Background
LEVESON-GOWER, George Granville was born on May 19, 1858 in London. 0. son of late Honourable Frederick Leveson-Gower and Margaret, 2nd daughter of 2nd Marquess of Northampton.
LEVESON-GOWER, George Granville was born on May 19, 1858 in London. 0. son of late Honourable Frederick Leveson-Gower and Margaret, 2nd daughter of 2nd Marquess of Northampton.
Eton; Balliol College Oxford 2nd cl. Moderations (Classics). 2nd class Final Classical Schools.
Private Secretary to Mr. Gladstone when Prime Minister, 1880-1885. Spanish Mission, 1881.
Member of Parliament (Liberal) North-West Staffordshire, 1885-1886. Contested East Marylebone, 1889. Member of Parliament Stoke - upon - Trent, 1890-1895.
Junior Lord of Treasury, 1885-1886. Comptroller of His (or Her) Majesty’s Household, 1892-1895. Second Church Estates Commissioner, 1892-1895.
Member of London School Board, 1897-1899. Representative of the North American Review in England, 1899-1906. Commissioner of Woods and Forests since 1908.
Liberal.
Clubs: Brooks’s, M.C.C., Athenaeum.
Spouse 1898, Hon. Cicely, y.daughter of 8th Baron Monson.