Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville

The Earl Granville
Portrait by Thomas Lawrence
Ambassador to Russia
In office
1804–1805
Preceded bySir John Borlase Warren, Bt
Succeeded byThe Lord Cathcart
In office
1807–1812
Preceded byThe Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale
Succeeded byThe Viscount Cathcart
Ambassador to France
In office
1824–1828
Preceded byCharles Stuart
Succeeded byThe Lord Stuart de Rothesay
In office
1830–1835
Preceded byThe Lord Stuart de Rothesay
Succeeded byThe Lord Cowley
In office
1835–1841
Preceded byThe Lord Cowley
Succeeded byThe Lord Cowley
Personal details
Born(1773-10-12)12 October 1773
Died8 January 1846(1846-01-08) (aged 72)
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig
Spouse(s)Lady Harriet Cavendish
(m.1809)
Children7
Parent(s)Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford
Lady Susanna Stewart
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, GCB, PC (12 October 1773 – 8 January 1846), styled Lord Granville Leveson-Gower from 1786 to 1815 and The Viscount Granville from 1815 to 1833, was a British Whig statesman and diplomat from the Leveson-Gower family.