Ursula's descendants by her first husband are the sole descendants of the 2nd Duke. They reside in the UK, Australia and Sweden. Edward George Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (1904–1909), who died aged 4, after an operation for appendicitis. Lady Mary Constance Grosvenor (27 June 1910 – 2000). His second marriage was held on 26 November 1920, when the Duke became the second husband of Violet Mary Nelson (1891–1983). They had no children together and were divorced in 1926. His third wife was Loelia Mary Ponsonby (1902–1993), who he married on 20 February 1930. The couple were unable to have children and divorced in 1947 after several years of separation. His fourth wife was Anne (Nancy) Winifred Sullivan (1915–2003), who he married on 7 February 1947. They had no children, and she outlived him by fifty years. Apart from his four marriages, the Duke also had multiple love affairs and was known to make lavish, spectacular presents to his lover of the moment. After his dalliance with Coco Chanel, he was fascinated by the Brazilian Aimée de Heeren, who was not interested in marrying him, but to whom he gave significant jewellery, once part of the French Crown Jewels. Death and succession The Duke died of coronary thrombosis at Loch More Lodge on his Scottish estate in Sutherland in 1953, aged 74, and was buried in the churchyard of Eccleston Church near Eaton Hall, Cheshire. His large estate attracted then-record death duties of £18m, which took between July 1953 and August 1964 to pay off to the Inland Revenue. He left two daughters. His titles and the entailed Westminster estate passed to his cousin, William Grosvenor, and thence to the two sons of his youngest half-uncle Lord Hugh Grosvenor (killed in action in 1914). The title is now held by Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster. Ancestry Notes References Burke's Peerage & Baronetage (Various editions) Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage (Various editions) Leslie Field: "Bendor – The Golden Duke of Westminster" (1983) External links 2nd Duke of Westminster Photograph of the 2nd Duke in the First World War, from the FirstWorldWar.com website. Retrieved 4 May 2008. 1879 births 1953 deaths Burials in Cheshire 2 People from Cheshire Queen's Westminsters officers Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order British Army personnel of the Second Boer War British Army personnel of World War I Companions of the Distinguished Service Order British motorboat racers