Family and Education
b. 10 Aug. 1694, 1st s. of Leveson Gower, (later Bar. Gower), and Katherine, da. John Manners, duke of Rutland; bro. of Baptist‡ and William Leveson Gower‡. educ. Westminster; Christ Church, Oxf., DCL 1732. m. (1) 13 Mar. 1712, Evelyn Pierrepont (d.1727), da. Evelyn Pierrepont, mq. of Dorchester, later duke of Kingston, 4s. (2 d.v.p.), 6da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 31 Oct. 1733, Penelope (d.1734), wid. of Sir Henry Atkins, bt., da. of Sir John Stonhouse‡, 3rd bt., 1da. (d.v.p.); (3) 16 May 1736, Mary (d.1785), wid. of Anthony Grey* [553], Bar. Lucas, styled earl of Harold, da. Thomas Tufton, 6th earl of Thanet, 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 1da. (d.v.p.). London Evening Post, 26-28 Dec. 1754. d. 25 Dec. 1754; will 22 Dec. 1749 – 27 Dec. 1750, pr. 8 Feb. 1755. TNA, PROB 11/813.
Offices Held
Ld. justice 1740, 1748, 1750, 1752; ld privy seal 1742 – 43, 1744 – d.; PC 1742.
Ld. lt., Staffs. 1742 – d.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Trentham, Staffs.; Stittenham, Yorks.; Upper Brook Street, London.Whitehall Evening Post, 24-26 Dec. 1754.;
Likenesses
oil on canvas by S. Slaughter, aft. 1742, Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland; oil on canvas by J.B. van Loo, aft. 1742, Staffordshire County buildings collection; mezzotint by J. Faber jnr., after Vanloo, NPG D34659.
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Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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