George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland

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George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, KG, PC (9 January 1758–19 July 1833) was the son of the 1st Marquess of Stafford.

He married Elizabeth Sutherland, 19th Countess of Sutherland, daughter of William Sutherland, 18th Earl of Sutherland and the former Mary Maxwell, on 4 September 1785. They had four surviving children:

• George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland,(1786–1861)
• The Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower (c. 1788–1870), married Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk and had issue.
• The Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower (1797–1891), married Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster and had issue.
• Francis Leveson-Gower (later Egerton) 1st Earl of Ellesmere, (1800–1857)

He was invested as a Privy Counsellor in 1790, a Knight of the Garter in 1806 and was created Duke of Sutherland on 28 January 1833.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by George Hay and Viscount Chewton	Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme with Viscount Chewton 1774-79, and Archibald Macdonald 1780-93 1779–1784	Succeeded by Sir Archibald Macdonald and Richard Vernon
Preceded by Sir John Wrottesley and Sir Edward Littleton	Member for Staffordshire with Sir Edward Littleton 1787–1799	Succeeded by Sir Edward Littleton and Lord Granville Leveson-Gower
Diplomatic Posts
Preceded by The Duke of Dorset	British Ambassador to France 1790–1792	Succeeded by None due to French Revolutionary Wars
Honorary Titles
Preceded by The Marquess of Stafford	Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire 1800–1801	Succeeded by The Earl of Uxbridge
	Custos Rotulorum of Staffordshire 1799–1828	Succeeded by The Earl Talbot
Preceded by New Creation	Duke of Sutherland 1833	Succeeded by George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower
Preceded by Granville Leveson-Gower	Marquess of Stafford 1803–1833
	Baron Gower (writ of acceleration) 1799–1833