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Personal data George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke of Sutherland 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4Source 5
  • He was born on January 9, 1758 in Arlington St, London, England.
  • (Info 2) .Source 5
    Viscount Trentham, afterwards 2nd Marquess of  Stafford, created Duke of Sutherland 18 jan 1833
  • (Title) : Baron of Gower.
  • (Title) : Baron of Leveson-Gower.
  • (Title) : Earl of Gower.
  • (Title) : Marquis of Stafford.
  • (Title) : Viscount Trentham.
  • (MP) between 1778 and 1784.
    Newcastel Under Lyms, Staffordshire
  • (MP) between 1787 and 1798.
    Staffordshire
  • (Ambassador) between 1790 and 1792.
    Paris
  • (Baron) in the year 1798.
    Gower Of Sittenham
  • (Post Master General) between 1799 and 1810.
  • (MArquess) on October 26, 1803.
    2nd Marquis Of Stafford
  • (Duke) on January 28, 1833.
    1st Duke Of Sutherland
  • He died on July 19, 1833 in Dunrobin Castle, Skye, Scotland, he was 75 years old.
  • He is buried on July 31, 1833 in Dornoch Cathedral.
  • A child of Granville Leveson-Gower and Susanna Stewart
  • A child of Granville Leveson-Gower and Louisa Egerton
  • This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke of Sutherland

He is married to Elizabeth Gordon.

They got married on September 4, 1785 at London, Middlesex, England, Great Britain, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Francis Leveson-Gower  1800-1857 


Notes about George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke of Sutherland

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(1) George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (b 09.01.1758, d 19.07.1833) m. (04.09.1785) Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Sutherland (b 24.05.1765, d 29.01.1839, dau of William Gordon, 18th Earl of Sutherland) (A) George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland (b 08.08.1786, d 22.02.1861) had issue m. (28.05.1823) Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard (d 27.10.1868, dau of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle) (B) Francis Leveson-Gower, later Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (b 01.01.1800, d 18.02.1857) had issue m. (18.06.1822) Harriet Catherine Greville (d 17.04.1866, dau of Charles Greville) (C) Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower (d 07.07.1870) m. (27.12.1814) Henry Charles Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk (b 12.08.1791, d 18.02.1856) (D) Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower (b 08.11.1797, d 11.11.1891) m. (16.09.1819) Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (b 27.01.1795, d 31.10.1869)

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  • The temperature on January 9, 1758 was about -0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
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    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
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    • July 5 » Lê Văn Khôi along with 27 soldiers stage a mutiny taking over the Phiên An citadel, developing into the Lê Văn Khôi revolt against Emperor Minh Mạng.
    • December 18 » The national anthem of the Russian Empire, "God Save the Tsar!", is first performed.


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