George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland

The Duke of Sutherland
Under-Secretary of State for Air
In office
31 October 1922 – 22 January 1924
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterBonar Law
Stanley Baldwin
Preceded byThe Lord Gorell
Succeeded byWilliam Leach
Paymaster General
In office
28 January 1925 – 2 December 1928
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded byVacant
Succeeded byThe Earl of Onslow
Under-Secretary of State for War
In office
2 December 1928 – 4 June 1929
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded byThe Earl of Onslow
Succeeded byThe Earl De La Warr
Personal details
Born29 August 1888
Cliveden, Buckinghamshire
Died1 February 1963(1963-02-01) (aged 74)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouses
(m. 1912; died 1943)
Clare Josephine O'Brian
(m. 1944)
Parent(s)Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland
Lady Millicent St Clair-Erskine

George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland, KT, PC (29 August 1888 – 1 February 1963), styled Earl Gower until 1892 and Marquess of Stafford between 1892 and 1913, was a British courtier, patron of the film industry and Conservative party politician from the Leveson-Gower family. He held minor office in the Conservative administration of Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin in the 1920s and was later Lord Steward of the Household from 1935 to 1936. As a noted patron of the British film industry, the Sutherland Trophy, awarded by the British Film Institute, is named in his honour.


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