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Hace 4 días · In 1823 the marquess settled the manor for life on his son George Granville, Earl Gower (2nd duke 1833). After the 2nd duke's death in 1861 the manor continued to descend with the dukedom. (fn. 35) Most of the manorial estate, except in Donnington Wood, was sold by the 5th duke (d. 1963) in separate lots in 1914 and 1917.
Hace 2 días · George Granville Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower, who was the third Duke's nephew, became Marquis of Stafford in 1803, shortly after his uncle's death. (fn. 27) He carried on the third Duke's work of restoration at Cleveland House and had a new gallery built, designed by Charles Heathcote Tatham, to accommodate his own as well as his uncle ...
Hace 3 días · He later sold Stychbrook to Granville Leveson-Gower, marquess of Stafford, and mortgaged the rest of his holding. By 1800 he was living in Lichfield. In 1808 the 696-a. estate still held by Eliot was put up for sale. John Smith of Fenton in Stoke upon Trent bought the largest part, amounting to 381 a.
Hace 3 días · Wall Grange then descended in the Leveson, later Leveson-Gower, family until 1911 when it was sold to the tenant, Robert Bennison. The owner in 1991 was Mr. S. G. Clowes. By the late 15th century the estate was evidently leased to members of the local gentry, some of whom lived there.
Hace 5 días · In 1790, when an election petition was submitted by Thomas Fletcher and Clement Kynnersley against the sitting members Sir Archibald Macdonald and John Leveson-Gower, it was stated in evidence that a great part of the borough was the property of the Marquess of Stafford, whose influence directed the choice of the electors; and that ...
Hace 2 días · (Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle) 1717: 1765: 1768 (Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea) 1725: 1768: 1769 (Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry) 1726: 1769: 1778 (John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich) 1748: 1778: 1792 (Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire) 1754: 1792: 1793 (Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford) 1755 ...
Hace 5 días · In the earlier 1790s the marquess of Stafford, Lord Granville Leveson-Gower, and Thomas Anson contributed extensively towards paving. (fn. 113) Responsibility for paving passed from the corporation to the improvement commissioners in 1806.
