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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 ...
Vor 2 Tagen · The Hall (later the Old Hall), the LevesonGowers' Shropshire seat after they left the lodge, is said to have been built in the late 1750s (fn. 51) but it incorporates a timber-framed farmhouse, probably of the 17th century.
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 ...
Vor 3 Tagen · By his will he left his estates in Lancashire and Cheshire, and at Brackley, with Bridgewater House, London, its art treasures and valuable library, on trusts for the benefit of his nephew the Marquis of Stafford, afterwards Duke of Sutherland, with remainder to his second son, Francis Leveson-Gower, and his issue; he directed that ...
Vor 4 Tagen · January 21, 1856. Birthplace: 23 Berkeley Square, London, England. Death: November 20, 1926 (70) Immediate Family: Daughter of Godfrey Bosville-Macdonald, 4th Baron Macdonald and Maria Anne Bosville-Macdonald. Wife of Francis Mackenzie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower and Reginald Frederick Cazenove. Mother of Sibell Lilian Mackenzie, suo jure Countess ...
Vor 9 Stunden · Emphasis was made that the trustees were always willing to consider the relief of local need in Sibford Gower and Burdrop but that they themselves had limited means of knowing where this need occurred. It was the responsibility of a caring village to make this information available to our Charity as Peter himself was always available to receive such detail. Thank you Peter for your full report ...
