The new international encyclopaedia . s of (1825-99). An English nobleman. Hewas born in London and was the son of Rich-ard, second Marquis of Westminster. He waseducated at Eton and at Balliol College,Oxford; was member of Parlianient for Ches-ter from 1847 to 1868; succeeded to the^larquisate in 1869: was created Duke inIs74. and held several high official positions, in-cluding that of Lord Lieutenant of the County ofLondon in 1888. His vast landed estates won forhim the reputation <if thf wealthiest of Englishnobles. He was an aftive and ste;idfast sup-porter of Gladstone
The new international encyclopaedia . s of (1825-99). An English nobleman. Hewas born in London and was the son of Rich-ard, second Marquis of Westminster. He waseducated at Eton and at Balliol College,Oxford; was member of Parlianient for Ches-ter from 1847 to 1868; succeeded to the^larquisate in 1869: was created Duke inIs74. and held several high official positions, in-cluding that of Lord Lieutenant of the County ofLondon in 1888. His vast landed estates won forhim the reputation <if thf wealthiest of Englishnobles. He was an aftive and ste;idfast sup-porter of Gladstone during that statesmanserusa<le against the Tiirkish atrocities in Mul-garia. He was succeeded by his gramlson. HughRichard Arthur Grosvenor (1879—), the secondDuke of Westminster. WESTMINSTER, Provisions of. In Eng-li-li lii^tiiiy. a uuTuber of ordinances enacted inOctober. 1259. supplementary to the well-knownProvisions of Oxford () and intended to meetthe special grievances of the barons. See Eng-land; , Simon WESTMINSTER ABBEY FROM A PHOTOGRAPH WESTMINSTER ABBEY. 441 WESTMINSTEB PALACE. WESTMINSTER ABBEY. One of the prin-cipal clmnliis, iuiil, ill n peculiar sense, the na-tional sanctuary, of Knyhincl. It was oritjinallythe alilicy cliiircli of a iiioiLastory founilcd in therei^n of l\inf, Ollar of Mercia, and rcor^^anizidl>y Dnnstan in i)71. The lirst church is tohave hcen huilt hy iKing Schert of ICssex (dlO)on Thorney isle, in the Thames. Tiie foundationdid not, however, achieve importance until thereign of Edward the Confessor, who had a pal-ace at Westminster, and in built a oiiurchon the present site, <lc(licated to Saint Peter,whence the present ollicial name of WestminsterAl)bey, the (Collegiate (liure)i of Saint Ieter. Inthe later thirteenth century Henry III. under-took the reconstruction of tlie ehurcli, wliich wasconsecrated in 12(19. and tlu work was continuedhy his successors, the nave not having been com-pleted unti
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