Sir Robert Grosvenor succeeded his father as Earl Grosvenor in 1802. Educated at Harrow and Cambridge, he became a member of Parliament, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Flint and was a renowned and ethusiastic art collector. In 1831 he was created Marquess of Westminster and was a sword carrier at the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1842. Sir Robert Grosvenor had a vision for a grand developement of Belgravia and Pimlico and directed its progress until his death in 1845. The name 'Belgravia' comes from a Grosvenor title of Viscount Belgravia, which is taken from a village of that name on the family estate in Cheshire. The plinth on which this statue stands is made of limestone quarried at Halkyn in the county of Flint on the land belonging to the family.