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Granville James Leveson-Gower, 5th Earl Granville MC (6 December 1918 – 31 October 1996) was a British soldier, banker, peer, and landowner, a member of the House of Lords from 1953 until his death. He was laird of North Uist from 1960 and Lord Lieutenant of the Western Isles from 1983 to 1993.
Granville James Leveson-Gower 1918–1996 5th Earl Granville, Viscount Granville, and Baron Leveson: Alastair Charles St Clair Sutherland b. 1947 25th Earl of Sutherland and Lord Strathnaver: Francis Ronald Egerton b. 1940 7th Duke of Sutherland, 8th Marquess of Stafford, 6th Earl of Ellesmere and Viscount Brackley, 9th Earl Gower ...
31 de oct. de 1996 · He succeeded as the 5th Earl Granville on 25 June 1953. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) for Inverness-shire in 1974. He held the office of Vice-Lieutenant of the Western Isles between 1976 and 1983.
Alma mater. Christ Church, Oxford. Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, GCB, PC (12 October 1773 – 8 January 1846), styled Lord Granville Leveson-Gower from 1786 to 1815 and The Viscount Granville from 1815 to 1833, was a British Whig statesman and diplomat from the Leveson-Gower family .
George Granville Leveson-Gower, 2º conde Granville (11 de mayo de 1815-31 de marzo de 1891), fue un político liberal británico. Ocupó diversos cargos en su carrera, entre ellos el de secretario de Asuntos Exteriores (1851-1862, 1870-1874, 1880-1885) y líder de los liberales en la Cámara de los Lores, por casi 30 años.
By Tony Little. Type: Biography. For more than thirty years, at the height of its strength in the country, Lord Granville led the Victorian Liberal Party in the House of Lords, where it was in a perpetual minority.
Details. individual; politician/statesman; British; Male. Life dates. 1773-1846. Biography. Diplomat and MP for Lichfield and Staffordshire, rising to the House of Lords in 1815; son of Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford (q.v.). Married Lady Henrietta (Harriet) Elizabeth Cavendish in 1809. New search.
