LEVESON GOWER, Sir William (c.1647-91), of Trentham, Staffs.

b. c. 1647, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Bt.†, of Stittenham, Yorks. by Frances, da. and coh. of Sir John Leveson† of Lilleshall, Staffs. educ. Pocklington g.s. 1656, aged 9. m. c.1669, Lady Jane (d. 1697), da. of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, sis. of Hon. Charles† and Hon. John Granville*, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. cos. Francis Leveson (formerly Fowler) in Staffs. and Salop estates 1668, fa. 1689, nephew as 4th Bt. 8 Oct. 1689. Staffs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxiii), 109; Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xxv. 62.