Around 2,000 guests likely to include members of the Royal Family are expected to attend a memorial service for the sixth Duke of Westminster. Billionaire Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, whose property portfolio included Liverpool One1, died in August from a heart attack. His family s ancestral home is Eaton Hall, Eccleston, near Chester and today, Monday November 28, a memorial service will take place at Chester Cathedral from 2pm.
Road closures will be in place as the town braces itself for an influx of mourners. A briefing sent to Cheshire West and Chester councillors reads: It is expected that around 2,000 guests will be attending the ticketed service including family, close friends, estate workers, local, national and international VIPs and representatives of charities the Duke had links with.
It is anticipated that security around the event will be high, particularly on the day. The police are working closely with the Westminster family to ensure that all guests and members of the public remain safe.
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The Duke of Westminster, right, with the Queen and Rod Holmes, director of Grosvenor, at Liverpool One
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The majority of guests will be transported in and out of the city via 40 private coaches. Many guests received invitations to attend. But others were invited to apply for a place in notices which appeared in The Times, The Telegraph and The Chester Chronicle.
Applicants were asked to explain their connection to the late Duke and warned that guests would face background security checks and searches on the day.
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At the end of 2014, they had 5.5bn of development work in the pipeline. The Duke is survived by his wife, the Duchess of Westminster, Natalia Grosvenor; daughters Lady Tamara van Cutsem, Lady Edwina Grosvenor and Lady Viola Grosvenor and his 25-year-old son and heir Hugh Grosvenor, who inherits the title of seventh Duke of Westminster. The sixth Duke was an accomplished soldier who rose to the rank of Major General.
He was a passionate supporter of a vision to create The Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre (DNRC) for wounded soldiers in Leicestershire, which is due to open in 2018.
Donations in the duke s memory will go towards the centre and can be made by visiting: www.thednrc.org.uk2
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- ^ Liverpool One (www.liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- ^ www.thednrc.org.uk (www.thednrc.org.uk)