Lord Hugh Grosvenor

Captain Lord Hugh William Grosvenor (6 April 1884 – 30 October 1914) was a British Army officer, aristocrat, and polo player.

[4] Grosvenor was the commander of C Squadron, 1st Life Guards, and was killed in action, aged thirty, during World War I.

[6] The 1st Life Guard's war diary noted the action at Zandvoorde -[7] Zandvoorde-Oct 30 6am Heavy bombardment of position opened.

Regiment retired in good order about 10.00am except C Squadron on the left flank from which only about ten men got back.

The Times reported a comrade stating that Lord Hugh was wounded and his horse killed following a 'gallant charge to draw the fire of the German field batteries'.

They had two sons who each inherited the dukedom:[10] He was one of a number of British polo players who died in World War I.

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