In 1891 Violet Mary Nelson Duchess Westminster was born to William Nelson 1st Baronet [aged 39].
On 22nd December 1899 Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1st Duke Westminster [aged 74] died. His grandson [her future husband] Hugh [aged 20] succeeded 2nd Duke Westminster, 4th Marquess Westminster, 5th Earl Grosvenor, 11th Baronet Grosvenor of Eaton in Cheshire. Monument in Grosvenor Chapel, St Mary's Church, Eccleston [Map] sculpted by Leon Joseph Chavalliaud [aged 41].
On 16th February 1901 [her future husband] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 21] and Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Duchess Westminster.
On 20th April 1914 George Rowley and Violet Mary Nelson Duchess Westminster [aged 23] were married.
Around 1915 [her son] Michael Richard Bernard Rowley was born to [her husband] George Rowley and Violet Mary Nelson Duchess Westminster [aged 24]. He married 11th February 1939 Sibell Lygon, daughter of William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp and Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor Countess Beauchamp.
On 19th December 1919 Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 40] and Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster [aged 42] were divorced on the grounds of his desertion and misconduct, with the decree being made absolute 19 December 1919. The alimony settlement of £13,000 a year he made upon her, which she declined, was then the largest in British legal history.
"The duchess of Westminster has been granted a divorce from Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, second duke of Westminster, on the grounds of desertion and misconduct. Counsel for the duke said a simple dental to the charges had been entered original1y, but that upon trial the case had not been contested, The duchess of Westminster formerly was Constance Edwina, daughter of Col. Willlam Cornwallis-West, She and her husband signed na separation agreement in 1914, They were married in 1901 and have two children. The duke of Westminster served in Egypt in 1915 and won the D.S.O. for bravery. The duchess is one of the most beautiful women in the British isles, The duke is England's richest landlord and the world's most ardent and possibly most expert polo player. He owns 600 acres In the heart of London, Grosvenor House gallery, founded in 1770, and 30,000 acres of rich land in Cheshire.
On 14th January 1920, just over three weeks after her divorce from [her future husband] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 40], John Fitzpatrick Lewis and Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster [aged 42] were married.
Around May 1920 George Rowley and Violet Mary Nelson Duchess Westminster [aged 29] were divorced.
On 26th November 1920 Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 41] and Violet Mary Nelson Duchess Westminster [aged 29] were married.
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On 7th July 1921 or 1922 [her father] William Nelson 1st Baronet [aged 69] died. His son [her brother] James [aged 38] succeeded 2nd Baronet Nelson of Acton Park.
On 23rd July 1924 William Patrick Filmer-Sankey [aged 24] and [her step-daughter] Ursula Mary Grosvenor [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 45] and Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster [aged 47].
In 1926 Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 46] and Violet Mary Nelson Duchess Westminster [aged 35] were divorced.
On 20th February 1930 [her former husband] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 50] and Loelia Mary Ponsonby Duchess Westminster [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Duchess Westminster. His third marriage; her first. Winston Churchill [aged 55] was best man. They were married until 1947 when the marriage was dissolved. No issue. The difference in their ages was 22 years. They were fourth cousin once removed.
On 26th July 1936 [her former sister-in-law] Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor Countess Beauchamp [aged 59] died estranged from all her children except her youngest Richard Edward Lygon [aged 19].
On 11th February 1939 [her son] Michael Richard Bernard Rowley [aged 24] and [her daughter-in-law] Sibell Lygon [aged 31] were married bigamously. She the daughter of William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp and [her former sister-in-law] Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor Countess Beauchamp.
On 5th October 1940 Major Stephen Hardy Vernon [aged 29] and [her former step-daughter] Ursula Mary Grosvenor [aged 38] were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. She the daughter of [her former husband] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 61] and Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster [aged 63].
On 7th February 1947 [her former husband] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 67] and Anne Winifred Sullivan Marchioness Westminster [aged 31] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Westminster. The difference in their ages was 36 years.
On 19th September 1952 [her son] Michael Richard Bernard Rowley [aged 37] died.
On 19th July 1953 [her former husband] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster [aged 74] died. His first cousin William [aged 58] succeeded 3rd Duke Westminster, 5th Marquess Westminster, 6th Earl Grosvenor, 12th Baronet Grosvenor of Eaton in Cheshire.
In 1983 Violet Mary Nelson Duchess Westminster [aged 92] died.