Lady Edwina Grosvenor

Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor (born 4 November 1981) is an English philanthropist and prison reformer. She is a founder and a trustee of the charity The Clink, and founder of the charity One Small Thing. She is the sister of Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster; the Duke and his family are estimated to be worth £10.1 billion (US$13 billion), according to the Sunday Times Rich List in May 2019.[1]

Lady Edwina Grosvenor
BornEdwina Louise Grosvenor
(1981-11-04) 4 November 1981
Noble familyGrosvenor
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2010)​
Issue
  • Zia Snow
  • Wolf Robert Snow
  • Orla Snow
FatherGerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
MotherNatalia Phillips
OccupationPhilanthropist, prison reformer

Early life and education

Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor was born at Eaton Hall, Cheshire on 4 November 1981.[2][3] She is the daughter of the 6th Duke of Westminster and Natalia Ayesha Phillips.[4] Through her mother, she is descended from the Romanov imperial family of Russia and the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin, as well as from the latter's great-grandfather – African tribal chief turned Russian nobleman Abram Petrovich Hannibal.[5] Grosvenor's godmother was Diana, Princess of Wales.[6] She went to a co-educational school in the Wirral.[2][7] At the age of 12 she was taken to a Liverpool rehabilitation centre, where she was introduced to heroin addicts and became interested in helping society's unseen people.[8] She spent her gap year working in a prison in Kathmandu before studying criminology at Northumbria University.[2] In Nepal she worked to help innocent children get out of prison.[9] She studied criminal behaviour at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia.[10] In 2007 she became a research assistant for the Bishop of Liverpool.[2][11]

Career

Grosvenor commissioned research by the Corston Coalition into the needs of women offenders.[12][11][13] She spent a year as a support worker for the HM Prison Styal, and sits on the Advisory Board for Female Offenders.[12][14] In 2009 Grosvenor was a founder of The Clink, a British charity that identifies the training and support needed for prisoners to find jobs following release.[15] The Clink restaurant, a fine-dining training restaurant, opened in HM Prison High Down in 2009.[7] She became a trustee of the charity in 2011, and today serves as a Clink ambassador.[16] She presented the BBC Radio 4 Charity Appeal for the Prisoners' Advice Service in 2014.[17][18]

Grosvenor founded One Small Thing, a charity that seeks to understand the trauma within the prison system[11] and to raise awareness of how compassion and respect can prevent women from reoffending.[19] One Small Things trains prison staff about trauma, helps them change their behaviour to protect women inmates, and develops trauma services within prisons. In 2017 One Small Thing collaborated with the Rumi Foundation to research women's prisons around the country.[19] Grosvenor is a trustee of the Centre for Mental Health, and has established trauma informed mental health workshops in women's prisons.[10][20] One Small Thing were awarded the Howard League for Penal Reform Criminal Justice Champion award in 2018.[21]

In July 2018 Grosvenor was awarded an honorary fellowship of Liverpool John Moores University for her contribution to public life.[22] Grosvenor hosts the podcast Justice, where she discusses the environment of UK prisons.[23]

Personal life

Grosvenor married British television presenter Dan Snow on 27 November 2010 at Bishop's Lodge in Woolton, Liverpool in an Anglican ceremony performed by James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool. They have three children: .[24]

  • Zia Snow (b. 13 October 2011)
  • Wolf Robert Snow (b. 9 September 2014)
  • Orla Snow (b. December 2015)

References
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  2. Levin, Angela (2013-10-01). "Lady Edwina Grosvenor: 'I see my wealth as a gift that I should put to good use'". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
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  4. "Lady Edwina Grosvenor – Latest news, opinion, advice, pictures, video – Cheshire Live". cheshire-live.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  5. "Descendant Of Pushkin And The Romanovs Becomes World's Youngest Billionaire". rbth.com. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/61406.stm
  7. "Lady Edwina Grosvenor inspires sixth formers at former school | Ellesmere College | A 7–18 Co-educational School – Shropshire & North Wales School/College". ellesmere.com. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  8. "The Duke's daughter: I went into my first prison at 18. It's been a love affair ever since". The Times. 2013-05-20. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  9. "Year Here – Lady Edwina Grosvenor". Year Here. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  10. "Lady Edwina Grosvenor | Centre for Mental Health". centreformentalhealth.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  11. "Edwina Grosvenor". One Small Thing. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  12. James, Erwin (2012-09-25). "Edwina Grosvenor: the lady who can't leave jail". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  13. House of Commons Justice Committee (2013). Women offenders : after the Corston Report : second report of session 2013–14. Stationery Office. ISBN 9780215060075. OCLC 857281085.
  15. "The History Of The Clink". The Clink Charity. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  16. "The Clink Charity appoints new Clink Trustees & Ambassador". Custard Communications. 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  17. "BBC Radio 4 – Radio 4 Appeal, Prisoners' Advice Service". BBC. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  18. "Prisoners' Advice Service". Prisoners’ Advice Service. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  19. "Prisons reform with Lady Edwina Grosvenor". The Rumi Foundation. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  20. Donovan, Maria. "Conference visit – "Best Practice in Mental Health" | Unlocked". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  21. "The Howard League | 2018 Community Awards Winners". The Howard League. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  22. "LJMU announces Honorary Fellowships for July Graduation". ljmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  23. "JUSTICE • A podcast on Anchor". Anchor. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  24. https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainment/highbrow-heart-throb-dan-snow-honoured-for-services-to-history/
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