Olivia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster

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| birth_name = Olivia Grace Henson

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| birth_place = London, England

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Olivia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster (née Henson; born 1 September 1992), is a British aristocrat. Upon her marriage to the 7th Duke of Westminster in June 2024, she became the tenth Duchess of Westminster.

Early life and family

Olivia Grace Henson was born on 1 September 1992 in London to Rupert Cornelius Brooke Henson, a banker, and Caroline Belinda Frisby, a descendant of Sir Richard Hoare, founder of the bank C. Hoare & Co.{{cite web|url= https://www.tatler.com/article/who-are-the-hensons-olivia-henson-family|title= Who are the Hensons? Meet Olivia Henson's aristocratic family, who have ties to banking empires and the social scene's most sought-after sisters|last=Bickerstaff|first=Isaac|date=7 June 2024|magazine= Tatler|access-date= 7 June 2024|archive-date= 7 June 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240607150106/https://www.tatler.com/article/who-are-the-hensons-olivia-henson-family|url-status= live}} Her maternal great-great-grandmother was Lady Geraldine Mariana Hoare (née Hervey, 1869-1955), the daughter of Lord Augustus Hervey and a great-granddaughter of the 5th Duke of Rutland.{{cite news |last=Wills |first=Kate |title=The woman who won the heart of the most eligible bachelor in England |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/05/13/duke-of-westminster-fiancee-what-we-know-olivia-henson/ |access-date=17 May 2024 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=13 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517102629/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/05/13/duke-of-westminster-fiancee-what-we-know-olivia-henson/|archive-date=17 May 2024 |url-status=live|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news|last=Ward|first=Victoria |title=Duke of Westminster's Marquess title safe thanks to bride's distant relative|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/06/06/duke-westminster-marquess-title-safe-olivia-henson-relation/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608000232/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/06/06/duke-westminster-marquess-title-safe-olivia-henson-relation/|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=6 June 2024|access-date=9 June 2024|archive-date=8 June 2024|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}{{cite book |last=Burke |first=B. |title=Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry |date=1965 |publisher=Burke's Peerage |page=390 |isbn=978-0-85011-006-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FGZmAAAAMAAJ&q=marquess+Bristol+hervey+angela+Burkes |access-date=4 November 2023}} Henson's great-granduncle Henry Peregrine Hoare's (1901–1981) first wife, Anne, Lady Ebury, was the mother of Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton, the heir presumptive to Henson's husband's subsidiary title, Marquess of Westminster.{{cite news |last=Ward |first=Victoria |title=Duke of Westminster's Marquess title safe thanks to bride's distant relative |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/06/06/duke-westminster-marquess-title-safe-olivia-henson-relation/ |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=7 June 2024 |date=6 June 2024 |archive-date=6 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606230123/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/06/06/duke-westminster-marquess-title-safe-olivia-henson-relation/ |url-status=live }}

Education and career

Henson attended Dragon School, a private school in Oxford, before attending Marlborough College, a boarding school in Wiltshire, alongside Princess Eugenie.{{cite magazine |last=Bridger-Linning |first=Stephanie |title=The Duke of Westminster, Prince George's billionaire godfather, reveals his wedding date and location |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/the-duke-of-westminster-prince-georges-billionaire-godfather-and-britains-most-eligible-bachelor-is-engaged |access-date=30 September 2023 |magazine=Tatler |date=29 June 2023 |archive-date=22 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022025958/https://www.tatler.com/article/the-duke-of-westminster-prince-georges-billionaire-godfather-and-britains-most-eligible-bachelor-is-engaged |url-status=live }} She graduated from Trinity College, Dublin (TCD), with a degree in Hispanic Studies and Italian.{{cite news |last=Wills |first=Kate |title=The woman who won the heart of the most eligible bachelor in England |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/05/13/duke-of-westminster-fiancee-what-we-know-olivia-henson/ |access-date=17 May 2024 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=13 May 2024 |archive-date=17 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517102629/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/05/13/duke-of-westminster-fiancee-what-we-know-olivia-henson/|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}} Henson works in the sustainable food and drinks industry. Since 2019, she has been working at Belazu, a London-based ethical food production company, and has previously worked for firms such as the pressed juices company Daily Dose.{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/britains-most-eligible-bachelor-is-now-off-the-market-duke-of-westminster-to-wed-girlfriend-olivia-henson-13147243|title=Duke of Westminster: Royals attend wedding of 'Britain's most eligible bachelor' - who was there (and who wasn't)?|work=Sky News|date=7 June 2024|access-date=7 June 2024|archive-date=7 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607093759/https://news.sky.com/story/britains-most-eligible-bachelor-is-now-off-the-market-duke-of-westminster-to-wed-girlfriend-olivia-henson-13147243|url-status=live}}

Personal life

In April 2023, Henson's engagement to the 7th Duke of Westminster was announced.{{cite news |last=Bannerman |first=Lucy |title=Duke of Westminster: Prince George's godfather announces his engagement |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/duke-of-westminster-prince-georges-godfather-announces-his-engagement-88hfs63tc |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=The Times |date=23 April 2023 |archive-date=22 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022025957/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/duke-of-westminster-prince-georges-godfather-announces-his-engagement-88hfs63tc |url-status=live}} The duke had proposed on the Eaton Estate, his family

estate, after nearly two years of being in a relationship with Henson.{{cite news |last=McTaggart|first=India |title=Who is Olivia Henson – the new Duchess of Westminster? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/06/07/olivia-henson-duke-of-westminster-wedding-hugh-grosvenor/|access-date=8 June 2024 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=7 June 2024 |archive-date=7 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607185446/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/06/07/olivia-henson-duke-of-westminster-wedding-hugh-grosvenor/|url-status=live}} The Duke is close to the British royal family; he is the godson of King Charles III and godfather to Prince George of Wales and Prince Archie of Sussex.

The couple married at Chester Cathedral on 7 June 2024.{{Cite news |title=William among guests at Duke of Westminster's wedding |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ggpwx27ydo |date=7 June 2024 |access-date=7 June 2024 |work=BBC News |first1=Rumeana |last1=Jahangir |first2=Chris |last2=Long |archive-date=7 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607134706/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ggpwx27ydo |url-status=live}} Henson wore the 1906 Grosvenor diamond tiara by Fabergé for the ceremony. The embroidery design on her bridal gown incorporated floral motifs and edgings from the circa 1880 veil worn by her great-great-grandmother Lady Geraldine Mariana Hervey upon her marriage in 1898.{{cite magazine|last=Hargreaves |first=E. |title=Everything you need to know about Emma Victoria Payne: the society wedding designer behind Olivia Henson's dress as she marries the Duke of Westminster |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/olivia-henson-wedding-dress-emma-victoria-payne-the-society-wedding-designer-behind-olivia-hensons-dress-as-she-marries-the-duke-of-westminster |magazine=Tatler |access-date=8 June 2024 |date=7 June 2024|archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608033526/https://www.tatler.com/article/olivia-henson-wedding-dress-emma-victoria-payne-the-society-wedding-designer-behind-olivia-hensons-dress-as-she-marries-the-duke-of-westminster |url-status=live}}{{cite book|last=Burke|first=Sir Bernard |title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of ... |date=1921 |page=898 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2v8-AQAAMAAJ&dq=burke%27s+peerage+Lady+Geraldine+Mariana+Hervey+hoare&pg=PA898|access-date=8 June 2024}} The Prince of Wales served as an usher during their wedding. Guests included Princess Eugenie and Leonora, Countess of Lichfield. The service was officiated by the Dean of Chester, while the sermon was delivered by the Bishop of Chester.{{cite news|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Valeriya|last=Safronova|title=England's social event of the year: The Duke of Westminster's wedding|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/fashion/weddings/duke-of-westminster-wedding.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610193813/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/fashion/weddings/duke-of-westminster-wedding.html|date=7 June 2024|access-date=12 June 2024|archive-date=10 June 2024|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}{{cite magazine|magazine=Tatler |first=Dora|last=Davies-Evitt|title=Inside the Westminster wedding: Hugh Grosvenor and Olivia Henson's ceremony was the most exclusive event of the summer, and Tatler scored a front row seat|url=https://www.tatler.com/article/inside-the-westminster-wedding|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609082905/https://www.tatler.com/article/inside-the-westminster-wedding|date=7 June 2024|access-date=12 June 2024|archive-date=9 June 2024|url-status=live}} As the couple left the cathedral heading towards an awaiting car, disruption was caused by two members of Just Stop Oil.{{cite news |title=Paint sprayed in air outside duke's wedding |work=BBC News|first=Chris|last=Long |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd11k50vy95o|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608011638/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd11k50vy95o|date=7 June 2024|access-date=8 June 2024|archive-date=8 June 2024|url-status=live}}

In March 2025, the couple announced they were expecting their first child.{{Cite news |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |title='Delighted' Duke and Duchess of Westminster expecting their first baby |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/12/duke-duchess-westminster-expecting-baby-royal-family/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250313072909/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/12/duke-duchess-westminster-expecting-baby-royal-family/|date=12 March 2025|access-date=12 March 2025|archive-date=13 March 2025|url-access=subscription|url-status=live}}