John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower

John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower PC (7 January 1675 – 31 August 1709), styled Sir John Leverson-Gower, 5th Baronet, from 1691–1703, was an English peer and politician from the Leveson-Gower family. His four sons served in parliament.[1]

Biography

Leveson-Gower was born in Sittenham, Yorkshire. He was the eldest and only surviving son of Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet and his wife, Lady Jane Granville. His maternal grandparents were John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath and his wife Jane Wyche, daughter of Sir Peter Wyche.[2]

John Leveson-Gower was Tory MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1692–1703. He was created Baron Gower of Sittenham in the County of York on 16 March 1703. 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. He was Commissioner of the Union in 1706.[2]

Marriage and issue

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

He died on 31 August 1709 in Belvoir Castle, Grantham, Lincolnshire.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ "Leveson-Gower, John (1675-1709)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  2. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 3819–3820. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  3. ^ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975


Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme
1692–1703
With: Sir Thomas Bellot, Bt 1692–1695
John Lawton 1695–1698
Sir Thomas Bellot, Bt 1698–1699
Rowland Cotton 1699–1703 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1702–1706 		Succeeded by
Peerage of England
New creation Baron Gower
1703–1709 		Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
(of Sittersham)
1691–1709 		Succeeded by