Granville Leveson-Gower, 5th Earl Granville

Granville Leveson-Gower, 5th Earl Granville
Born(1918-12-06)6 December 1918
Died31 October 1996(1996-10-31) (aged 77)
Spouse
Doon Plunket
(m. 1958)
Children3, including Fergus
Parents
RelativesRosie Stancer (niece)
Claude Bowes-Lyon (grandfather)
Granville Leveson-Gower (grandfather)
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchBritish Army
RankMajor
UnitColdstream Guards
WarsWorld War II
AwardsMilitary Cross

Granville James Leveson-Gower, 5th Earl Granville MC (6 December 1918 – 31 October 1996) was a British soldier, banker, peer, and landowner, a member of the House of Lords from 1953 until his death.

He was laird of North Uist from 1960 and Lord Lieutenant of the Western Isles from 1983 to 1993.[1]

  1. ^ Burke's Peerage, volume 2 (London: Burke's, 2003), p. 1639