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	Duke of Sutherland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		Lord Stafford married secondly Lady Louisa Egerton, daughter of Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater.
		The Heir Apparent is James Granville Egerton, Marquess of Stafford (b.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duke_of_Sutherland (834 words)

	Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, 2nd Earl Gower (4 August 1721 – 26 October 1803) was a British politician.
		Although he soon exchanged this office for that of Lord Privy Seal, and gradually began to withdraw from public affairs, he remained a cabinet minister until his retirement in 1794.
		In 1786, he had been created Marquess of Stafford as a reward for his services.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Granville_Leveson-Gower,_1st_Marquess_of_Stafford (545 words)

	Boothstown - Lords and Manor
		The first beneficiary was the Duke's nephew, the Marquess of Stafford, George Granville Leveson-Gower, who later became the 1st Duke of Sutherland; the Marquess was succeeded by his second son, Lord Francis Leveson-Gower, whose succession to the Bridgewater inheritance was dependent on him assuming the Duke's surname, Egerton.
		The Marquess was heavily influenced in his decision by James Loch, his agent, who had become convinced that future prosperity lay in rail.
		At the same time he was conscious that there was a conflict between the railway interest of the Marquess of Stafford and the prosperity of the Bridgewater Canal business, which would be the basis for the income of the Marquess's second son, Lord Francis.
	freespace.virgin.net /tony.smith/bradshaw.htm (2311 words)

	thePeerage.com - Sir John Sutherland Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland and others
		She married Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, son of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower and Lady Evelyn Pierrepont, on 23 December 1744.
		She married Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, son of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower and Lady Evelyn Pierrepont, on 28 March 1748.
		She was the daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford and Lady Louisa Egerton.
	www.thepeerage.com /p999.htm (957 words)

	scottish heritage - genealogy scotland - clans - scottish associations - historical attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		She and her husband, the Marquess of Stafford, had an uneconomic estate, with a miserable rental accruing from its rapidly increasing population.
		The man was the Most Noble George Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford, 3rd Earl Gower and Viscount Trentham, 4th Lord Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire, 8th baronet of the same place, and, for the last six months of his life, the First Duke of Sutherland.
		Lord Stafford instructed his agents to impose a poll tax of four shillings on all tenants, whether they owned a quarter of an acre or thousands.
	www.scotlandonline.com /heritage/heritage_gscots_detail.cfm?id=139 (972 words)

	History of the Sutherland Clan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		She married the Marquess of Stafford, of the prominent Leveson-Gower family.
		He virtually destroyed the old ways of life in Sutherland, uprooting the pastoral inhabitants of the hills and glens and moving some of them to modern housing on the coast to work in industries, such as distilling, which he had financed.
		Stafford lost a great deal of money in his schemes, and although he was hated at first, he came to be respected by some at his death, although many could never forgive the clearances which his policies had required.
	www.sutherlandclan.org.uk /sutherland_clan.htm (845 words)

	Guardian \| Rehab fit for a duke
		In 1540 the property had come into the hands of the Leveson family, who in time, with the help of tactical marriages, grew to be marquesses of Stafford and eventually dukes of Sutherland.
		They aggrandised their houses at Trentham to match: in 1630, a manor with moat and drawbridge; at the turn of the century, a grander replacement in the classical style; in 1776, a further enlargement, involving Capability Brown, who fashioned a suitably sumptuous garden and lake.
		In 1833, the Marquess of Stafford, on being promoted to duke, called in Sir Charles Barry to remodel his house and gardens.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4728127-103677,00.html (701 words)

	thePeerage.com - Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower and others
		She married Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster and Lady Eleanor Egerton, on 16 September 1819.
		She married George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, son of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford and Lady Louisa Egerton, on 4 September 1785.
		She married Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, son of Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor and Henrietta Vernon, on 28 April 1794.
	www.thepeerage.com /p928.htm (913 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / The Man Who Could Talk to Horse
		Paget, son of the first Marquess of Anglesey and equerry and clerk-marshal of the royal household, played stooge in the taming act as Rarey demonstrated his mastery over a livery-stable horse which had won a reputation for violence.
		Stafford was afterward ridden by a groom, and showed the same docility in his hands as in those of Mr.
		For most of his triumphs—and he averaged several public exhibitions a week—Rarey’s quiet approach, his seemingly intuitive understanding of the psychology of the horse, his measured gestures, and his wellmodulated voice were sufficient.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1969/3/1969_3_58.shtml (3669 words)

	Tragic Highland Clearances, Chapter 3:Glengarry, Strathglass, Sutherland
		The greatest 'improver' of them all was undoubtedly the Englishman George Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquess of Stafford, born in 1758.
		She used both titles, (Countess of Sutherland and Lady Stafford - later Duchess Sutherland), and was enamoured of riches and the good life, having little to no regard for her subjects.
		That the interior should be possessed by Cheviot sheperds, and the people brought down to the coast and placed in lots of less than three acres, sufficient for the maintenance of an industrious family, pinched enough to cause them to turn their attention to the fishing.
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	NPG L146; The Death of the Earl of Chatham (includes John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess of Camden; William Pitt, 1st ...
		George James Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley (1749-1827), Chamberlain to the Prince of Wales.
		William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805), Statesman and patron of the arts.
		Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford (1721-1803), Politician.
	www.npg.org.uk /live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp06420&rNo=0&role=sit (676 words)

	Clan SUTHERLAND
		George Granville William, third Duke of Sutherland, previously styled Marquis of Stafford and Lord Strathnaver, born Dec 19, 1828, married in 1849, Anne, only child of John Hay Mackenzie, Esq, of Cromartie and Newhall, and niece of Sir William Gibson Craig, Bart; issue - three sons and two daughters.
		This lady married, in 1785, George Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Trentham, afterwards second Marquess of Stafford, who was, in 1833, created Duke of Sutherland.
		From that time to this the distinguished holders of the Sutherland titles have been of the Leveson-Gower family, and only distantly related, through the two heiresses named Elizabeth, of the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries respectively, to the original heads of the clan of the name of Murray or Sutherland.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/stoz/sutherl2.html (6775 words)

	GRANVILLE, GRANVILLE - Online Information article about GRANVILLE, GRANVILLE
		Stafford (1720–1803), by his third wife; an See also:
		Bridgwater) became the 2nd marquess of Stafford, and his marriage with the daughter and heiress of the 17th earl of See also:
		Sutherland (countess of Sutherland in her own right) led to the merging of the Gower and Stafford titles in that of the See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GOA_GRA/GRANVILLE_GRANVILLE.html (1565 words)

	United Kindom Substates
		She ruled for five years from the newly fortified capital at Stafford, and under her reign, it is likely that the English county of Staffordshire first came into being.
		Elizabeth married an Englishman, George Granville Leveson-Gower whose father, the Earl of Gower, was created the Marquess of Stafford, titles to which he himself succeeded in 1803.
		Her father, Thomas, Duke of Gloucester and Earl of Buckingham was murdered in 1397 and his brother, Humphrey de Bohun, Duke of Glouceste, died in 1399, and she inherited the lands and titles of the family and became a Countess in her owh right.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /united_kingdom_substates.htm (3083 words)

	List of the Knights of the Garter
		Afterwards 1st Earl of Somerset and Marquess of Dorset.
		Married, firstly, Catherine daughter of Thomas, 1st Marquess of Dorset, K.G., aunt of Lady Jane Grey.
		Powerful supporter of the royalist cause, and known as "the Loyal Earl." His wife, Charlotte de la Trémouille, is famous for her heroic defence of Lathom House.
	www.theforbiddenknowledge.com /hardtruth/list_knights_of_garter.htm (12033 words)

	Lancaster House, London
		It was begun by Benjamin Wyatt in 1825 for the Duke of York, who died before the house was completed, leaving enormous debts.
		In 1840 it was finished by Sir Robert Smirke and Sir Charles Barry and acquired by one of the Duke's creditors, the Marquess of Stafford (later Duke of Sutherland), who renamed it Stafford House.
		In the early years of the 20th century it was presented to the nation by the first Lord Leverhulme as a home for the London Museum and given its present name.
	www.planetware.com /london/lancaster-house-gb-l-lh.htm (150 words)

	NMWA \| Private Collection \| The Family of the Earl of Gower
		The Family of the Earl of Gower is an excellent example of Angelica Kauffman's skill in handling complex, multifigure compositions and her tendency to give contemporary scenes a classical tone.
		The earl (later, marquess of Stafford) is the patriarch of this clan, gathered in a parklike setting and equipped with all manner of antique-style accoutrements-classically inspired costumes, a lyre, a scroll, floral garlands, a marble bust.
		The statue may represent the earl, his father, or a figure from antiquity.
	www.nmwa.org /collection/detail.asp?WorkID=1440 (273 words)

	I8357: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Of Stafford (4 AUG 1721 - 26 OCT 1803)
		Spouses of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Of Stafford
		Descendants of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Of Stafford and Lady Louisa Egerton
		Descendants of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Of Stafford and Lady Susannah Stewart
	web.ukonline.co.uk /Members/nigel.battysmith/Database/D0017/I8357.html (307 words)

	Photographs of Trentham Gardens, Staffordshire, England, UK
		This hall was much altered and enlarged by the first Marquis of Stafford and the first Duke of Sutherland until 1834, when it was re-constructed by the 2nd Duke of Sutherland in the Italian style from designs by Sir Charles Barry, RA.
		Granville was succeeded in 1803 by his son, George Granville Leveson-Gower (1758-1833) 2nd Marquess of Stafford, later Duke of Sutherland.
		It is estimated that the couple spent £60,000 on Dunrobin in Scotland, £50,000 on Cliveden, £275,000 on Stafford House as well as £260,000 on Trentham.
	www.thornber.net /staffs/html/trentham.html (2183 words)

	Stall-Plates of the Knights of the Garter
		1870 (761) Hugh Lupus (Grosvenor), 3rd Marquess of Westminster.
		Reign of Edward VI 1547 (318) Henry (Grey), 3rd Marquess of Dorset.
		Daughter of Thomas (Holland), 2nd Earl of Kent, K.G. Married 1st John (Beaufort), Marquess of Dorset, K.G.; 2ndly Thomas (Plantagenet), Duke of Clarence, K.G. 1399 Joan, Countess of Westmorland.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/orders/garterstalls.htm (12928 words)

	Donnigton Wood Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		For a long period the network was self contained with no connection into the main canal system although there was an indirect link at the south of the network into the River Severn.
		Lord Gower (who later became Marquess of Stafford) owned a number of mines in the Donnington Wood area of Shropshire near his home in Lilleshall.
		He leased his canal (now renamed the Marquess of Stafford's Canal) to his new company and it continued to run successfully for many years.
	www.btinternet.com /~canals/canals/donningtonwood.htm (2494 words)

	Sutherland Clan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Clan Sutherland endured much hardship at the beginning of the 19th Century when the chiefship passed to the female line, and Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland, married the Marquess of Stafford.
		Stafford followed a policy of industrialisation, clearing the people from the lands to make way for his new ventures.
		In doing so, he sounded the death knell for the way of life enjoyed by the Sutherlands for centuries, and moved the clansfolk to the coast to work in his industries.
	www.scottish-heirloom.com /sutherland_clan/scottish_clans_history.html (663 words)

	Grewar family tales. Grewar genealogy of South Africa
		Although this proposal received no encouragement, Moody spent several months in the south of Scotland during 1816 and 1817, recruiting suitable candidates for the scheme, preferring young, single men of good character, laborers or artisans.
		Many of them were refugees driven off the land of the Marquess of Stafford near Edinburgh to make way for sheep farming.
		Moody hoped to obtain assistance from the British government for the costs of their passage to the Cape, where he intended employing the best of these laborers on his own land, hiring out the others.
	www.murray.za.net /grewar/staaltjies-e.html (1505 words)

	List of the Knights of the Garter (1348-present)
		664 (inv 1827) Brownlow (Cecil), 2nd Marquess of Exeter (1795-1867).
		761 (inv 1870) Hugh Lupus (Grosvenor), 3rd Marquess of Westminster.
		803 (inv 1894) Gavin (Campbell), 1st Marquess of Breadalbane.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/orders/garterlist.htm (13921 words)

	Voyage round Great Britain
		Land owned by the Marquess of Stafford, one of the prime offenders during the Highland Clearances.
		He lauded the infamous Marquess of Stafford (later Duke of Sutherland), one of the primary offenders during the Clearances, for his extensive programme of road building yet fails to mention, criticise or comment on the mass forced evictions of thousands of crofters.
		As impressive as this multi volume work is, one can’t help but feel that it may have been a far more important document had Ayton been allowed the opportunity to finish writing his contributions.
	special.lib.gla.ac.uk /exhibns/month/mar2005.html (2285 words)

	Clan Sutherland Regiments
		In the second half of the nineteenth century, volunteer forces were once again raised in the county; the Sutherland Highland Rifle Volunteers served from 1859 to 1881, and the Sutherland Artillery Volunteers from 1860 to 1879.
		George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 21st Earl and 3rd Duke of Sutherland (1828-1892) was Lieutenant Colonel commanding the Sutherland Rifle Volunteers and his second son Cromartie, then Marquess of Stafford, captained the Rogart Corps in 1870.
		The 1st Battalion of that regiment, which was then called the Sutherland Highland Volunteers had the Marquess of Stafford as their Lieutenant Colonel in 1882.
	www.clansutherland.org /PageRegiments.htm (1837 words)

	Sutherland
		1785 she was married to George Granville Leveson-Gower, Viscount Trentham, 2nd Marquess of Stafford (1803), 1st Duke of Sutherland (1758-1833), son of 1st Marquess Stafford and Lady Louisa Egerton, daughter of 1st Duke of Bridgwater and Lady Rachel Russell.
		But he also built 34 bridges and 450 miles of road and leased his lands to shepherds who grazed 200.000 sheep on them.
		The early Gowers were Yorkshiremen who moved to Stafford in the 17th century, marrying into the Levesons, coal-owning descendants of French wool-staplers.
	www.fortunecity.com /bally/leitrim/147/sutherland.html (1196 words)

	The Scotsman - Opinion - Letters - Highland clearances (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In reply to John Thorpe (Letters, 14 December), the Highlands were not cleared by Scots.
		The Marquess of Stafford, later Duke of Sutherland, was an Englishman who with the aid of fire, army bayonets and police batons evicted most of the people of Sutherland.
		Many others were evicted by Anglicised Scottish aristocrats who had integrated themselves into English society for patronage and power, and were referred to in the Highlands as "Pidgin English".
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /letters.cfm?id=2414522005 (212 words)

	Clearances Chronolgy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Marriage of Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland, to the Marquess of Stafford.
		The Northern Association of Gentlemen Farmers and Breeders of Sheep resolve to obtain a Royal Charter to extend their activities in Inverness, Ross, Sutherland and Caithness.
		According to the 'Northern Press' this year a fever of emigration is raging in the county of Sutherland.
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