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GOWER, JOHN LEVESON, 1st EARL GOWER, eldest son of John Leveson Gower, 1st Baron Gower PC, Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster, and Lady Catherine Manners, eldest dau. of John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland PC; b. 10 Aug 1694; at school under Knipe (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1751); succ. father as 2nd Baron Gower 31 Aug 1709; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Feb 1709/10; DCL 19 Aug 1732; Custos Rotulorum, Staffordshire, from 9 Jul 1742, Lord Lieut. from 23 July 1742; Lord Privy Seal 13 Jul 1742 – 10 Dec 1743, and from 27 Dec 1744; Privy Councillor 13 Jul 1742; Recorder of Lichfield 15 Sep 1743; raised 77th Foot on outbreak of Jacobite rebellion, acting as its Col. 4 Oct 1745 until regiment’s disbandment 17 Jun 1746; cr. Earl Gower 8 Jul 1746; on five occasions one of the Lord Justices during King George II’s absence abroad; m. 1st, 13 Mar 1711/2 Lady Evelyn Pierrepoint, third dau. of Evelyn Pierrepoint, 1st Duke of Kingston; m. 2nd, 31 Oct 1733 Penelope, widow of Sir Henry Atkins, Bart., and dau. of Sir John Stonhouse, Bart., MP; m. 3rd, Mary, widow of Anthony Grey, Earl of Harold, and fourth dau. of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet; d. 25 Dec 1754. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.