Baron Lansdowne of Bideford in Devon

Summary

1st January 1712. George Granville 1st Baron Lansdowne [aged 45] created. See Harley's Dozen.

29th January 1736. Mary Villiers Baroness Lansdowne extinct.

On 1st January 1712 Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 46], on behalf of Robert Harley 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer [aged 50], created a number of new Baronies to balance power in Parliament, known as Harley's Dozen,...

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On 29th January 1736 George Granville 1st Baron Lansdowne [aged 69] died. He was buried at St Clement Danes Church, Westminster [Map]. His wife Mary Villiers Baroness Lansdowne had died twelve days before. Baron Lansdowne of Bideford in Devon extinct.