John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the Earl of the same name, see John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower .

John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower PC (born January 7, 1675 in Stittenham , Yorkshire , † August 31, 1709 in Belvoir Castle , Grantham , Lincolnshire ) was an English politician and peer.

Life

He was the son of Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet and his wife Jane Granville. His maternal grandparents were John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath and his wife Jane Wyche, a daughter of Sir Peter Wyche .

At the death of his father in 1691 he inherited his title of baronet , of Sittenham in the County of York.

John Leveson-Gower was from 1692 to 1703 MP in the House of Commons for the Tories in the constituency of Newcastle-under-Lyne . He was on March 16, 1703 as Baron Gower , of Sittenham in the County of York, raised to a peer , which a seat in the House of Lords was connected. He was a member of the Privy Council from 1702 to 1707 , and from 1702 to 1706 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and 1706 Commissioner of the Union .

Marriage and offspring

In September 1692 he married Lady Catherine Manners (1675–1722), a daughter of John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland, and had six children with her:

• John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (1694–1754) first married to Lady Evelyn Pierrepont, daughter of Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull ; second marriage to Penelope Stonhouse, daughter of Sir John Stonhouse, 7th Baronet ; and third marriage to Lady Mary Tufton, daughter of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet .
• William Leveson-Gower († 1756), 1720–1754 MP for Staffordshire married to Anne Grosvenor, the daughter of Sir Thomas Grosvenor .
• Thomas Leveson-Gower (born May 6, 1699 in Trentham, Staffordshire, † August 12, 1727 in London), unmarried, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1720 until his death .
• Baptist Leveson-Gower (* 1701; † August 4, 1782), unmarried, 1727 to 1761 MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme .
• Katherine Leveson-Gower († April 20, 1712 in London; buried in Lilleshall on May 1, 1712).
• Jane Leveson-Gower (around 1704; † June 10, 1726), married from January 5, 1718 or 1719 to John Proby († 1760).

ancestors

16. Thomas Gower

8. Sir Thomas Gower, 1st Bt.

17. Mary Fairfax

4. Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Bt.

18. John Doyley

9. Anne Doyley

19. Anne Barnard

2. Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Bt.

20. John Leveson

10. John Leveson

21. Christian Mildmay

5. Frances Leveson

22. Thomas Sondes

11. Frances Sondes

23. Margaret Brooke

1. John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower

24. Bernard Grenville

12. Bevil Grenville

25. Elizabeth Bevil

6. John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath

26. George Smythe

13. Grace Smythe

27. Grace Vyell

3. Jane Granville

28. Richard Wyche

14. Peter Wyche

29. Elizabeth Saltonstall

7. Jane Wyche

30. William Meredith

15. Jane Meredith

31. Jane Palmer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wikisource: Leveson-Gower, John (1675-1709) , Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder & Co, London 1885-1900.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Entry about John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk 
3. ^ Burkes Peerage (1939 edition), sv Sutherland, Duke of
4. ↑ The Leveson-Gower Family ( Memento of the original from June 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

predecessor	title	successor
William Leveson-Gower	Baronet, of Sittenham 1691-1709	John Leveson-Gower
New title created	Baron Gower 1703-1709	John Leveson-Gower