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Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, GCB, PC (12 October 1773 – 8 January 1846), styled Lord Granville Leveson-Gower from 1786 to 1815 and The Viscount Granville from 1815 to 1833, was a British Whig statesman and diplomat from the Leveson-Gower family.
He was the younger half-brother of George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, and the uncle of Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere. He was also a great-great-nephew of the aforementioned Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville.
Earl Granville (Granville George Leveson Gower), 1815-1891. By Tony Little. Type: Biography. For more than thirty years, at the height of its strength in the country, Lord Granville led the Victorian Liberal Party in the House of Lords, where it was in a perpetual minority. His diplomatic skills contributed significantly to its legislative ...
The imposing portrait Lord Granville Leveson-Gower, later 1st Earl Granville displays Sir Thomas Lawrence’s mastery of design and handling of paint.
Biography. Diplomat and MP for Lichfield and Staffordshire, rising to the House of Lords in 1815; son of Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford (q.v.). Married Lady Henrietta (Harriet) Elizabeth Cavendish in 1809.
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, KG PC (4 August 1721 – 26 October 1803), known as Viscount Trentham from 1746 to 1754 and as The Earl Gower from 1754 to 1786, was a British politician from the Leveson-Gower family.
Lord Granville Leveson-Gower, diplomatist, was born on 12 October 1773. He was third and youngest son of Granville, first marquis of Stafford by his third wife, Lady Susannah Stewart, second daughter of Alexander, sixth earl of Galloway.
