Major John Richard Groves (died 1859) was the first Crown Equerry in the Royal Household, appointed in 1854.
Major Groves held the concurrent office of Superintendent of the Royal Mews.
Groves was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and purchased a second lieutenancy in the Rifle Brigade in 1825.
In 1853, having left the Regular Army, he was commissioned major in the Essex Rifles.
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