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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.
Earl Granville is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It is now held by members of the Leveson-Gower family. [2] First creation.
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
24 mag 2003 · Granville James Leveson-Gower, 5th Earl Granville was born on 6 December 1918. 1 He was the son of Vice-Admiral William Spencer Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl Granville and Lady Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon. 1 He married Doon Aileen Plunket, daughter of F/Lt. Hon. Brindsley Sheridan Bushe Plunket and Aileen Sibell Mary Guinness, on 9 October ...
2 nov 1996 · GRANVILLE James Leveson-Gower, 5th Earl of Granville, who has died in London, was first cousin to the Queen. His mother, Lady Rose Bowes-Lyon, was the third daughter of the nine children of the...
- The Herald Staff
In 1758 Earl Gower had employed James Brindley to survey a canal between the Trent and the Mersey. The Earl himself opened the meeting in December 1765 where promoters, including Josiah Wedgwood, decided to petition Parliament for the Trent and Mersey Bill.
LEVESON GOWER, Lord Granville (1773-1846), of Stone Park, Staffs. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986. Available from Boydell and Brewer.
