John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower
John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower PC (7 January 1675 – 31 August 1709) was a member of the Leveson-Gower family. He was the son of Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet and his wife Jane Granville.[1][2] He was born in Sittenham, Yorkshire. His maternal grandparents were John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath and his wife Jane Wyche, daughter of Sir Peter Wyche.
Career
[edit]John Leveson-Gower was Tory MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1692–1703.[2] He was created Baron Gower of Sittenham in the County of York on 16 March 1703.[2] He was made member of the Privy Council from 1702 to 1707, and he was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1702 to 1706.[2] He was Commissioner of the Union in 1706.[2] He died on 31 August 1709 in Belvoir Castle, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Family
[edit]John married Lady Catherine Manners (1675–1722), daughter of John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland and his third wife Catherine Noel, in September 1692.[2] They had six children:[2][3]
- John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (1694–1754), who married and had issue from: firstly, Lady Evelyn Pierrepont, daughter of Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull; secondly, Penelope Stonhouse, daughter of Sir John Stonhouse, 7th Baronet; thirdly, Lady Mary Tufton, daughter of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet.
- William Leveson-Gower (d. 1756), MP for Stafford from 1720 to 1754. He married Anne Grosvenor, daughter of Sir Thomas Grosvenor, and had a daughter, Catherine.
- Thomas Leveson-Gower, born 6 May 1699, Trentham, Staffordshire, died 12 August 1727, London, unmarried, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1720 until his death.
- Baptist Leveson-Gower born 1701, died unmarried 4 August 1782, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1727 to 1761.
- Katherine Leveson-Gower, died 20 April 1712, London, buried 1 May 1712, Lilleshall.
- Jane Leveson-Gower (c. 1704 – 10 June 1726), married 5 January 1718/19, John Proby, who died 1760 and had issue, John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort.
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References
[edit]- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- ^ a b c d e f g Record for John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower at www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk Archived 15 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Leveson-Gower Family". Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Burkes Peerage (1939 edition), s.v. Sutherland, Duke of
- 1675 births
- 1709 deaths
- Barons in the Peerage of England
- Peers of England created by Queen Anne
- Leveson-Gower family
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- Members of the Parliament of England for Newcastle-under-Lyme
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