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George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland, KT, PC (29 August 1888 – 1 February 1963), styled Earl Gower until 1892 and Marquess of Stafford between 1892 and 1913, was a British courtier, patron of the film industry and Conservative party politician from the Leveson-Gower family. He held minor office in the ...
- George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland - Wikipedia
George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland KG,...
- George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland - Wikipedia
George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower 1786–1861 2nd Duke of Sutherland, 3rd Marquess of Stafford, 20th Earl of Sutherland and Lord Strathnaver, 4th Earl Gower and Viscount Trentham, 5th Baron Gower: Francis Egerton 1800–1857 1st Earl of Ellesmere and Viscount Brackley: George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower 1828–1892
On the death of the 5th Duke in 1963 the family estates passed to his niece Elizabeth, who became in her own right Countess of Sutherland, but his cousin the 5th Earl of Ellesmere succeeded as 6th Duke of Sutherland. Bill Hill (Berkshire) was purchased in 1734 by Mary, Countess of Harold, who married the 1st Earl Gower as his third wife in 1736.
NumberDescriptionHeld ByReference1British Library, Manuscript CollectionsAdd MS 893822Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive ...D (W)0/5, D (W)06, D (W)1452, D593, D868, ...3Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive ...D55694Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive ...D3272/1/20/1-5George Granville Leveson-Gower (1758–1833), who had married (1785) Elizabeth (countess of Sutherland in her own right), succeeded his father as marquess of Stafford (1803) and was named duke of Sutherland (1833). He was responsible for road building and for the notorious “Highland clearances” (c. 1810–20).… Read More.
George Granville•Sutherland-Leveson-Gower: Used name: George, Duke•of Sutherland: Other names: Earl Gower, Marquess of Stafford: Born: 29 August 1888 in Taplow, England (GBR) Died: 1 February 1963 in Nassau, New Providence (BAH) Title(s) 5th Duke of Sutherland: NOC: Great Britain
Duke of Sutherland is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom which was created by William IV in 1833 for George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford. A series of marriages to heiresses by members of the Leveson-Gower family made the dukes of Sutherland one of the richest landowning families in the United Kingdom.
