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

Family and Education

b. 7 Jan. 1675, o. surv. s. of Sir William Leveson Gower, 4th Bt.*; educ. private tutor Mr Linfield 1690–1. m. Sept. 1692 (with £15,000), Lady Catherine, da. of John Manners†, 9th Earl of Rutland by 3rd w., and sis. of John Manners, Ld. Roos*, 4s. 2da. suc. fa. as 5th Bt. 22 Dec. 1691; cr. Baron Gower of Stittenham 16 Mar. 1703. Staffs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxiii), 109; J. R. Wordie, Estate Management in 18th Cent. Eng. 281; HMC 5th Rep. 197; Luttrell, Brief Relation, ii. 537.

Offices Held

Steward of Newcastle-under-Lyme 1694–8; freeman, Preston 1702. Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Official Lists, 168; W. A. Abram, Mems. Preston Guild, 72.

PC 21 Apr. 1702–20 May 1707; chancellor, duchy of Lancaster 1702–6. Somerville, 4.

Commr. union with Scotland 1702, 1706. Add. 17677 YY, f. 203; Boyer, Anne Annals, i. 155.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residence: Trentham, Staffs.

Author

S.N.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

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

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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