Sir John Leveson (21 March 1555 – 14 November 1615) was an English politician. He was instrumental in putting down the Essex rebellion of 8 February 1601...
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Matthew John Leveson (12 December 1986 – 23 September 2007) was an Australian man who was last seen leaving a Sydney nightclub on 23 September 2007. He...
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Duke of Sutherland (redirect from House of Sutherland-Leveson-Gower)
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...
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John Leveson-Gower may refer to: John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower (1675–1709), English politician John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (1694–1754), English...
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Leveson is a surname. The name as printed can represent two quite different etymologies and pronunciations: A Leveson family who were Merchants of the...
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from the Leveson-Gower family. Sitting in the House of Lords, he spent a quarter of a century in the Cabinet. Stafford was a son of John Leveson-Gower,...
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Sir Brian Henry Leveson (/ˈlɛvɪsən/ LEV-iss-ən; born 22 June 1949) is a retired English judge who served as the President of the Queen's Bench Division...
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John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower, PC (10 August 1694 – 25 December 1754) was an English Tory politician and peer who twice served as Lord Privy Seal...
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Leveson-Gower (/ˈljuːsən ˈɡɔːr/ LEW-sən GOR), also Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, is the name of a historically prominent British noble family. Over time,...
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Gower, 2nd Baronet and Frances, daughter and coheir of John Leveson. He added the surname Leveson to his own in 1668, when he inherited the Trentham and...
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Leveson Gower LJStJ (née Leigh). His father was a great-great grandson of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (descending from his youngest son, John)...
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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...
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Admiral Leveson may refer to: Arthur Leveson (1868–1929), British Royal Navy admiral Richard Leveson (admiral) (c. 1570–1605), English vice admiral John Leveson-Gower...
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The Leveson Inquiry was a judicial public inquiry into the culture, practices, and ethics of the British press following the News International phone...
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Earl Granville (redirect from Baron Leveson)
in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It is now held by members of the Leveson-Gower family. The first creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain in...
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Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, KG PC FRS (11 May 1815 – 31 March 1891), styled Lord Leveson until 1846, was a British Liberal statesman...
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Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (née Howard; 21 May 1806 – 27 October 1868), styled The Honourable Harriet...
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Rose Constance Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville GCVO GCStJ (née Bowes-Lyon; 6 May 1890 – 17 November 1967) was the third daughter of the 14th Earl of...
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Rear-Admiral John Leveson-Gower (11 July 1740 – 15 August 1792) was a Royal Navy officer and politician from the Leveson-Gower family. As a junior officer...
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Sir Richard Leveson (c. 1570 – 2 August 1605) was an important Elizabethan Navy officer, politician and landowner. His origins were in the landed gentry...
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John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower PC (7 January 1675 – 31 August 1709) was a member of the Leveson-Gower family. He was the son of Sir William Leveson-Gower...
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the Leveson-Gower family (see below). Lady Jane Granville (d. 27 February 1696), wife of Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet and mother of John Leveson-Gower...
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for 36 years from 1720 to 1756. Leveson Gower was the second son of John Leveson Gower, 1st Baron Gower M.P. He married Anne Grosvenor, daughter of Sir...
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Gower; her son Admiral John Leveson-Gower (d.1792); his son, General John Leveson-Gower and daughter-in-law Isabella Mary Leveson-Gower (née Broke); as...
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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...
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Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, GCB, PC (12 October 1773 – 8 January 1846), styled Lord Granville Leveson-Gower from 1786 to 1815 and The...
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great-great grandson of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower, descending from his youngest son, John Leveson-Gower, a Royal Navy officer. Leveson-Gower was elected...
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Earl of Sutherland (category Leveson-Gower family)
(1765–1839). The 19th Countess of Sutherland then married George Granville Leveson-Gower in 1785; he inherited the title of Marquess of Stafford from his...
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Earl of Ellesmere (category Leveson-Gower family)
Peerage of the United Kingdom. Born Lord Francis Leveson-Gower, he was the third son of George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland and Elizabeth Gordon...
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whom she had a daughter, Frances Sondes (1592–c.1634), who married Sir John Leveson (d.1613). The husband of Margaret Brooke, Sir Thomas Sondes, became convinced...
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