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George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3. Duke of Sutherland. George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3. Duke of Sutherland (* 19. Dezember 1828; † 22. September 1892) war einer der führenden Adeligen des Vereinigten Königreichs in der viktorianischen Ära
George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland, KG, FRS (19 December 1828 – 22 September 1892), styled Viscount Trentham until 1833, Earl Gower in 1833 and Marquess of Stafford between 1833 and 1861, was a British politician from the Leveson-Gower family.
Dukes of Sutherland (1833) George Leveson-Gower, 1. Duke of Sutherland (1758–1833) George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2. Duke of Sutherland (1786–1861) George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3. Duke of Sutherland (1828–1892) Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4. Duke of Sutherland (1851–1913)
Duke of Sutherland is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom which was created by William IV in 1833 for George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford. A series of marriages to heiresses by members of the Leveson-Gower family made the dukes of Sutherland one of the richest landowning families in the United Kingdom.
- James Granville Egerton, Marquess of Stafford
- Peerage of the United Kingdom
Am 28. Januar 1833, wenige Monate vor seinem Tod, wurde er zum Duke of Sutherland erhoben. Er starb am 19. Juli 1833 auf Dunrobin Castle und wurde in der Kathedrale von Dornoch bestattet. Leveson-Gower galt als reichster Brite des 19. Jahrhunderts.
George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, KG (8 August 1786 – 27 February 1861), styled Viscount Trentham until 1803, Earl Gower between 1803 and 1833 and Marquess of Stafford in 1833, was a British peer and Whig politician from the Leveson-Gower family. [1]
On the death of his uncle the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater in 1803, the 1st Duke of Sutherland inherited the Bridgewater estates in Northamptonshire and Lancashire, together with the canal property and Bridgewater House (London), with remainder to his second son Francis Leveson-Gower, who was created Earl of Ellesmere in 1846 (see Egerton, Earls of ...
