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Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
Granville Leveson-Gower,
2nd Earl Granville

Earl Granville is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant Peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most Peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801 when

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First Creation

The first creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1715 when Grace Carteret was made Countess Granville and Viscountess Carteret. The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant Peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a She was the daughter of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, and the widow of George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret. John Granville 1st Earl of Bath ( 29 August 1628 &ndash 22 August 1701) was an English royalist statesman whose highest position George Carteret 1st Baron Carteret (1669&ndash22 September 1695 was son of Sir Philip Carteret (died 1672 and the grandson of George Carteret. The Carteret family descended from the celebrated royalist statesman George Carteret, who had been created a Baronet, of Metesches, Jersey, in 1645. It was later intended that he should be elevated to the peerage but he died before the title could be granted. As his eldest son, Philip, predeceased him, the peerage was eventually bestowed on his namesake grandson, George, who was made Baron Carteret, of Hawnes in the County of Bedford, with remainder to his brothers. This is about the British explorer for the colonial governor see Philip Carteret (governor. George Carteret 1st Baron Carteret (1669&ndash22 September 1695 was son of Sir Philip Carteret (died 1672 and the grandson of George Carteret.

Lord Carteret and Lady Granville were both succeeded by their son, the second Earl. He was a prominent statesman, mainly known under the title Lord Carteret. The titles became extinct in 1776 on the death of his son, the third Earl, without heirs. Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Carteret estates were passed on to the late Earl's first cousin the Hon. Henry Frederick Thynne, second son of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth, and his wife Lady Louisa Carteret, daughter of the second Earl Granville. He assumed the surname of Carteret and was created Baron Carteret in 1784. The title of Baron Carteret, of Hawnes in the County of Bedford was first created in the Peerage of England 1681 Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year

Second Creation

The second creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1833 when the noted diplomat Lord Granville Leveson-Gower was made Earl Granville and Baron Leveson, of Stone Park in the County of Stafford. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most Peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801 when Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common He had already been created Viscount Granville, of Stone Park in the County of Stafford, in 1815. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Leveson-Gower was the son of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, by his third wife Susanna, the younger half-brother of George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, and the uncle of Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere. Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess of Stafford 2nd Earl Gower PC ( 4 August 1721 &ndash 26 October 1803) was a British politician George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke of Sutherland, KG, PC ( 9 January 1758 &ndash 19 July 1833) was the son of the Francis Egerton 1st Earl of Ellesmere KG PC ( 1 January 1800 &ndash 18 February 1857) was the second son of the 1st He was also a great-great-nephew of the aforementioned Elizabeth Carteret, 1st Countess Granville. Hence, the 1833 creation of the earldom of Granville was a revival of the title created in 1715. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

Lord Granville was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He was a prominent Liberal politician and served three times as Foreign Secretary. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly referred to as the Foreign Secretary, is a member of the United Kingdom Government heading the His son, the third Earl, was also a diplomat and notably served as Ambassador to Belgium from 1928 to 1933. The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Belgium is the United Kingdom 's foremost diplomatic representative in Belgium, and in charge of the UK's Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Earl. He was a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy and also served as Governor of Northern Ireland from 1945 to 1952. Vice Admiral is a naval rank equivalent to Lieutenant General in seniority The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) The Governor of Northern Ireland was the principal officer and representative in Northern Ireland of the British monarch. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lord Granville married Lady Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon, second surviving daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and elder sister of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, wife of King George VI. Rose Leveson-Gower Countess Granville, GCVO (née Lady Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon 6 May 1890 &ndash 17 November 1967) was the third Claude George Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne KG, KT, GCVO, TD (14 March 1855 – 7 November 1944 was a landowner and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (Elizabeth Angela Marguerite 4 August 1900 &ndash 30 March 2002 was the Queen Consort of King George As of 2007 the titles are held by his grandson, the sixth Earl, who succeeded his father in 1996. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) As a descendant of the first Marquess of Stafford he is also in distant remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles, titles held by his kinsman the Duke of Sutherland.

The family surname of Leveson-Gower is pronounced "Looson-Gore".

Carteret Baronets, of Metesches (1645)

Barons Carteret (1681)

Earls Granville, First Creation (1715)

Earls Granville, Second Creation (1833)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son son, Granville George James Leveson-Gower, Lord Leveson (b. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An heir apparent is an Heir who (short of a fundamental change in the situation cannot be displaced from inheriting the term is used in contrast to Heir presumptive 22 July 1999)

The Heir Apparent's Heir Presumptive is his uncle, the Hon. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) An heir presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne peerage or other hereditary honor but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an Heir apparent Niall James Leveson-Gower (b. 24 August 1963)

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