John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower

John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower PC (7 January 1675 – 31 August 1709) was a member of the Leveson-Gower family. He was the son of Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet and his wife Jane Granville.[1][2] He was born in Sittenham, Yorkshire. His maternal grandparents were John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath and his wife Jane Wyche, daughter of Sir Peter Wyche.

## Career[edit]

John Leveson-Gower was Tory MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1692–1703.[2] He was created Baron Gower of Sittenham in the County of York on 16 March 1703.[2] 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.[2] He was Commissioner of the Union in 1706.[2] He died on 31 August 1709 in Belvoir Castle, Grantham, Lincolnshire.

## Family[edit]

John married Lady Catherine Manners (1675–1722), daughter of John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland and his third wife Catherine Noel, in September 1692.[2] They had six children:[2][3]

* 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.
* William Leveson-Gower (d. 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, born 6 May 1699, Trentham, Staffordshire, died 12 August 1727, London, unmarried, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1720 until his death.
* Baptist Leveson-Gower born 1701, died unmarried 4 August 1782, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1727 to 1761.
* Katherine Leveson-Gower, died 20 April 1712, London, buried 1 May 1712, Lilleshall.
* Jane Leveson-Gower (c. 1704 – 10 June 1726), married 5 January 1718/19, John Proby, who died 1760 and had issue, John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort.

## Ancestry[edit]

Ancestors of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower

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| 8\. Thomas Gower, 1st Bt. of Stittenham|

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| 17\. Mary Fairfax

| 4\. Thomas Gower, 2nd Bt. of Stittenham|

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| 18\. John Doyley

| 9\. Anne Doyley|

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| 19\. Anne Barnard

| 2\. William Leveson-Gower, 4th Bt.|

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| 20\. John Leveson

| 10\. John Leveson|

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| 21\. Christian Mildmay

| 5\. Frances Leveson|

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| 22\. Thomas Sondes

| 11\. Frances Sondes|

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| 23\. Margaret Brooke

| 1\. John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower|
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| 24\. Bernard Grenville

| 12\. Bevil Grenville|

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| 25\. Elizabeth Bevil

| 6\. John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath|

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| 26\. George Smythe

| 13\. Grace Smythe|

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| 27\. Grace Vyell

| 3\. Jane Granville|

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| 28\. Richard Wyche

| 14\. Peter Wyche|

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| 29\. Elizabeth Saltonstall

| 7\. Jane Wyche|

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| 30\. William Meredith

| 15\. Jane Meredith|

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| 31\. Jane Palmer

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "Leveson-Gower, John (1675-1709)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
2. ^ a b c d e f g Record for John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower at www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk Archived 15 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ "The Leveson-Gower Family". Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2009.

* Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
* Burkes Peerage (1939 edition), s.v. Sutherland, Duke of

Parliament of England

Preceded by

Sir William Leveson-Gower, Bt
Sir Thomas Bellot, Bt

|  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

John Offley
Rowland Cotton

Political offices
Preceded by

The Earl of Stamford

|  Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1702–1706  | Succeeded by

The Earl of Derby

Peerage of England
New creation |  Baron Gower
1703–1709  | Succeeded by

John Leveson-Gower

Baronetage of England
Preceded by

William Leveson-Gower

|  Baronet
(of Sittersham)
1691–1709  | Succeeded by

John Leveson-Gower