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George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, KG (8 August 1786 – 27 February 1861), styled Viscount Trentham until 1803, Earl Gower between 1803 and 1833 and Marquess of Stafford in 1833, was a British Whig MP and peer from the Leveson-Gower family.

2 de mar. de 2023 · The 2nd Duke of Sutherland is best-known for burning the homes of thousands of peasant farmers to clear his neighboring region to create more grazing pasture for his sheep. The Duke took advantage of the recent enclosure movement, by claiming common ancestral land as his own, using Parliamentary connections to make it law.

He took part in a number of state occasions. He was one of the British delegation to the coronation of Tsar Alexander II of Russia in 1856, hosted the public visit by Garibaldi to Britain in 1864, attended the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, and accompanied the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) on his state visit to India in 1876. [1]

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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.

2nd Duke of Sutherland. (Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 08 mar 1861, page 3): DEATH OF THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND. The Duke of Sutherland died on Thursday, last week, at Trentham, in his 75th year. He had been ill for some time previously, but it was not at first supposed that his illness was so serious in its nature. George...