Ducal Connections

Here is a tale of two dukes who both sat, consecutively, in the House of Commons; then the House of Lords.

Between 1955 and 1964, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Grosvenor, DSO, TD, JP, DL, MP, was the Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. In 1967, Colonel Grosvenor succeeded to the dukedom of Westminster.

In 1964, Colonel Grosvenor was succeeded as Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone by James (Marquess of) Hamilton, MP. Lord Hamilton remained as MP for the constituency until 1970; and subsequently succeeded to the dukedom of Abercorn in 1979.