Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton

Francis Egerton Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton (born 8 February 1934) is a British aristocrat, financier, and academic. He is the eldest son of Robert Egerton Grosvenor, 5th Baron Ebury, and his first wife, Anne Acland-Troyte. He succeeded his father as 6th Baron Ebury in 1957, and his fourth cousin, Seymour William Arthur John Egerton, 7th Earl of Wilton, to the earldom in 1999.

The Right Honourable The Earl of Wilton
Earl of Wilton
Incumbent
Assumed office 1999
Preceded by	Seymour Egerton
Baron Ebury
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 1957
Preceded by	Robert Grosvenor
Personal details
Born	Francis Egerton Grosvenor 8 February 1934
Spouse(s)	Gilian Soames ​ ​ (m. 1957; div. 1962)​ Kyra Aslin ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1973)​ Suzanne Suckling ​ ​ (m. 1974; died 2018)​
Children	Julian Grosvenor, Viscount Grey of Wilton Lady Georgina Mitev
Parents	Robert Grosvenor, 5th Baron Ebury Anne Acland-Troyte
Alma mater	Melbourne University

Career

Following a career in the financial services industry in London, Melbourne and Hong Kong, he attained a doctorate in Philosophy-Arts at Melbourne University, going on to teach there as 'Dr Francis Ebury'. The Earl is a member of the Board of Directors of Victorian Opera (Melbourne).

Personal life

He married firstly, on 10 December 1957 (marriage dissolved 1962), Gilian Elfrida Astley Elfin Soames, with issue:

• Julian Francis Martin Grosvenor, Viscount Grey of Wilton (born 8 June 1959), married in 1987 (marriage dissolved by divorce 1990) Danielle Rossi.

He married secondly, on 8 March 1963 (marriage dissolved 1973), Kyra Aslin.

He married thirdly, in 1974, Suzanne Jean Suckling (4 August 1943 - 12 April 2018), with issue:

• Lady Georgina Lucy Grosvenor (29 March 1973 — 16 August 2003), a noted violist, married in 2000 to Peter Mitev.

As "Sue Ebury", his third wife was a biographer (The Many Lives of Kenneth Myer; Weary the Life of Sir Edward Dunlop, Weary: King Of The River), editor and publisher; member of the Development Council of the National Library of Australia, and Patron of the Australian Garden History Society.

Styles

• The Hon Francis Grosvenor (1934–1957)
• The Rt Hon The Lord Ebury (1957–1999)
• The Rt Hon The Earl of Wilton (1999–present)

References

• , Dr Francis Ebury, University of Melbourne: Publications
• , The Peerage
• , Cracrofts Peerage

External links

• The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage: With Sketches of the Family Histories of the Nobility Saunders and Otley, 1838