LEVESON GOWER, John (1675-1709) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 7 Jan. 1675, o. surv. s. of Sir William Leveson Gower^‡, 4th bt., of Stittenham, Yorks. and Jane, da. John Granville, earl of Bath. educ. James Linfield’s sch., Westminster 1690-1. m. Sept. 1692 (with £15,000), Katherine (d.1722), da. John Manners, 9th earl (later duke) of Rutland, 4s. (inc. William Leveson Gower,^‡ and Thomas Leveson Gower^‡), 2da. suc. fa. 22 Dec. 1691. d. 31 Aug. 1709; will 28 Aug. 1709, pr. 27 Feb. 1710. TNA, PROB 11/513.

Offices Held

PC 21 Apr. 1702 – 20 May 1707; chan. of the duchy of Lancaster 1702 – 06; commr. union with Scotland 1702, 1706.

Steward, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1694 – 98; freeman, Preston 1702.

Parlimentarian

LEVESON GOWER, Sir John, 5th Bt. (1675-1709), of Trentham, Staffs.

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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