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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 Viscount Granville from 1815 to 1833, was a British Whig statesman and diplomat from the Leveson-Gower family.
George Granville Leveson-Gower, 2º conde Granville (11 de mayo de 1815-31 de marzo de 1891), fue un político liberal británico. Ocupó diversos cargos en su carrera, entre ellos el de secretario de Asuntos Exteriores (1851-1862, 1870-1874, 1880-1885) y líder de los liberales en la Cámara de los Lores, por casi 30 años.
He was the younger half-brother of George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, and the uncle of Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere. He was also a great-great-nephew of the aforementioned Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville.
The imposing portrait Lord Granville Leveson-Gower, later 1st Earl Granville displays Sir Thomas Lawrence’s mastery of design and handling of paint. The arrangement of the foreground figure and the crimson curtain, and the dramatic stormy sky, draw upon the manner of the Old Masters, yet despite the grandeur of the traditional setting ...
Earl Granville (Granville George Leveson Gower), 1815-1891. By Tony Little. Type: Biography. For more than thirty years, at the height of its strength in the country, Lord Granville led the Victorian Liberal Party in the House of Lords, where it was in a perpetual minority. His diplomatic skills contributed significantly to its legislative ...
LEVESON GOWER, Lord Granville (1773-1846), of Stone Park, Staffs. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986. Available from Boydell and Brewer.
Biography. Diplomat and MP for Lichfield and Staffordshire, rising to the House of Lords in 1815; son of Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford (q.v.). Married Lady Henrietta (Harriet) Elizabeth Cavendish in 1809.