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9 mag 2024 · Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (born May 11, 1815, London, England—died March 31, 1891, London) was a British foreign secretary in William E. Gladstone’s first and second administrations, succeeding him as leader of the Liberal Party.
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George Granville Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower, who was the third Duke's nephew, became Marquis of Stafford in 1803, shortly after his uncle's death. He carried on the third Duke's work of restoration at Cleveland House and had a new gallery built, designed by Charles Heathcote Tatham, to accommodate his own as well as his uncle's pictures.
6 giorni fa · The name Granville was chosen to honor Granville Leveson-Gower, the 2nd Earl Granville, who served as the British Secretary of State for the Colonies at the time of local settlement in the 19th century.
14 mag 2024 · Her great-grandson was Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford (1721–1803) one of whose younger sons was Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville (1773–1846). Lady Catherine Granville, wife of Craven Peyton , Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge 1705–1713.
4 giorni fa · In 1802 the Marquis of Stafford & Co. was dissolved, to be replaced by the Lilleshall Co., a new partnership between the marquess's second son, Lord Granville Leveson-Gower (cr. Viscount Granville 1815, Earl Granville 1833), John Bishton the elder, James Birch, John Onions, and William Phillips.
6 giorni fa · Having extensive historical provenance, the set was supplied by the Jewel House to Granville Leveson-Gower, the first Earl of Granville, in 1804, and descended through the line of nobility until they were ultimately sold by Sotheby’s, London, in a 1977 auction, then donated to an East Coast institution in the 1980s.
3 giorni fa · General Paoli, of Corsican fame; Sir William Jones, the great Eastern scholar; and Sir Richard Westmacott, the sculptor, are also named as residents here. Mr. Cunningham also tells us that Sir Richard Westmacott executed all his principal works at the house No. 14, now the residence of the Hon. Edward Leveson-Gower, brother of Lord Granville.
