Biography of George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland 1758-1833
Paternal Family Tree: Gower
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Child 1656-1719
In 1744 [his father] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford (age 22) and Elizabeth Fazakerley were married. He the son of John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 49) and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower.
In 1748 [his father] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford (age 26) and [his mother] Louisa Egerton Countess Gower (age 24) were married. She the daughter of Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater and Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater (age 41). He the son of John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 53) and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower.
On 25 Dec 1754 [his grandfather] John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower (age 60) died. His son [his father] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford (age 33) succeeded 2nd Earl Gower, 3rd Baron Gower, 7th Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire. [his mother] Louisa Egerton Countess Gower (age 31) by marriage Countess Gower.
On 09 Jan 1758 George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland was born to Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford (age 36) and Louisa Egerton Countess Gower (age 34).
On 14 May 1761 [his mother] Louisa Egerton Countess Gower (age 38) died.
In 1766 William Sutherland 18th Earl Sutherland (age 31) died. His daughter [his future wife] Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland succeeded 19th Countess Sutherland.
In 1768 [his father] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford (age 46) and [his step-mother] Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford were married. She by marriage Countess Gower. She the daughter of Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway (age 74) and Catherine Cochrane Countess Galloway (age 59). He the son of John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower and Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower.
On 04 Sep 1785 George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 27) and Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland (age 20) were married. He by marriage Earl Sutherland. She the daughter of William Sutherland 18th Earl Sutherland. He the son of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford (age 64) and Louisa Egerton Countess Gower.
In 1786 [his father] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford (age 64) was created 1st Marquess Stafford. [his step-mother] Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford by marriage Marchioness Stafford.
On 11 Aug 1786 [his son] George Sutherland Leveson-Gower 2nd Duke Sutherland was born to George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 28) and [his wife] Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland (age 21) at Portland Place, Marylebone.
Around 1788 [his daughter] Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Norfolk was born to George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 29) and [his wife] Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland (age 22).
In 1797 [his daughter] Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster was born to George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 38) and [his wife] Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland (age 31).
Around 1800. Thomas Lawrence (age 30). Portrait of George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 41).
On 01 Jan 1800 [his son] Francis Leveson Gower aka Egerton 1st Earl Ellesmere was born to George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 41) and [his wife] Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland (age 34) at 21 Arlington Street, Piccadilly.
On 26 Oct 1803 [his father] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford (age 82) died. His son George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 45) succeeded 2nd Marquess Stafford, 3rd Earl Gower, 4th Baron Gower, 8th Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire. [his wife] Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland (age 38) by marriage Marchioness Stafford.
In 1806 George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 47) was appointed 632nd Knight of the Garter by King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 67).
Before 1815 [his son-in-law] Henry Charles Howard 13th Duke of Norfolk (age 23) and [his daughter] Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Norfolk (age 26) were married. She the daughter of George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 56) and Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland (age 49). He the son of Bernard Howard 12th Duke of Norfolk (age 49) and Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk (age 44).
Before Oct 1820 [his son-in-law] Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess Westminster (age 25) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower Marchioness Westminster (age 23) were married. She the daughter of George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 62) and Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland (age 55). He the son of Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster (age 53) and Eleanor Egerton Marchioness Westminster (age 50).
On 18 Jun 1822 [his son] Francis Leveson Gower aka Egerton 1st Earl Ellesmere (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Harriet Greville Countess Ellesmere (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 64) and Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland (age 57).
On 28 May 1823 [his son] George Sutherland Leveson-Gower 2nd Duke Sutherland (age 36) and [his daughter-in-law] Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard Duchess Sutherland (age 17) were married. She the daughter of George Howard 6th Earl Carlisle (age 49) and Georgiana Cavendish Countess Carlisle (age 39). He the son of George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 65) and Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland (age 58). They were first cousin once removed.
The London Gazette 19103. Whitehall, January 14, 1833.
The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, for granting the dignity of Duke of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto George Granville Marquess of Stafford (age 75), Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Duke of Sutherland, in that part of the said United Kingdom called Scotland. [Note. [his wife] Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland (age 67) by marriage Duchess Sutherland.]
The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, for granting the dignities of Baron and Duke of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto William Harry Marquess of Cleveland (age 66), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begbtten, by the names, stiles, and titles of Baron Raby, of Raby-castle, in the county of Durham, and Duke of Cleveland.
The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Grent Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto Charles Callis Western (age 65), Esq. and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Baron Western, of Rivenhall, in the county of Essex.
On 19 Jul 1833 George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland (age 75) died. His son [his son] George Sutherland Leveson-Gower 2nd Duke Sutherland (age 46) succeeded 2nd Duke Sutherland, 3rd Marquess Stafford, 20th Earl Sutherland, 4th Earl Gower, 5th Baron Gower, 9th Baronet Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire. [his daughter-in-law] Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard Duchess Sutherland (age 27) by marriage Duchess Sutherland.
On 29 Jan 1839 [his former wife] Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland (age 73) died. Her son [his son] George Sutherland Leveson-Gower 2nd Duke Sutherland (age 52) succeeded 20th Earl Sutherland.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Gower 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Gower 2nd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Doyley Baroness Gower
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Leveson-Gower 4th Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Leveson Baroness Gower
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bevil Grenville
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Granville 1st Earl Bath
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Smith
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Granville Baroness Gower
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Wyche
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Wyche
GrandFather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Manners
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Grace Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Manners 1st Duke Rutland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Cotton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Manners Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Noel 2nd Viscount Campden
Great x 3 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Hicks Viscountess Campden
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Montagu Bertie 2nd Earl Lindsey
9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Martha Cockayne Countess Lindsey and Holderness
Father: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 1st Earl Kingston 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Pierrepont of Thoresby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gertrude Talbot Baroness Pierrepont Holme Pierrepoint
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Gifford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Evelyn of West Dean
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Evelyn of Wiltshire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Evelyn
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Coxe
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coxe
GrandMother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Feilding 1st Earl Desmond
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Feilding 2nd Earl Desmond 3rd Earl Denbigh 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael Stanhope
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Bridget Stanhope Countess Desmond 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Read
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Carey 1st Earl Monmouth
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Carey 2nd Earl Monmouth 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trevannion Countess Monmouth
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Carey Countess Desmond and Denbigh 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lionel Cranfield 1st Earl Middlesex
Great x 3 Grandmother: Martha Cranfield Countess Monmouth
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sheppard
George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ravenscroft
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Egerton 2nd Earl Bridgewater 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby
2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Spencer Countess Derby
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Egerton 3rd Earl Bridgewater 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Cavendish 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Ogle 8th Baroness Ogle 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cavendish Countess Bridgewater 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bassett
11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Scroop Egerton 1st Duke Bridgewater 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Paulet 4th Marquess Winchester 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Cecil Marchioness Winchester
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Paulet 1st Duke Bolton 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Savage 1st Viscount Savage
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Savage Marchioness Winchester 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy 1st Countess Rivers
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Paulet Countess Bridgewater 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Scrope 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Emanuel Scrope 1st Earl of Sunderland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philadelphia Carey Baroness Scrope Bolton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Scrope 6th Marchioness Winchester 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Martha Jeanes
Mother: Louisa Egerton Countess Gower 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford 10 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Russell 1st Duke Bedford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Russell 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Carr 1st Earl Somerset
13 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Carr Countess of Bedford 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford 9 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Wriothesley 3rd Earl of Southampton
7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Wriothesley 4th Earl of Southampton 2nd Earl Chichester 7 x Great Grand Son of Henry IV King England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vernon Countess Southampton
6 x Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Rachel Wriothesley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Daniel de Massue Seigneur de Rouvigny
Great x 3 Grandmother: Rachel Massue Countess Southampton
GrandMother: Rachel Russell Duchess Bridgewater 10 x Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Howland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howland Duchess Bedford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Child
Great x 3 Grandfather: Josiah Child
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Roycroft
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Child