The Marquess of Stafford | |
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 Portrait by George Romney | |
| Lord Privy Seal | |
| In office 22 December 1755 – 30 June 1757 | |
| Monarch | George II |
| Prime Minister | Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire |
| Preceded by | Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough |
| Succeeded by | Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple |
| In office 27 November 1784 – 1794 | |
| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | William Pitt the Younger |
| Preceded by | Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland |
| Succeeded by | George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer |
| Lord President of the Council | |
| In office 22 December 1767 – 24 November 1779 | |
| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton Frederick North, Lord North |
| Preceded by | Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington |
| Succeeded by | Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst |
| In office 19 December 1783 – 1 December 1784 | |
| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | William Pitt the Younger |
| Preceded by | David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont |
| Succeeded by | Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 August 1721 |
| Died | 26 October 1803 (aged 82) Trentham Hall, Staffordshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Tory |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Elizabeth Fazakerley (d. 1745) (2) Lady Louisa Egerton (d. 1761) (3) Lady Susanna Stewart (d. 1805) |
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| Parent(s) | John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower Lady Evelyn Pierrepont |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, KG PC (4 August 1721 – 26 October 1803), known as Viscount Trentham from 1746 to 1754 and as The Earl Gower from 1754 to 1786, was a British politician from the Leveson-Gower family. Sitting in the House of Lords, he spent a quarter of a century in the Cabinet.