1st Marquess of Stafford, Granville Leveson-Gower

1721 - 1803  (82 years)

• Name	Granville Leveson-Gower  [1]
  Title	1st Marquess of Stafford,
  Born	04 Aug 1721  [1]
  Created	28 Feb 1786	Marquess of Stafford (1st)   [2]
  Died	26 Oct 1803	Trentham Hall, Staffordshire   [3]
  Buried	02 Nov 1803	St. Mary and All Saints,Trentham, Staffordshire   [4]
  Person ID	I00528	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2022

  
  

  Wife 1	Elizabeth Fazakerley,   d. 19 May 1746, Grosvenor-Square, London
  Married	23 Dec 1744  [5]
  Children	1. Granville Leveson-Gower,   b. 14 May 1746, Gorsvenor-Square, London ,   d. 18 May 1746, Grosvenor-Square, London  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife 2	Louisa Egerton
  Married	1748
  Children	1. Louisa Leveson-Gower,   b. 22 Oct 1749,   d. 29 Jul 1827  (Age 77 years) + 2. Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower,   b. 2 Nov 1753,   d. 27 Jan 1824  (Age 70 years)   3. Stillborn Son Leveson-Gower,   b. Aug 1755, Trentham, Staffordshire ,   d. Aug 1755, Trentham, Staffordshire  (Age 0 years)   4. 1st Duke of Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower,   b. 09 Jan 1758,   d. 19 Jul 1833  (Age 75 years)   5. Anne Leveson-Gower,   b. 22 Feb 1761, London ,   d. 16 Nov 1832  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F00155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife 3	Marchioness of Stafford Susanna "Susan" Stewart,   b. 1742, Scotland ,   d. 15 Aug 1805  (Age 63 years)
  Married	25 May 1768	London   [6]
  • "The Scots Magazine" Volume 30, 1768, page 278: May 25. At London, Earl Gower, Lord President of the Council, to Lady Susan Stuart, daughter of the Earl of Galloway.
  Children	1. Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower,   b. 13 Apr 1769, Earl Gower's House in Whitehall, London ,   d. 24 Mar 1806, Madeira  (Age 36 years)   2. Duchess of Beaufort Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower,   b. 11 Jan 1771, Earl Gower's House in Whitehall, London ,   d. 12 Aug 1854, Westbrook Hay, Hertfordshire  (Age 83 years)   3. Susan Leveson-Gower,   b. Bef 15 Sep 1772,   d. 26 May 1838  (Age > 65 years)   4. 1st Earl Granville Granville Leveson-Gower,   b. 12 Oct 1773,   d. 08 Jan 1846  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  --- "Lord Granville Leveson Gower: Private Correspondence" Vol. 1, 1916, page 438: Note by Lady Stafford. Suday the 16th of October my beloved was taken ill. Wednesday ye 25th, about 7 o'clock, it pleased the Almighty to take him from me, and, I trust, to himself, to an happy eternity. Tuesday, ye 1st of Novr, I quitted Trentham, where I had lived, the happiest of Wives, for 35 years and 5 months. God have mercy upon me! and direct and guide me! . . . Thursday, ye 3rd of Novr my beloved husband's remains were interr'd in the family vault. . . .

  
  

• Sources

  http://www.thepeerage.com/p999.htm. "Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting and Original Literature, and Records of the Beau-monde", J. Bell, 1831, page 259. "Morning Post", Saturday, 29 Oct 1803, page 3. IGI Batch# I05214-7. "Dictionary of National Biography" Stephen & Lee, 1889, Volume 18, page 271. [S00004] FMP Parish Records Collection, www.findmypast.co.uk, (Transcriptions of Parish Christenings, Marriages and Burials).