John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower

John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower PC (7 January 1675 – 31 August 1709) was a member of the Leveson-Gower family. He was the son of Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet and his wife Jane Granville.[1][2] He was born in Sittenham, Yorkshire. His maternal grandparents were John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath and his wife Jane Wyche, daughter of Sir Peter Wyche.

Career

John Leveson-Gower was Tory MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1692–1703.[2] He was created Baron Gower of Sittenham in the County of York on 16 March 1703.[2] He was made member of the Privy Council from 1702 to 1707, and he was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1702 to 1706.[2] He was Commissioner of the Union in 1706.[2] He died on 31 August 1709 in Belvoir Castle, Grantham, Lincolnshire.

Family

John married Lady Catherine Manners (1675–1722), daughter of John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland and his third wife Catherine Noel, in September 1692.[2] They had six children:[2][3]

• John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (1694–1754) who married and had issue from: firstly, Lady Evelyn Pierrepont, daughter of Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull; secondly, Penelope Stonhouse, daughter of Sir John Stonhouse, 7th Baronet; thirdly, Lady Mary Tufton, daughter of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet.
• William Leveson-Gower (d. 1756), MP for Stafford from 1720 to 1754. He married Anne Grosvenor daughter of Sir Thomas Grosvenor and had a daughter Catherine.
• Thomas Leveson-Gower born 6 May 1699, Trentham, Staffordshire, died 12 August 1727, London, unmarried, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1720 until his death.
• Baptist Leveson-Gower born 1701, died unmarried 4 August 1782, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1727 to 1761.
• Katherine Leveson-Gower died 20 April 1712, London, buried 1 May 1712, Lilleshall.
• Jane Leveson-Gower (c. 1704–1726), married 5 January 1718– 1719, John Proby, who died 1760 and had issue John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort. Jane died 10 June 1726.

Ancestry

Ancestors of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower

16. Thomas Gower 8. Thomas Gower, 1st Bt. of Stittenham 17. Mary Fairfax 4. Thomas Gower, 2nd Bt. of Stittenham 18. John Doyley 9. Anne Doyley 19. Anne Barnard 2. William Leveson-Gower, 4th Bt. 20. John Leveson 10. John Leveson 21. Christian Mildmay 5. Frances Leveson 22. Thomas Sondes 11. Frances Sondes 23. Margaret Brooke 1. John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower 24. Bernard Grenville 12. Bevil Grenville 25. Elizabeth Bevil 6. John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath 26. George Smythe 13. Grace Smythe 27. Grace Vyell 3. Jane Granville 28. Richard Wyche 14. Peter Wyche 29. Elizabeth Saltonstall 7. Jane Wyche 30. William Meredith 15. Jane Meredith 31. Jane Palmer

References

1. "Leveson-Gower, John (1675-1709)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
2. Record for John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower at www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk Archived 15 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• Burkes Peerage (1939 edition), s.v. Sutherland, Duke of