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Families covered: Gower of Stittenham, Leveson-Gower of Stafford, Leveson-Gower of Sutherland

                               
Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Bart of Stittenham, Sheriff of York (bur 03.09.1672)
m1. Elizabeth Howard (dsp, dau of Sir William Howard of Naworth Castle)
m2. Frances Leveson (dau of Sir John Leveson of Halling and Lilleshall)
1. Thomas Gower (b 25.10.1632, bur 05.11.1632)
2. Edward Gower (dvp bur 24.01.1662)
  m. Dorothy Wentworth (dau of Thomas Wentworth of Elmsall)
A. Sir Thomas Gower, 3rd Bart (bpt 02.10.1665, d unm 28.10.1689, Colonel)
  B. Frances Gower (dsp 1690)
  m. Sir James Wood (Colonel)
  C.+ other issue - child (bur 31.01.1666), Dorothy (bpt 18.02.1668)
3. Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Bart (d 12.1691)
  m. Jean Granville (d 27.02.1696, dau of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath)
A. Sir John Leveson-Gower, 1st Lord of Stittenham (b 07.01.1674-5, d 31.08.1709)
  m. (09.1692) Catherine Manners (d 07.03.1722, dau of John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland)
  i. John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (b 10.08.1694, d 25.12.1754)
  m1. (13.03.1711-2) Evelyn Pierrpoint (d 26.06.1727, dau of Evelyn Pierrpoint, Duke of Kingston)
  a. John Leveson-Gower (b 28.11.1712, d 15.07.1723)
  b. William Leveson-Gower (b 17.02.1715-6, d unm 04.04.1739)
c. Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford (b 04.08.1721, d 26.10.1803)
  m1. (23.12.1744) Elizabeth Fazakerly (d 19.05.1746, dau of Nicholas Fazakerly of Prescot)
  m2. (28.03.1748) Louisa Egerton (b 30.04.1723, d 14.03.1761, dau of Scrope Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater)
  (1) George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (b 09.01.1758, d 19.07.1833)
  m. (04.09.1785) Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Sutherland (b 24.05.1765, d 29.01.1839, dau of William Gordon, 18th Earl of Sutherland)
  (A) George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland (b 08.08.1786, d 22.02.1861) had issue
  m. (28.05.1823) Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard (d 27.10.1868, dau of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle)
  (B) Francis Leveson-Gower, later Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (b 01.01.1800, d 18.02.1857) had issue
  m. (18.06.1822) Harriet Catherine Greville (d 17.04.1866, dau of Charles Greville)
  (C) Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower (d 07.07.1870)
  m. (27.12.1814) Henry Charles Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk (b 12.08.1791, d 18.02.1856)
(D) Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower (b 08.11.1797, d 11.11.1891)
  m. (16.09.1819) Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (b 27.01.1795, d 31.10.1869)
  (2) Louisa Leveson-Gower (d 29.07.1827)
  m. (26.12.1777) Sir Archibald Macdonald, 1st Bart of East Sheen (d 18.05.1826)
  (3) Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower (d 27.01.1824)
  m. (22.03.1770) Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle (b 28.05.1748, d 04.09.1825)
  (4) Anne Leveson-Gower (d 16.11.1832)
  m. (05.02.1784) Edward Venables Vernon Harcourt, Archbishop of York (d 05.11.1847)
m3. (23.05.1768) Susannah Stewart (d 15.08.1805, dau of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway)
  (5) Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville (b 12.10.1773, d 08.01.1846) had issue
  m. (24.12.1809) Henrietta Elizabeth Cavendish (d 25.11.1862, dau of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire)
  (6) Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower (d 24.03.1806)
  m. (11.1797) William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St. Germans (d 19.01.1845)
(7) Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower (d 12.08.1854)
  m. (16.05.1791) Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort (b 22.12.1766, d 23.11.1835)
  (8) Susan Leveson-Gower (d 26.05.1838)
  m. (30.07.1795) Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby (d 26.12.1847)
  d. Gertrude Leveson-Gower (b 15.02.1714-5, d 01.07.1794)
  m. (02.04.1737) John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (b 30.09.1710, d 15.01.1771)
  e. Mary Leveson-Gower (b 30.10.1717, d 30.04.1778)
  m. (c1744) Sir Richard Wrottesley, Bart (b 1721, d 20.07.1769)
f. Frances Leveson-Gower (b 12.08.1720, d 1788)
  m. (1744) Lord John Philip Sackville (b 22.06.1713, d 03.12.1765)
  g. Elizabeth Leveson-Gower (b 20.01.1723-4, d 28.04.1784)
  m. (07.05.1751) John Waldegrave, 3rd Earl Waldegrave (b 28.04.1718, d 22.10.1784)
  h. Evelyn Leveson-Gower (b 26.01.1724-5, d 14.04.1763)
  m1. (29.06.1744) John FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory (b 1719, d 23.09.1758)
  m2. (06.02.1759) Richard Vernon of Hilton (b 18.06.1726)
i.+ other issue - Richard (b 30.04.1726, d unm 19.10.1753, MP), Catherine (d infant), Diana (b 31.05.1727, d 1737)
  m2. (31.10.1733) Penelope Stenhouse (d 19.08.1734, dau of Sir John Stenhouse, Bart)
  j. Penelope Leveson-Gower (b 06.1734, d 26.02.1742)
  m3. (16.05.1736) Mary Tufton (d 12.02.1785, dau of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet)
  k. Thomas Leveson-Gower (b 23.08.1738, d young)
  l. John Leveson-Gower (b 11.07.1740, d 28.08.1792, Admiral)
  m. (05.07.1773) Frances Boscawen (d 14.07.1813, dau of Admiral Hon. Edward Boscawen)
  (1) John Leveson-Gower (b 25.06.1774, d 03.09.1816, General) had issue
  m. (27.12.1796) Isabella Mary Broke (d 28.05.1817, dau of Philip Bowes Broke of Broke Hall)
(2) Edward Leveson-Gower (b 08.05.1776, d 06.12.1853, Rear Admiral) had issue
  m. (13.11.1822) Charlotte Elizabeth Mount (dau of Harry Mount of Wasing Place)
  (3) William Leveson-Gower (b 06.08.1779, d 03.10.1851) had issue
  m. (20.08.1804) Katherine Maria Gresham (d 07.10.1808, dau of Sir John Gresham, Bart)
(4) Frances Leveson-Gower (b 12.10.1782, d 29.08.1849)
  m. (1813) John Ward of Durham
  (5) Elizabeth Leveson-Gower (b 19.11.1784, d 1824)
  m. (1803) John Tillie Coryton of Pentillie Castle (b 1773, d 1843)
  (6)+ other issue - Augustus (b 21.06.1781, d 02.09.1802), Granville (b 14.05.1787, d unm 28.09.1841, rector)
  ii. William Leveson-Gower (d 13.12.1756, MP)
  m. (26.05.1730) Anne Grosvenor (dau of Sir Thomas Grosvenor, Bart of Eaton Hall)
  a. Catherine Leveson-Gower
  iii. Jane Leveson-Gower (d 10.06.1726)
  m. (05.01.1718/20) John Proby of Elton Hall (d 1760)
  iv.+ other issue - Thomas (d unm 04.08.1782, MP), Katherine (b c1695, d unm 20.04.1712)
  B. Katherine Leveson-Gower (b 31.01.1670, d 14.03.1704)
  m. (c14.06.1687) Sir Edward Wyndham, Bart of Orchard Wyndham (b c1667, bur 29.06.1695)
  C. Jane Leveson-Gower (b c1670, d 24.05.1725)
  m. (02.05.1692) Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Rochester, 4th Earl of Clarendon (b 1672, d 10.12.1753)
  D.+ other issue - Richard (d unm), William (d unm)
4.+ other issue - Frances, Anna (b 31.12.1635, bur 05.01.1636), Anna (bpt 08.05.1637)

Main source(s): BP1934 (Sutherland)
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