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Vor 2 Tagen · In 1889, Mary Caroline Blair shocked society by marrying George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, the 3rd Duke of Sutherland, just four months after the death of his first wife. Queen Victoria herself had advised the Duke to wait before remarrying, so the hasty union was seen as a major breach of protocol. After being shunned by high society, the ...
9. Mai 2024 · President of the Privy Council (1852–54) and chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster (1854–55) in Lord Aberdeen’s coalition government, he also became leader of the Liberal peers in the House of Lords, a post he retained, save for an interval during 1865–68, until his death.
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Vor 6 Tagen · George Granville Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower, who was the third Duke's nephew, became Marquis of Stafford in 1803, shortly after his uncle's death. He carried on the third Duke's work of restoration at Cleveland House and had a new gallery built, designed by Charles Heathcote Tatham, to accommodate his own as well as his uncle's ...
Vor 2 Tagen · At Sir Richard's death without lawful issue in 1661 the manor passed under his will to his widow Katherine (d. 1674) for life, and thereafter to his grandnephew William Leveson-Gower (formerly Gower) of Stittenham (Yorks. N.R.).
Vor 3 Tagen · He was the Most Noble George Granville Leveson-Gower, second Marquess of Stafford, third Earl Gower and Viscount Trentham, fourth Lord Gower of Stittenham in Yorkshire and eighth baronet of the same place. Ultimately and pre-eminently though, for the last six months of his life at least, he was the first Duke of Sutherland.
Vor 3 Tagen · The right of presentation, as well as that of appointing the trustees, remained in the Leveson-Gower family (dukes of Sutherland from 1833) until 1940 when the 5th duke settled a sum of £6,400 stock in redemption of the annual £160 and his responsibility to maintain the premises. By 1914 the 20 sets were occupied by 19 almswomen ...
30. Apr. 2024 · George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland, KT, PC (29 August 1888 – 1 February 1963), styled Earl Gower until 1892 and Marquess of Stafford between 1892 and 1913, was a British courtier, patron of the film industry and Conservative party politician from the Leveson-Gower family.
