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Gower, George Granville Leveson, 1758-1833
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1758-1833
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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.
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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.