Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford

The Most Honourable The Marquess of Stafford KG PC
Portrait by George Romney
Lord Privy Seal
In office 22 December 1755 – 30 June 1757
Monarch	George II
Prime Minister	Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
Preceded by	Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough
Succeeded by	Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple
In office 27 November 1784 – 1794
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	William Pitt the Younger
Preceded by	Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland
Succeeded by	George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer
Lord President of the Council
In office 22 December 1767 – 24 November 1779
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton Frederick North, Lord North
Preceded by	Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington
Succeeded by	Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst
In office 19 December 1783 – 1 December 1784
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	William Pitt the Younger
Preceded by	David Murray, 7th Viscount Stormont
Succeeded by	Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Personal details
Born	4 August 1721 (1721-08-04)
Died	26 October 1803 (1803-10-27) (aged 82) Trentham Hall, Staffordshire
Nationality	British
Political party	Tory
Spouse(s)	(1) Elizabeth Fazakerley (d. 1745) (2) Lady Louisa Egerton (d. 1761) (3) Lady Susanna Stewart (d. 1805)
Children	George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland Lady Louisa MacDonald Margaret Howard, Countess of Carlisle Lady Anne Venables-Vernon-Harcourt Georgiana Eliot, Countess of St Germans Charlotte Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort Susan Ryder, Countess of Harrowby Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville
Parent(s)	John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower Lady Evelyn Pierrepont
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, KG PC (4 August 1721 – 26 October 1803), known as Viscount Trentham from 1746 to 1754 and as The Earl Gower from 1754 to 1786, was a British politician from the Leveson-Gower family. Sitting in the House of Lords, he spent a quarter of a century in the Cabinet.