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	Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (May 11, 1815 - March 31, 1891) was a British Liberal statesman.
		The eldest son of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville (1773—1846), by his marriage with Lady Harriet, daughter of the Duke of Devonshire, he was born in London.
		As Lord Granville Leveson-Gower, the 1st Earl Granville (created viscount in 1815 and earl in 1833) entered the diplomatic service and was ambassador at St Petersburg (1804—1807) and at Paris (1824—1841).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Granville_George_Leveson-Gower,_2nd_Earl_Granville (854 words)

	EARLS AND DUKES OF SUTHERLAND - LoveToKnow Article on EARLS AND DUKES OF SUTHERLAND
		His elder son, George Granville (1786-1861), became the 2nd duke, but the valuale Bridgewater estates passed to his younger son, Lord Francis Leveson-Gower, who was created earl of Ellesmere in 1846.
		Established in the possession of the title and the vast estates of the earidom, the countess of Sutherland was married in 1785 to George Granville Leveson-Gower (I 7581833), who succeeded his father as second marquess of Stafford in 1803.
		The 2nd dukes wife, Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana (1806-1868), a daughter of Gcorge Howard, 6th earl of Carlisle, was one of Queen Victorias most intimate friends.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SU/SUTHERLAND_EARLS_AND_DUKES_OF.htm (769 words)

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		Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower, Marquis of Stafford (1721-1803) 2.
		Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803), 2nd Earl Gower and Marquis of Stafford, was a major landowner and through his role as an investor in canal development, mining and other emergent industries, he played an important part in the industrial life of the West Midlands.
		In 1803 he entered the Lords, on the death of his father, as the 2nd Marquis of Stafford, having previously been known as Earl Gower.
	www.search.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk /content/files/60/84/313.txt (3703 words)

	Aristocrats and the Industrial Revolution: The Leveson-Gowers
		Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803), 2nd Earl Gower and Marquis of Stafford, was a major landowner and through his role as an investor in canal development, mining and other emergent industries, he played an important part in the industrial life of the West Midlands.
		George Granville Leveson-Gower (1758-1833), 2nd Marquis of Stafford and 1st Duke of Sutherland inherited land and investments from his uncle and father.
		Other regional aristocrats such as the Earls of Dudley also developed local industry on their estates, but the Leveson-Gowers were particularly important because of the scale of their investments and the extent of their political power.
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	The Leveson-Gower Family
		George Granville Francis Egerton 2nd Earl of Ellesmere, (son of Francis Egerton (Leveson-Gower) and Harriet Catherine Greville), born 15 Jun 1823, married 29 Apr 1846, Mary Louisa Campbell (daughter of 1st Earl of Cawdor), born 1825, St Peters, Pembroke, Wales, died 24 Nov 1916.
		Granville Charles Gresham Leveson-Gower (son of Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower and Sophia Leigh), born 25 Sep 1865, London, married 3 Feb 1894, Evelyn Mildred Brassey, born 1873, Aylesford, Kent, (daughter of Henry Arthur Brassey and Anna) who died 18 Apr 1957.
		Francis Charles Granville Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere, (son of George Granville Francis Egerton and Mary Louisa Campbell), born 5 Apr 1847, married 9 Dec 1868, Katherine Louisa Phipps (daughter of George Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normandy, and Laura Russell), who died 23 Sep 1926.
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	The Leveson-Gower Family
		Granville George Leveson-Gower (son of Granville Leveson-Gower and Harriet Elizabeth Cavendish), Earl Granville, born 11 May 1815, Great Stanhope Street, Mayfair, London, married (1) 25 Jul 1840, Maria Louisa Joseph, (daughter of Emeric Joseph) who died 14 Mar 1860, married (2) 26 Sep 1865, Castalia Rosalind Campbell, born 1847, Edinburgh, (daughter of Walter Frederick Campbell).
		Granville Leveson-Gower, Earl Granville (son of Granville Leveson-Gower and Susannah Stewart), born 12 Oct 1773, baptised: 5 Nov 1773, Trentham, Staffordshire, married 24 Dec 1809, Harriet Elizabeth Cavendish, (daughter of William Cavendish and Georgiana Spencer).
		Francis Leveson-Gower (Francis Egerton), 1st Earl of Ellesmere, (son of George Granville Leveson-Gower and Elizabeth Sutherland), born 1 Jan 1800, Arlington Street, London, married 18 Jun 1822, Harriet Catherine Greville, born 1800, (daughter of Charles Greville and Charlotte, daughter of the 3rd Duke of Portland) who died 17 Apr 1866.
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	Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As Lord Granville Leveson-Gower, the 1st Earl Granville (created viscount in 1815 and earl in 1833) entered the diplomatic service and was ambassador at St Petersburg (1804—1807) and at
		Lord Granville failed to realize in time the importance of the Angra Pequeña question in 1883 - 1884, and he was forced, somewhat ignominiously, to yield to Bismarck over it.
		From 1855 Lord Granville led the Liberals in the Upper House, both in office, and, after Palmerston's resignation in 1858, in opposition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Granville_Leveson-Gower,_2nd_Earl_Granville (3703 words)

	Leveson-Gower, Harriet
		Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815-1891) : The eldest son of the 1st Earl Granville (1773—1846), by his marriage with Lady Harriet, daughter of the Duke of Devonshire.
		Author Granville, Harriet Elizabeth Cavendish Leveson-Gower, Countess, 1785-1862.
		Leveson Gower, much has been omitted or cut to make a more commodious book; some unpublished letters have been added"--P. Most of the letters are addressed to her sister, Georgiana Howard, Countess of Carlisle.
	www.geocities.com /paultabaka/she/leveson-gower.html (3703 words)

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		This marble chimney piece was commissioned by Granville Leveson Gower, 2nd Earl Gower, for the Great Drawing Room at Gower House, Whitehall, London, and was carved to the design of the architect Sir William Chambers (1723-1796), probably by Chamber's friend, the sculptor Joseph Wilton (1722-1803).
	www.hlf.org.uk /NHMFWeb/Database/datapage2.html?projectid=960 (45 words)

	Lord Privy Seal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Constantine Henry Phipps, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave (1834)
		James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn (1829-1830)
		Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1841-1842)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_Privy_Seal (583 words)

	The John Gower Page
		By this point Gower was relying on a combination of antiquarian interest and snob-appeal; it happened that the noble family of Gower believed themselves (erroneously) to be descended from John Gower the poet, and Todd dedicates his Illustrations to George Granville Leveson Gower, Marquis of Stafford.
		You can pay a virtual visit to Gower's tomb by going to the website of Southwark Cathedral in London: this cathedral was, in Gower's day, the Priory of St. Mary Overeys, and Gower had a close association with it.
		In the decades immediately following his death, Gower was routinely mentioned alongside other Middle English poets, most notably Chaucer and John Lydgate, as a founder of the English poetic tradition.
	www.english.ubc.ca /~sechard/gower.htm (1076 words)

	List of Privy Counsellors (1714-1820)
		1806 Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 2nd Earl of Moira (1754-1826)
		1726 Alexander Hume, 2nd Earl of Marchmont (1675-1740)
		1724 Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (1686-1742)
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/List-of-Privy-Counsellors-(1714-1820).htm (1425 words)

	Voyages In Time ~ Family, Friends & Places
		George Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, born in 1786, was the brother of Lord Francis Egerton (né Leveson-Gower), great-great-grandfather of 6th Duke of Sutherland.
		Harry and Eva Anstruther's son, Douglas Tollemache Anstruther, first married Enid Campbell, the 2nd daughter of Lord George Granville Campbell, son of the 8th Duke of Argyll.
		The Duke was married to Lady Harriet Howard, daughter of the Earl of Carlisle, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria.
	www.zip.com.au /~lnbdds/home/agbk/022.htm (311 words)

	The Clan Sutherland :: Gathering of the Clans - Devoted To All Things Scottish :: Gathering of the Clans - Devoted To All Things Scottish
		Subsequently she married George Granville Leveson-Gower (1758-1833) who, just before his death, was raised to a dukedom, for which he chose the title of Duke of Sutherland.
		On the death of the 5th Duke in 1962, the earldom and the chiefship of the Clan were vested in the daughter of the second son of the 4th Duke, who as Countess of Sutherland is the 22nd to hold the title.
		The Sutherlands were staunch patriots and doughty fighters, but the original family and the earldom fell into the hands of the Gordons when in 1514, on the death of the 9th Earl, his sister succeeded to the title and married Adam Gordon, second son of the 2nd Earl of Huntly.
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	Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (December 26, 1851 - February 27, 1852)
		Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (April 28, 1880 - June 24, 1885)
		Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (July 6, 1870 - February 21, 1874)
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_Affairs (958 words)

	Campbell
		2nd Duke of Argyll and Duke of Greenwich.
		From this period the great power formerly enjoyed by the Earls of Ross, Lords of the Isles, was transferred to the Earls of Argyll and Huntly; the former having the chief rule in the south isles and adjacent coasts.
		In 1599, when measures were in progress for bringing the chiefs of the Isles under subjection to the king, the Earl of Argyll and his kinsman, John Campbell of Calder, were accused of having secretly used their influences to prevent Sir James Macdonald of Dunyveg and his clan from being reconciled to the government.
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	Duke of Sutherland - Wikpedia
		The Marquessate of Stafford, the Earldom of Gower and the Viscounty of Trentham are in the Peerage of Great Britain, the Dukedom, the Earldom of Ellesmere and the Viscounty of Brackley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, and the Barony of Gower in the Peerage of England.
		The subsidiary titles of the Duke of Sutherland are: Marquess of Stafford (created 1786), Earl Gower (1746), Earl of Ellesmere (1846), Viscount Trentham, of Trentham in the County of Stafford (1746), Viscount Brackley, of Brackley in the County of Northampton (1846), and Baron Gower, of Sittenham in the County of York (1703).
		The title united with the ancient title of Earl of Sutherland after the first Duke and his wife, the holder of the Earldom, died, and the titles were inherited by the second Duke.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Duke_of_Sutherland (276 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 971
		He married Lady Anne Leveson-Gower, daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford and Lady Louisa Egerton, on 5 February 1784.
		Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood was the son of Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood and Anne Chaloner.
		William Saunders Sebright Lascelles was the son of Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood and Henrietta Sebright.
	www.thepeerage.com /p971.htm (844 words)

	Scotland - Clans and Tartans of Scotland and the Scottish Highlands
		William, 2nd Earl of Sutherland, fought for Bruce at Bannockburn, and his son Kenneth, 3rd Earl, was killed at the Battle of Halidonhill in 1333.
		The Gordon Earls of Sutherland encountered the same inter-clan enmities as their predecessors, and John, 11th Earl, and his Countess were poisoned by Isobel Sinclair, at the instigation of the Earl of Caithness.
		The origin of the Earls of Sutherland, who were chiefs of the clan till 1514, is difficult to determine.
	www.scottishweb.net /culture/clans/scottish_clan_sutherland.htm (272 words)

	Photographs of Trentham Gardens, Staffordshire, England, UK
		Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803) the 2nd Earl Gower was educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford.
		Granville was succeeded in 1803 by his son, George Granville Leveson-Gower (1758-1833) 2nd Marquess of Stafford, later Duke of Sutherland.
		George Granville Leveson Gower (1786-1861) was the 2nd Duke.
	www.thornber.net /staffs/html/trentham.html (2183 words)

	Granville, John Carteret, 1st Earl, Viscount Carteret, Baron Carteret Of Hawnes -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Granville, John Carteret, 1st Earl, Viscount Carteret, Baron Carteret Of Hawnes...
		Granville, John Carteret, 1st Earl, Viscount Carteret, Baron Carteret Of Hawnes.
		Thomas Sackville, the 1st earl of Dorset, and an English statesman, poet, and dramatist, is remembered largely for his share in two achievements of significance in the development of Elizabethan poetry and drama: the collection Mirror for Magistrates (1563), probably the most important work between the periods of Geoffrey Chaucer and Edmund Spenser, and the...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9037745?tocId=9037745 (897 words)

	Secretary of State for the Colonies biography .ms
		Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville ( December 9, 1868 - July 6, 1870)
		John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley ( July 6, 1870 - February 17, 1874)
		Previously those responsibilities had fallen to the Secretary of State for the Southern Department, who was responsible for Southern England, Wales, Ireland, the American colonies, and relations with the Catholic and Muslim states of Europe.
	colonial-office.biography.ms (897 words)

	Sutherland
		GEORGE Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford, Earl Gower, etc, cr 1833 Duke of Sutherland (9 Jan 1758-Dunrobin Castle 19 Jul 1833); m.London 4 Sep 1785 Elizabeth Sutherland, 19th Countess of Sutherland (Leven Lodge nr Edinburgh 24 May 1765-London 29 Jan 1839)
		1b) George Granville Francis, 2nd Earl of Ellesmere, etc (London 15 Jun 1823-Balbirnie 19 Sep 1862); m.London 29 Apr 1846 Lady Mary Louisa Campbell (Stackpole Court 7 Jan 1825-24 Nov 1916)
		The sons of the Earls of Ellesmere, of Sutherland, and of Cromartie bear the prefix "Honourable" before their Christian names.
	pages.prodigy.net /ptheroff/gotha/sutherland.html (897 words)

	Granville George Leveson-Gower
		Granville was vice-president for the Royal Commission, chosen on account of his social standing, connections and political awareness.
		He was a supremely skilful diplomat, at ease with his fellow aristocrats and with ordinary people, and was known as 'Pussy' on account of his smoothness.
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	www.vam.ac.uk /vastatic/microsites/british_galleries/explore_exhibition/level3/ex03_l3_20t2.html (897 words)

	The Granville Papers 1870-1874
		Earl of Granville, George Leveson-Gower (1815-1891), British statesman and parliamentarian.
	www.lib.monash.edu.au /non-cms/microform/4868.html (897 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 1000
		Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville was the son of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford and Susanna Stewart.
		She married Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, son of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower and Lady Evelyn Pierrepont, on 23 May 1768.
		George Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby was the son of Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby and Hon.
	www.thepeerage.com /p1000.htm (897 words)

	List of English people
		Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, (1832-1914), Field Marshal, last Commander in Chief of the Forces
		John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, (1852-1925), World War I general and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
		George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, (1800-1888), Commander of cavalry at the Battle of Balaclava
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	thePeerage.com - Person Page 925
		George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland was the son of George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland and Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Sutherland.
		She married George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, son of George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland and Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Sutherland, on 28 May 1823.
		George Granville William Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland + b.
	www.thepeerage.com /p925.htm (897 words)

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