John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower

John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower PC (17 January 1674 – 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.

Biography

Leveson-Gower was born in Stittenham, in the parish of Sheriff Hutton, 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.

John Leveson-Gower was Tory MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1692–1703. He was created Baron Gower of Stittenham 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.

John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (1694–1754), who married and had issue from: firstly, Lady Evelyn Pierrepont, daughter of Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull; secondly, Penelope Stonhouse, daughter of Sir John Stonhouse, 7th Baronet; thirdly, Lady Mary Tufton, daughter of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet. Hon. Katherine Leveson-Gower (6 January 1695 – 20 April 1712), died young William Leveson-Gower (1697–1756), MP for Stafford from 1720 to 1754. He married Anne Grosvenor, daughter of Sir Thomas Grosvenor, and had a daughter, Catherine. Thomas Leveson-Gower (6 May 1699 – 12 August 1727), MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1720 until his death, unmarried Hon. Jane Leveson-Gower (25 July 1700 – 10 June 1726), married 5 January 1718/19, John Proby, who died 1760 and had issue, John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort. Bridget Leveson-Gower (11 November 1701 – ), died young Baptist Leveson-Gower (1703–1782), MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1727 to 1761.

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

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