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George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland KG, PC (9 January 1758 – 19 July 1833), known as Viscount Trentham from 1758 to 1786, as Earl Gower from 1786 to 1803 and as the Marquess of Stafford from 1803 to 1833, was an English politician, diplomat, landowner and patron of the arts from the Leveson-Gower family.
George Granville Leveson-Gower was the oldest son of Granville, 2nd Earl Gower and later 1st Marquis of Stafford, who commissioned Romney’s masterpiece, The Gower Family. The 1st Duke of Sutherland is most remembered for being the instigator of the notorious highland clearances of the early nineteenth century.
22 de mar. de 2024 · George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland KG, PC, known as Viscount Trentham from 1758 to 1786, as Earl Gower from 1786 to 1803 and as the Marquess of Stafford from 1803 to 1833, was an English politician, diplomat, landowner and patron of the arts from the Leveson-Gower family.
George Granville Leveson-Gower, later Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, styled Earl Gower, later styled Marquess of Stafford, later 2nd Duke of Sutherland (1786–1861) The Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower (c. 1788–1870), married Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk [3] and had issue.
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville (born 12 October 1773, christened 5 Nov 1773 Trentham – 8 January 1846). When Lord Stafford died at the age of 82, he was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son George from his second marriage who was created Duke of Sutherland in 1833. The Marchioness of Stafford died in August 1805.
George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2. Duke of Sutherland (1786–1861) ⚭ 1823 Lady Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard; Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower (1788–1870) ⚭ 1814 Henry Howard, 13. Duke of Norfolk; Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower (1797–1891) ⚭ 1819 Richard Grosvenor, 2. Marquess of Westminster;
2 de mar. de 2023 · Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, and her husband George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, conducted brutal clearances between 1811 and 1820.[5][6] Evictions at the rate of 2,000 families in one day were not uncommon.
