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Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville
Politician
1773 – 1846
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Who was Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville?
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville GCB PC, known as Lord Granville Leveson-Gower from 1786 to 1814 and as the Viscount Granville from 1814 to 1833, was a British Whig statesman and diplomat]. A recent historian says he, "was a drab figure, the original stuffed-shirt – starch outside, sawdust within."
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- Born
- Oct 12, 1773
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Harriet Cavendish Leveson-Gower
(1809 - )
- Harriet Cavendish Leveson-Gower
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Christ Church, Oxford
- Died
- Jan 8, 1846
London
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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