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Granville James Leveson-Gower, 5th Earl Granville MC (6 December 1918 – 31 October 1996) was a British soldier, banker, peer, and landowner, a member of the House of Lords from 1953 until his death. He was laird of North Uist from 1960 and Lord Lieutenant of the Western Isles from 1983 to 1993.
Granville James Leveson-Gower 1918–1996 5th Earl Granville, Viscount Granville, and Baron Leveson: Alastair Charles St Clair Sutherland b. 1947 25th Earl of Sutherland and Lord Strathnaver: Francis Ronald Egerton b. 1940 7th Duke of Sutherland, 8th Marquess of Stafford, 6th Earl of Ellesmere and Viscount Brackley, 9th Earl Gower ...
31 ott 1996 · He succeeded as the 5th Earl Granville on 25 June 1953. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) for Inverness-shire in 1974. He held the office of Vice-Lieutenant of the Western Isles between 1976 and 1983.
- December 06, 1918
- today
- October 31, 1996 (77)England, United Kingdom
- Matthew Aidan Craig Balfour
Alma mater. Christ Church, Oxford. Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, GCB, PC (12 October 1773 – 8 January 1846), styled Lord Granville Leveson-Gower from 1786 to 1815 and The Viscount Granville from 1815 to 1833, was a British Whig statesman and diplomat from the Leveson-Gower family .
Type: Biography. For more than thirty years, at the height of its strength in the country, Lord Granville led the Victorian Liberal Party in the House of Lords, where it was in a perpetual minority. His diplomatic skills contributed significantly to its legislative achievements and to preserving the unity of a party always threatening to splinter.
In 1764 the Earl formed a company “Earl Gower & Co.”, with his agents Thomas and John Gilbert. In 1786 it became ‘Lord Stafford &Co.’ and later other industrialists were persuaded to join what was then known as “The Lilleshall Co”. The Earl also invested outside his estates, joining with the Duke of Bridgewater and the Earl of ...
Hon (Granville) James Leveson-Gower, later 5th Earl Granville 1. Lady Mary Cecilia Leveson-Gower (b. 12 Dec 1917; d. 13 Feb 2014), mar. 7 Jul 1956 Samuel Wittewronge Clayton, of The Great Park, Windsor, co. Berkshire, 2nd son of Brig Gen Sir Gilbert Falkingham Clayton KCMG KBE CB, by his wife Enid Caroline Thorowgood, dau. of Frank Napier ...
