A Belgravia townhouse masterminded by the Duke of Westminster’s ancestor sells for £38 million

Life as the Duchess of Westminster was arduous for Loelia. Bendor Grosvenor was known to be selfish and unkind. A Nazi sympathiser, he was known for anti-Semitic rants and homophobia. Bendoor infamously tried to bring down the Liberal party in 1931 by outing his brother-in-law William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, as gay to the King and Queen. Lygon, disgraced, retreated to the continent and resigned from his public offices. The Duke wrote the former Earl a note upon his exile: ‘Dear…