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GORING, SIR HARRY DENT, BART., eldest son of Sir Charles Forster Goring, Bart., and Bridget, dau. of Henry Dent, Canterbury, Kent; b. 30 Dec 1802; adm. 29 Jan 1816 (Du Brieux's); Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Nov 1820; BA 1824; MA 1829; MP (Whig) Shoreham 1832-41; succ. father as 10th baronet 26 Mar 1844; High Sheriff Anglesey 1848; m. 1st, 2 Aug 1827 Augusta, dau. of John Harvey, Thorpe Lodge, Norwich; m. 2nd, 11 May 1842 Mary Elizabeth, widow of Jones Panton, Plas Gwyn, Anglesey, and dau. of John Griffith Lewis, Llanddyfnan, Anglesey; d. at Paris 19 Apr 1859.

GOWER, HON. BAPTIST LEVESON, brother of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) May 1717; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 22 Apr 1720; MP Newcastle under Lyme 1727-61; a Commissioner of Trade and Foreign Plantations 7 May 1745 – Nov 1746 (or Jun 1749 : check); d. unm. 4 Mar 1782.

GOWER, GEORGE GRANVILLE LEVESON, 1ST DUKE OF SUTHERLAND, eldest son of Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Marquis of Stafford (qv), and his first wife; b. 9 Jan 1758; styled Viscount Trentham 1758-86, Earl Gower 1786-1803; adm. 5 Dec 1767; left 1774; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 May 1775; MA 1777; MP Newcastle under Lyme 26 Jan 1779-84, Staffordshire 15 May 1787 – 25 Feb 1799; travelling in Norther Europe 1781, Italy 1786-7; Privy Councillor 28 May 1790; Ambassador to Paris 11 Jun 1790 – Sep 1792; summoned to House of Lords as Baron Gower 25 Feb 1799; Joint Postmaster-General 27 Feb 1799 – Mar 1801; succ. father as 2nd Marquis of Stafford 26 Oct 1803; one of the leaders in the attack on the Addington administration 1804; he and his family had been consistent supporters of Pitt, but after Pitt’s death he generally acted with the Whigs; KG 22 Mar 1806; a supporter of Roman Catholic Emancipation and of the Reform Bill of 1832; cr. Duke of Sutherland 14 Jan 1833; possessed great wealth and extensive landed estates; between 1812 and 1832 he had 450 miles of roads and 134 bridges built on his estates in Sutherlandshire, brought to him by marriage in 1786; inherited estates of his uncle, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, 1803; purchased Stafford House, London 1827; Lord Lieut. Sutherlandshire 1794-1831, also Staffordshire 21 Oct 1799 – 6 Jun 1801 (DL Staffordshire 1786); member, Society of Dilettanti 1815; m. 4 Sep 1785 Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland (S), only child and heiress of William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland (S); d. 19 Jul 1833. DNB.

GOWER, GRANVILLE LEVESON, 1ST MARQUIS OF STAFFORD, third son of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv), and his first wife; b. 4 Aug 1721; adm. Sep 1731; KS 1736; left 1740; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Apr 1740; MP Bishops Castle 6 Dec 1744-7, Westminster 1747-54, Lichfield 15 Apr – 25 Dec 1754; a Lord of the Admiralty 18 Nov 1749 – Jun 1751; styled Viscount Trentham 1746-54; succ. father as 2nd Earl Gower 25 Dec 1754; Lord Lieut., Staffordshire 22 Jan 1755 – Oct 1799; Lord Privy Seal 22 Nov 1755 – Jun 1757; Privy Councillor 22 Dec 1755; Master of the Horse 1 Jul 1757 – Nov 1760; Master of the Great Wardrobe 27 Nov 1760 – Apr 1763; Lord Chamberlain Apr 1763 – Jul 1765; Lord President of the Council 23 Dec 1767 – Nov 1779, 19 Dec 1783 – Nov 1784; KG 11 Feb 1771; Lord Privy Seal 24 Nov 1784 – Jul 1794; cr. Marquis of Stafford 1 Mar 1786; FSA 29 Apr 1784; a Busby Trustee from 27 Mar 1770; m. 1st, 23 Dec 1744 Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Fazakerly, Prescot, Lancs.; m. 2nd, 28 Mar 1748 Lady Louisa Egerton, eldest dau. of Scroope Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater; m. 3rd, 25 May 1768 Lady Susannah Stewart, second dau. of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway (S); d. 26 Oct 1803. DNB.

GOWER, HON. RICHARD LEVESON, fourth son of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv), and his first wife; b. 30 Apr 1726; adm. Sep 1735 (Edwards'); KS (Capt. ) 1739; Capt. of the School 1743; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1744, matr. 28 May 1744, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1744 – void 30 Jun 1750; MP Lichfield from 1747; joint Secretary with Edward Wortley Montagu (qv) to Plenipotentiaries at Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle 1748; Under-Secretary of State 1749-51; d. unm. 19 Oct 1753.

GRAHAM (or GRAHME), JAMES, brother of Richard Graham (or Grahme), 1st Viscount Preston (S) (qv); b. Mar 1649/50; at school 1662-5 (as James Grimes) (Busby’s account book); a boarder; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Jul 1666, aged 16; commissioned in French army 15 May 1671 as Capt., Douglas’s Regt. of Scottish Infantry; Capt. in British Army, Earl of Carlisle’s Foot, 29 Mar 1673; served in the Netherlands under Turenne and Monmouth; Lieut. -Col., Lord Morpeth’s Regt. of Foot, 23 Feb 1677/8; Keeper of Privy Purse to Duchess of York Dec 1679, soon afterwards to Duke of York (the future King James II); MP Carlisle 1685-7; Keeper of Privy Purse and Master of the Buckhounds to James II as King 31 Mar 1685 – 11 Dec 1688; assisted James II in his flight from Whitehall Dec 1688 and corresponded with him at St. Germain; outlawed 1691 and although subsequently pardoned continued his visits to James; arrested 1 Jun 1692, released on bail; again arrested 3 Mar 1696 and sent to Fleet prison; retired to his estate at Levens, near Kendal, Westmorland; took oaths to Government Sep 1701; MP Appleby 1702-8, Westmorland 1708-27; m. 1st, 23 Nov 1675 Dorothy, Maid of Honour to Queen Catherine, eldest dau. of Hon. William Howard; m. 2nd, 5 Mar 1701/2 Elizabeth, widow of George Bromley, Middle Temple, London, barrister, and dau. of Isaac Barton, All Hallows, Barking, London, merchant; d. 26 Jan 1729/30 (M. I. Charlton, Wilts. ). DNB.

GRAHAM (or GRAHME), RICHARD, 1ST VISCOUNT PRESTON (S), eldest son of Sir George Graham, Bart., Netherby, Cumberland and Norton Conyers, Yorkshire, and Lady Mary Johnstone, second dau. of James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell (S); b. 24 Sep 1648; succ. father as 3rd baronet 19 Mar 1657/8; at school 1660-4 (as Richard Grimes) (Busby’s account book); a boarder; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Jun 1664; MA 4 Feb 1666/7; adm. Inner Temple 1664; MP Cockermouth Jun 1675-81, Cumberland 1685-7; although a Protestant, was a zealous advocate of the right of the Duke of York (James II) to the succession; created Viscount Preston (S) 12 May 1681; Envoy Extraordinary to France 1682-5; he and Lord Middleton managed the House of Commons for James II; Privy Councillor 21 Oct 1685; Master of the Great Wardrobe 11 Dec 1685 – 11 Dec 1688; Lord Lieut., Cumberland and Westmorland 29 Aug 1687 – 8 Apr 1689; Secretary of State Oct - Dec 1688; one of the Council of Five left by James II in London Nov 1688; created an English baron by James II at St. Germain 21 Jan 1689, but his claim was subsequently disallowed by the House of Lords; arrested and sent to the Tower for planning the restoration of James II 1689; rearrested while carrying treasonable papers on board a smack bound for Calais 1 Jan 1691; sentenced to death at the Old Bailey 19 Jan 1691, but pardoned after making confessions implicating William Penn and others; committed to Newgate for refusing to give evidence at a trial Aug 1691, but soon released on bail; retired to his Yorkshire estate and revised his translation of Boethius, published posthumously; m. 2 Aug 1670 Lady Anne Howard, second dau. of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle; d. 22 Dec 1695. DNB.

GRAHAM, SIR JAMES ROBERT GEORGE, BART., eldest son of Sir James Graham, Bart. MP, Netherby, Cumberland, and Lady Catherine Stewart, sister of George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway (S) (qv); grandson of Robert Graham (qv); b. 1 Jun 1792; adm.; left 1809; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1810; continental tour 1812-5; MP Hull 1818-20, St. Ives 1820 – Mar 1821, Carlisle 1826- Jan 1829, Cumberland 16 Jan 1829-32, East Cumberland 1832-7, Pembroke District 30 Feb 1838-41, Dorchester 1841-7, Ripon 1847-52, Carlisle from 1852; succ. father as 2nd baronet 13 Apr 1824; First Lord of the Admiralty 25 Nov 1830 – Jun 1834, when he resigned owing to his opposition to the Whig government’s policy on the Irish Church; Privy Councillor 22 Nov 1830; Home Secretary 6 Sep 1841 – Jul 1846; First Lord of the Admiralty 30 Dec 1852 – Mar 1855; FRS 22 Dec 1831; LLD Cambridge 1835; Rector, Glasgow University 1838-40; GCB 15 Apr 1854; DL JP Cumberland; as a politician sat as a Whig in House of Commons to 1834; one of the committee of four which prepared the first Reform Bill 1830; after a short period of independence, crossed the floor of the house to join Conservatives Jun 1835; followed Sir Robert Peel in 1846 and his subsequent political career was initially as a Peelite, then as a Liberal; a highly unpopular Home Secretary, and his tampering with the letters of foreign refugees in 1844 caused general indignation; author, Corn and Currency 1826; m. 8 Jul 1819 Fanny, youngest dau. of Col. James Callander (afterwards Campbell), Craigforth, Stirlingshire; d. 25 Oct 1861. DNB.

GRANT, SIR JAMES, BART. , only son of Sir Ludovick Grant, Bart. , MP, advocate, and his second wife Lady Margaret Ogilvie, elder dau. of James Ogilvie, 5th Earl of Findlater and 2nd Earl of Seafield (S); b. 19 May 1738; in school lists 1747-52; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 13 Jan 1756, matr. Easter 1756; MA 1757; Grand Tour (Italy, Switzerland, Germany) 1758-60; MP Elgin District 1761-8, Banffshire 1790 – Jun 1795; succ. father as 8th baronet and as chief of clan Grant 18 Mar 1773; an original office-bearer on foundation Highland Society 1784; raised 1st Strathspey Fencible Infantry 1793, and 97th Foot 1794, both of which he commanded to 1802, with rank of Col. in Army, 1 Mar 1793; Lord Lieut. , Inverness-shire 1794-1809; Cashier of the Excise, Scotland, from 1795; m. 4 Jan 1763 Jean, only dau. of Alexander Duff, Hatton, Aberdeenshire; d. 18 Feb 1811. DNB.

GREENHILL-RUSSELL, SIR ROBERT, BART., only surviving child of John Russell Greenhill (qv); bapt. Great Missenden, Bucks. 24 Feb 1763 (IGI); adm. 23 Jun 1773; KS 1776; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1780, matr. 24 May 1780, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1780 – Dec 1791, Faculty Student from 24 Dec 1791; BA 1784; MA 1787; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 Nov 1780, called to bar 14 Jun 1790; equity draftsman; MP Thirsk 1806-32; inherited Chequers Court estate, Ellesborough, Bucks.; assumed additional surname of Russell 27 May 1815; created baronet 15 Sep 1831; d. unm. 12 Dec 1836, aged 73.