Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford

Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, KG PC (4 August 1721 – 26 October 1803), known as Viscount Trentham from 1746 to 1754 and as The Earl Gower from 1754 to 1786, was a British politician from the Leveson-Gower family. Sitting in the House of Lords, he spent a quarter of a century in the Cabinet.

The Most Honourable
The Marquess of Stafford
KG PC
Portrait by George Romney
Lord Privy Seal
In office
22 December 1755 – 30 June 1757
MonarchGeorge II
Prime MinisterThomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
Preceded byCharles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough
Succeeded byRichard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple
In office
27 November 1784 – 1794
MonarchGeorge III
Prime MinisterWilliam Pitt the Younger
Preceded byCharles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland
Succeeded byGeorge Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer
Lord President of the Council
In office
22 December 1767 – 24 November 1779
MonarchGeorge III
Prime MinisterWilliam Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Frederick North, Lord North
Preceded byRobert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington
Succeeded byHenry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst
In office
19 December 1783 – 1 December 1784
MonarchGeorge III
Prime MinisterWilliam Pitt the Younger
Preceded byDavid Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont
Succeeded byCharles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Personal details
Born4 August 1721 (1721-08-04)
Died26 October 1803 (1803-10-27) (aged 82)
Trentham Hall, Staffordshire
NationalityBritish
Political partyTory
Spouse(s)(1) Elizabeth Fazakerley
(d. 1745)
(2) Lady Louisa Egerton
(d. 1761)
(3) Lady Susanna Stewart
(d. 1805)
Children
Parent(s)John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower
Lady Evelyn Pierrepont
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
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