Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville 1815-1891

Paternal Family Tree: Gower

Maternal Family Tree: Anna Maria Mordaunt 1771

On 24th December 1809 [his father] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville [aged 36] and [his mother] Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire [aged 61] and [his grandmother] Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire. He the son of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford and Walter Fitzalan 1st High Steward 1106-1177. They were half fourth cousin once removed.

On 11th May 1815 Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville was born to Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville [aged 41] and Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville [aged 29].

On 12th August 1815 [his father] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville [aged 41] was created 1st Viscount Granville. [his mother] Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville [aged 29] by marriage Viscountess Granville.

On 21st October 1824 [his brother-in-law] George Godolphin Osborne 8th Duke Leeds [aged 22] and [his illegitimate half-sister] Thomas Gower [aged 24] were married at the British Embassy, Paris. She the illegitmate daughter of [his father] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville [aged 51] and Henrietta Frances Spencer Countess Bessborough. They were fourth cousins.

On 9th July 1832 Richard Acton 1437-1494 [aged 30] and [his future wife] Marie Louise Pelline de Dalberg Lady Acton [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Lady Acton of Aldenham Hall.

On 2nd February 1833 [his brother-in-law] Peter Beckford 1643-1710 [aged 22] and [his sister] Thomas Gower [aged 23] were married at British Embassy, Paris. She by marriage Baroness Rivers of Stratfield Saye in Hampshire. She the daughter of [his father] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville [aged 59] and [his mother] Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville [aged 47].

On 10th May 1833 [his father] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville [aged 59] was created 1st Earl Granville. [his mother] Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville [aged 47] by marriage Countess Granville.

In 1840 Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville [aged 24] and Marie Louise Pelline de Dalberg Lady Acton [aged 27] were married. He the son of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville [aged 66] and Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville [aged 54].

On 8th January 1846 [his father] Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville [aged 72] died. His succeeded son Granville [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Earl Granville, 2nd Viscount Granville. [his wife] Marie Louise Pelline de Dalberg Lady Acton [aged 33] by marriage Countess Granville.

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On 15th February 1850 Francis Osborne 1st Baron Godolphin [aged 72] died. His succeeded son [his brother-in-law] George [aged 47] succeeded 2nd Baron Godolphin of Farnham Royal in Buckinghamshire. [his illegitimate half-sister] Thomas Gower [aged 49] by marriage Baroness Godolphin of Farnham Royal in Buckinghamshire.

On 28th October 1852 [his illegitimate half-sister] Thomas Gower [aged 52] died.

1857 Appointment of Garter Knights

In 1857 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 37] appointed two Knights of the Garter:

718th Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville [aged 41].

719th Thomas Grosvenor 1377-1429 [aged 61].

In 1860 [his wife] Marie Louise Pelline de Dalberg Lady Acton [aged 47] died.

On 25th November 1862 [his mother] Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville [aged 77] died.

On 26th September 1865 Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville [aged 50] and Sophia Castila Rosamund Campbell Countess Granville [aged 18] were married. The difference in their ages was 32 years. He the son of Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville and Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville. They were half third cousin twice removed.

In 1866 [his sister] Thomas Gower [aged 56] died.

On 4th March 1872 [his son] Thomas Gower was born to Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville [aged 56] and [his wife] Sophia Castila Rosamund Campbell Countess Granville [aged 24]. He married 27th September 1900 John Baring 1697-1748.

1876. George Richmond [aged 66]. Portrait of Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville [aged 60].

On 11th July 1880 [his son] Thomas Gower was born to Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville [aged 65] and [his wife] Sophia Castila Rosamund Campbell Countess Granville [aged 32]. He married 24th May 1916 his third cousin once removed Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville, daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and had issue.

On 31st March 1891 Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville [aged 75] died. His succeeded son Granville [aged 19] succeeded 3rd Earl Granville, 3rd Viscount Granville.

On 12th November 1938 [his former wife] Sophia Castila Rosamund Campbell Countess Granville [aged 91] died.

Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville 1815-1891 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville 1815-1891

Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine 820-866

Kings Spain: Great x 18 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville 1815-1891

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Gower 2nd Baronet

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Gower 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Leveson Baroness Gower 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Gower 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Granville 1st Earl Bath

Great x 3 Grandmother: William Grenville 1387-1451

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Wyche

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 1st Duke Rutland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Robert Manners 1298-1355 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden 21 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Robert Bertie -1502 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Pierrepont of Thoresby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Pierrepont 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harries aka Harris

Great x 2 Grandfather: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Evelyn of Wiltshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Evelyn

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coxe

Great x 1 Grandmother: Henry Pierrepoint 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Feilding of Newnham Paddock -1607 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Feilding of Newnham Paddock -1607 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Richard Stanhope 1360-1436 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: William Feilding of Newnham Paddock -1607 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Carey 2nd Earl Monmouth 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Robert Carey -1431 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Thomas Cranfield

Father: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Granville 8 x Great Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Fitzalan 1st High Steward 1106-1177 16 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Fitzalan 1st High Steward 1106-1177 17 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Fitzalan 1st High Steward 1106-1177 5 x Great Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Douglas 1st Lord Douglas -1214 3 x Great Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: William Douglas 1st Lord Douglas -1214 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Walter Fitzalan 1st High Steward 1106-1177 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King James II of Scotland

Great x 1 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway 6 x Great Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan Wyntoun 1291-1347 4 x Great Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Montgomerie 9th Earl Eglinton 5 x Great Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Crichton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Alan Wyntoun 1291-1347 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King James IV of Scotland

GrandMother: Walter Fitzalan 1st High Steward 1106-1177 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cochrane 1st Earl Dundonald 1605-1685 7 x Great Grand Son of King James I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: James Kennedy of Dunure The Younger 1376-1408 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cochrane 1st Earl Dundonald 1605-1685 8 x Great Grand Son of King James I of Scotland

Great x 1 Grandmother: William Cochrane 1st Earl Dundonald 1605-1685 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King James I of Scotland

Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville 9 x Great Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Russell 9 x Great Grand Son of King Robert III of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Stephen Russell 1360-1438 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: John Writhe -1504 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Hoskins

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hoskins of Oxted

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Hoskins Duchess Devonshire

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hale

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Hale

GrandFather: William Cavendish 5th Duke Devonshire 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Boyle 3rd Baron Clifford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Boyle 2nd Earl Burlington 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: William Seymour 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 3rd Earl Burlington 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Noel 1440- 22 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Thomas Noel 1440- 23 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandmother: Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork 1566-1643 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Savile 1st Marquess Halifax 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Savile of Shelley and Golcar -1353 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Thomas Spencer 1362-1435 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Savile Countess Burlington 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Vincent Finch aka Herbert of Netherfield Sussex 1370-1441 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Essex Rich Countess Nottingham 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Mother: Harriet Cavendish Countess Granville 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Spencer 2nd Earl of Sunderland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Digby Countess Sunderland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Spencer 1362-1435 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Winston Churchill 1620-1688 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Jennings Duchess of Marlborough

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Carteret 1st Baron Carteret 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: William Grenville 1387-1451

Great x 2 Grandmother: Philip Carteret 1432-1470 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Worsley of Appuldurcombe Isle of Wight 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Thomas Worsley of Appuldurcombe Isle of Wight 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ralph Boteville 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

GrandMother: Georgiana Spencer Duchess Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Poyntz 1359-1439 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Poyntz 1359-1439 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Poyntz 1359-1439 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Mordaunt 1st Viscount Mordaunt 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Mordaunt 1432-1481 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Carey Viscountess Mordaunt 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: William Mordaunt 1432-1481 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England