John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower

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John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower

John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower PC ( August 10, 1694 - December 25, 1754 ) was a British peer and politician .

Life

He was a son of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower and his wife Catherine Manners. When his father died in 1709 he inherited his title as 2nd Baron Gower and 6th Baronet , of Sittenham, and thereby became a member of the House of Lords .

He made a career as a Tory politician and was the first Tory to enter government in the 18th century. From 1742 to 1743 and again from 1744 and 1754 he also held the office of Lord Seal Keeper. In 1742 he was also admitted to the British Privy Council and was Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire from 1742 to 1754 .

On July 8, 1746 he was made Earl Gower and Viscount Trentham , in the County of Stafford.

Marriages and offspring

On March 13, 1712 he married Lady Evelyn Pierrepont, daughter of Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston upon Hull . They had seven children together:

Evelyn died on June 26, 1727. On October 31, 1733, he married Penelope Stenhouse, daughter of Sir John Stenhouse, 7th Baronet . His second wife died on August 19, 1734.

On May 16, 1736 he married Mary Tufton, a daughter of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet , and widow of Anthony Gray, Earl of Harold . They had a son together:

  • John Leveson-Gower (1740–1792), Admiral in the Royal Navy , ⚭ Frances Boscawen, daughter of Edward Boscawen.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 95
predecessor Office successor
New title created Earl Gower
1746-1754
Granville Leveson-Gower
John Leveson-Gower Baron Gower
1709-1754
Granville Leveson-Gower
John Hervey Keeper of the Lord
Seal 1742–1743
George Cholmondeley
Henry Shirley Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire
1742–1754
Granville Leveson-Gower
George Cholmondeley Lord seal keeper
1744–1754
Charles Spencer