of Westminster's wedding". BBC News. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  17. ^ Bridger-Linning, Stephanie (28 April 2023). "Key Coronation duty for the Duke of Westminster – Prince George's newly-engaged billionaire godfather". Tatler. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
Natalia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster
Born: 8 May 1959
Lines of succession
Preceded by
Cosima Poloniecki
Line of succession to the British throne
descendant of Princess Augusta of Great Britain, granddaughter of George II
Succeeded by