Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet

At the 1715 general election, Grosvenor was returned as Member of Parliament for Chester. Also in 1715, he was mayor of the city. In September 1715 he attended a meeting of the Jacobite Cheshire Club, when it decided not to take part in the rebellion. He was elected MP for Chester again in 1722. In 1727 he participated in the coronation of George II. At the 1727 general election, Grosvenor and his brother Thomas, won both of the parliamentary seats for Chester.^[2][3] During the time that Grosvenor was baronet, the estates in London were being developed. Also during this time there is evidence of the first association of the Grosvenor family with horse racing, when Grosvenor's horses ran at Chester and Newmarket in 1720.^[3]

In 1708, Grosvenor married Jane, the daughter of Sir Edward Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham, Somerset. The couple had one daughter, Catherine, who died in 1718. During the following year, Jane Grosvenor died and Grosvenor then married Diana, the only daughter of Sir George Warburton, 3rd Baronet Arley. They had no children.^[3]

Grosvenor died in July 1732 and was buried at Eccleston, Cheshire. He was succeeded by his younger brother, Thomas, who in turn died later the same year.

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  Eaton Hall, seat of the Grosvenor family
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  Coat of arms of the Grosvenor Baronets, of Eaton (1622)
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  St Mary's Church, Eccleston - The enclosure which marks the site of the Grosvenor family vault within the demolished old church
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  St Mary's Church, Eccleston - The tablet in the enclosure marking the site of the Grosvenor family vault within the old church
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  St Mary's Church, Eccleston - The tablet in the new church which lists the Grosvenors buried in the demolished old church