Sir Rt Hon. Duke George Leveson-Gower KG PC
(1758-1833)
Viscount Trentham (1758-1786), Member of Parliament (1779-1784), Member of Parliament (1787-1799), Privy Counsellor (from 1790), Postmaster-General (1799-1801), 1st Baron Gower (1799-1833), 2nd Marquess of Stafford (1803-1833), 632nd Knight of the Order of the Garter (from 1806), and 1st Duke of Sutherland (from 1833)
Died aged 75
Wikidata WikipediaGeorge 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 from 1786 to 1803 and as the Marquess of Stafford from 1803 to 1833, was an English politician, diplomat, landowner and patron of the arts from the Leveson-Gower family. He was the wealthiest man in Britain during the latter part of his life. He remains a controversial figure for his role in the Highland Clearances.
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