Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower

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Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower
Member of Parliament
for Reigate
In office
6 February 1863 – 16 April 1866
Preceded byWilliam Monson
Succeeded byConstituency disenfranchised
Personal details
Born25 February 1838
Died30 May 1895(1895-05-30) (aged 57)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)
Sophia Leigh
​
(m. 1861)​
ChildrenTen, including Frederick Archibald Leveson-Gower and Henry Dudley
ParentsWilliam Leveson-Gower
Emily Josephine Eliza Doyle
ResidenceTitsey Place, Surrey, England

Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower (25 February 1838 – 30 May 1895)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician.[2]

Leveson-Gower was the son of William and Emily Josephine Eliza (née Doyle) Leveson-Gower. In 1861, he married Sophia Leigh, daughter of Chandos and Margarette (née Willes) Leigh, and they had at least 10 children: Margaret Emily (1862–1948); Ronald William (1863–1889); Granville Charles (1865–1948); Ethel Sophie (1866–1950); Frederick Archibald (1871–1946); Evelyn Marmaduke (1872–1938); Henry Dudley (1873–1954); Cecil Octavius (1875–1937); Clement Edward (1876–1939); and Katherine Ursula (1878–1963).[2]

Leveson-Gower was elected Liberal MP for Reigate at a —caused by the succession of William Monson to the peerage as Lord Monson—and held the seat until 1866 when he was unseated due to extensive bribery in the seat. The seat was later disenfranchised under the Reform Act 1867.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower". The Peerage. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) |format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Monson 		Member of Parliament for Reigate
–1866 		Constituency disenfranchised
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