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Eaton Square

Posted by Karen

on 14/6/2024, 22:17:06, in reply to "Re: Duchess of Westminster"

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I was interested in this description of the wedding for one minor detail and in a roundabout way: the mention of the Westminster country estate being "Eaton Hall". Do you happen to know if the Grosvenor family also attached this name ("Eaton") to any of their London property holdings during the 18th or 19th centuries? I ask because my paternal ancestors had a townhome at an address that bore the name "Eaton Square" in the early 19th century, but of course the name may all be coincidental, and the Grosvenors seem to have attached their identity in other areas of the city (Mayfair - at Grosvenor Square, etc.) whereas the address I'm thinking of is in Belgravia.

Developed by the Grosvenor family after the Napoleonic Wars, Eaton Square is one of three squares that emerged following the conversion of Buckingham House into a palace for King George IV. The square takes its name from Eaton Hall in Cheshire, the country home of the Duke of Westminster.

https://www.the-luxuryreport.com/eaton-square-londons-luxurious-address/#:~:text=Developed%20by%20the%20Grosvenor%20family,of%20the%20Duke%20of%20Westminster.

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