Hugh Grosvenor: Britain’s most eligible aristocrat

At just 25 years of ago, Hugh Grosvenor has become the custodian of a £9bn fortune. Time will tell how he bears up to the challenge.

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Hugh Grosvenor, seventh Duke of Westminster

Not long ago, Hugh Grosvenor's main professional concern was his job as an account manager at Bio-bean a clean technology firm specialising in recycling waste coffee grounds, says The Sunday Times. Following the death of his father last week, this "unassuming 25-year-old" has now become the seventh Duke of Westminster: custodian of a £9bn fortune which includes 300 acres in Mayfair and Belgravia, and huge estates across the British Isles.

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