2ND MARCHIONESS OF WESTMINSTER
Elizabeth was the second and youngest daughter of George Granville Leveson-Gower (1758-1833), 1st Duke of Sutherland and Elizabeth Gordon (1765-1839), the Countess of Sutherland. She was born at Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland. On 16 September 1819 she married Richard Grosvenor (1795-1869), Viscount Belgrave. Elizabeth and Richard were the parents of four sons and nine daughters. Upon the death of her husband Richard's father, the 1st Marquis of Westminster on 17 February 1845, he and Elizabeth assumed the titles of Marquess & Marchioness of Westminster. After Richard's death and after her youngest daughter Theodora's marriage in 1877 to Thomas Merthyr Guest (1838-1904) she primarily resided with them, dying in their home Inwood House on Yenston Road in Henstridge, Templecombe, Somerset, England where she had her own suite of rooms.

In 1879, Lady Westminster's "Diary of a Tour in Sweden, Norway and Russia in 1827" was published, edited by Mr. Edward Walford, Scholar of Balliol and M. A. of Oxford University.

FUNERAL OF THE MARCHIONESS OF WESTMINSTER:
The funeral of the late Marchioness of Westminster took place on Tuesday afternoon at Motcombe, Dorsetshire on the 17th of November 1891, the deceased lady having expressly wished to be buried there among her relatives, although the late Marquis who died in 1869, was interred in Cheshire. The funeral was attended by nearly 1,000 persons. The coffin was brought from Inwood, the seat of her son-in-law, Mr. T. M. Guest, during the morning, and was deposited at Motcombe House for a short time. Precisely at one o'clock the procession started for the church. It was headed by the Mayor and Corporation of Shaftesbury, preceded by the mace bearers, after whom the tenantry on the Motcombe and other Dorset estates, and the Shaftesbury tenantry. The coffin was carried to the church on a wheeled bier, and was covered three deep with wreaths. All the neighbouring clergy were present. The procession was met at the gates of the Motcombe churchyard by Canon Smith, the rector of the parish, who conducted the funeral service. Muffled peals were rung before and after the funeral. One hymn was sung in the porch, and another at the graveside, both being favorites of the late Marchioness. The grave was an ordinary brick one, and was lined with moss and wreaths of chrysanthemums. The breastplate bore the inscription, "Elizabeth Mary, Marchioness of Westminster, born Nov. 8th, 1797, died Nov. 11th, 1891, aged 94." The Queen telegraphed her condolence with the family. During the morning the shops in Shaftesbury and Gillingham were closed.