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George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2. Duke of Sutherland KG war ein britischer Adliger und Politiker.
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.
The 2nd Duke of Sutherland subscribed to J.S. Buckingham’s anti-slavery The Slave States of America (London and Paris, 1842). His wife Harriet advocated for the abolition of slavery in America and, in 1853, hosted Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, when she visited Britain.
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- August 8, 1786
- February 27, 1861
George Granville Sutherland-Leverson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts. Books. Archives. George Granville Sutherland-Leverson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland (1786 - 1861) RA Collection: People and Organisations. Succeeded to the dukedom in 1833. President of the British Institution. Profile. Born: 1786. Died: 1861.
George Granville Leveson-Gower (1758-1833) succeeded his father as 2nd Marquess of Stafford (so created 1786) in 1803 and was raised to the dukedom of Sutherland in 1833. He married in 1785...
The Duke and Duchess (who died on 29 January 1839) had two sons and two daughters. The eldest son George Granville (1786-1861), 2nd Duke of Sutherland married Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana (d. 1868), daughter of George, 6th Earl of Carlisle.
