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Granville Leveson-Gower, I marchese di Stafford; Granville Leveson-Gower ritratto da George Romney: Marchese di Stafford; In carica: 1786 – 1803: Successore: George Leveson-Gower, I duca di Sutherland Altri titoli: Visconte di Trentham Conte di Gower Nascita: 4 agosto 1721: Morte: Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, 26 ottobre 1803 (82 ...
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, KG PC (4 August 1721 – 26 October 1803), known as Viscount Trentham from 1746 to 1754 and as The Earl Gower from 1754 to 1786, was a British politician from the Leveson-Gower family. Sitting in the House of Lords, he spent a quarter of a century in the Cabinet .
Biografia. Granville era figlio di Granville Leveson-Gower, I marchese di Stafford e della sua terza moglie Lady Susannah Stewart, figlia di Alexander Stewart, VI conte di Galloway; suo cugino era John Stewart, VII conte di Galloway; suo fratellastro era George Leveson-Gower, I duca di Sutherland.
When he died childless in 1803 his complicated will left the profits of the Bridgewater Canal to Lord Stafford’s (Earl Gower became Marquis of Stafford in 1786) eldest son, George Granville Leveson Gower, the future first Duke of Sutherland.
Granville was the second son and youngest child of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford from his marriage to Lady Susanna Stewart, daughter of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway. His elder, paternal half-brother was George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland.
Biografia. Era il primogenito di Granville Leveson-Gower, I marchese di Stafford, e della sua prima moglie, Lady Louisa Scroop. Studiò a Westminster School e alla Christ Church di Oxford . Carriera politica e diplomatica. Fu deputato per Newcastle-under-Lyme (1779-1784) e per Staffordshire (1787-1799).
Granville Leveson-Gower, I marchese di Stafford (4 agosto 1721 – Staffordshire, 26 ottobre 1803), è stato un politico inglese.
