George Leveson Gower (-19 July 1833), 1. Duke of Sutherland

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Parents
Father:1Granville Leveson Gower (-), 1. Marquess of Stafford
Spouses and relationship events
Married:24 September 1785Elizabeth Gordon (24 May 1765-29 January 1839), Countess of Sutherland
Children
Children with Elizabeth Gordon:
George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (8 August 1786-22 February 1861), 2. Duke of Sutherland3
Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower (8 June 1788-7 July 1870)4
William Leveson-Gower (4 June 1792-14 September 1793)5
Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower (8 November 1797-11 November 1891)6
Francis Egerton (1 January 1800-18 February 1857), 1. Earl of Ellesmere7
Henry Leveson-Gower (17 June 1801-)8
William John Leveson-Gower (5 May 1803-17 June 1804)9
Attributes
Occupation:102. Marquess of Stafford
Occupation:11from 28 January 18331. Duke of Sutherland
Events
Buried:12Dornoch Cathedral [building], Dornoch [Unknown/Unspecified], Sutherland [county], Scotland [country], United Kingdom [country]
Died:1319 July 1833Dunrobin Castle [building], Golspie [Unknown/Unspecified], Sutherland [county], Scotland [country], United Kingdom [country]
Personal Info
He succeeded his father, the first Marquess of Stafford, 26 October 1803. A little while before he had also succeeded to the estate of his uncle the last Duke of Bridgewater. It was after this date that he and his wife gradually carried out the improvements they had projected on their estates, making roads, establishing fishing villages, building good cottages, and devising other means to benefit the people. The latter in some places were much opposed to the improvements, but after these were carried out between 1811 and 1826, the thanks of the tenantry were expressed to the Earl and Countess. Between 1811 and 1833 little or no rent was obtained from the estates, while £60,000 was expended on improvements and provisions to aid the tenantry during the failure of their crops. On 28 January 1833, the Marquess was created a Peer of the United Kingdom under the title of Duke of Sutherland, but he did not long survive the new dignity, The Duchess-Countess, as she was styled, survived him for six years.14
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1 Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, The Scots Peerage Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, Volume VIII: (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1911), Sutherland, p. 359-62, XX Elizabeth.
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