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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.
- Granville Leveson-Gower, Lord Leveson
- Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville
- Viscount Granville, Baron Leveson
- Fergus Leveson-Gower, 6th Earl Granville
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
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- October 31, 1996 (77)England, United Kingdom
- Matthew Aidan Craig Balfour
Granville George Fergus Leveson-Gower, 6th Earl Granville (born 10 September 1959) is a British peer, landowner, and artist. He was known as Lord Leveson until 1996 and was a member of the House of Lords from 1996 to 1999. The elder son of Granville Leveson-Gower, 5th Earl Granville, whose mother Rose Leveson-Gower, Countess ...
Biography. Leveson’s parents, who intended their cosseted youngest child for public life, urged on him a ‘proper emulation’ of the younger Pitt to exalt his mind. His tutor commended his intelligence and character, save for the faults of natural indolence and lack of compassion for others. His great asset was his personal attractiveness:
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...
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.
