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...
Leveson-Gower ( LOOS-ən-GOR;), also Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, is the name of a historically prominent British noble family. Over time, several members of the Leveson-Gower family were made knights, baronets and peers. Hereditary titles held by the...
Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Baronet (c. 1605–1672) was an English nobleman, politician, and knight. He was a member of the Leveson-Gower family.
Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet (c. 1647 – 22 December 1691) was an English landowner and politician from Yorkshire. He added the surname Leveson to his own in 1668, when he inherited the Trentham and Lilleshall estates of his maternal...
Gower, as a surname of Anglo-Norman origin. Notable people with the surname include: Andre Gower (born 1973), American child actor Andrew Gower (born 1989), British actor Craig Gower (born 1978), Australian rugby footballer David Gower (born 1957),...
John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower, PC (10 August 1694 – 25 December 1754) was a British Tory politician who served as Lord Privy Seal from 1742 to 1743 and again from 1744 to 1754. Leveson-Gower also served in the Parliament of Great Britain, where...
John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower PC (17 January 1674 – 31 August 1709), styled Sir John Leveson-Gower, 5th Baronet, from 1691–1703, was an English peer and politician from the Leveson-Gower family. His four sons served in parliament.
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...
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...
