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George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2. Duke of Sutherland, um 1810. George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2. Duke of Sutherland KG (* 8. August 1786; † 22. Februar 1861) 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.
George Leveson-Gower, 1. Duke of Sutherland. Der Titel wurde am 28. Januar 1833 an George Granville Leveson-Gower, 2. Marquess of Stafford verliehen. Dieser war 20 Jahre lang Abgeordneter im House of Commons gewesen, bevor er die Titel und die Besitzungen seines Vaters erbte. Er gilt als der reichste Brite des 19. Jahrhunderts.
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. National Gallery painting connections.
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.
Sutherland-Leveson-Gower family, Dukes of Sutherland. This page summarises records created by this Family. The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually including the...
George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland KG, PC (9 January 1758 – 19 July 1833), known as Viscount Trentham from 1758 to 1786, as Earl Gower from 1786 to 1803 and as the Marquess of Stafford from 1803 to 1833, was an English politician, diplomat, landowner and patron of the arts from the Leveson-Gower family.
