Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville

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Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville (12 October 1773–8 January 1846) was a British Liberal statesman and diplomat.

He was a son of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford and his third wife Lady Susannah Stewart, daughter of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway). He was also a younger, paternal half-brother of George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland.

He served as British ambassador to Russia (1804-1807) and France (1824-1828, 1830-1835, 1835-1841).

He married Lady Harriet Cavendish (1785-1862), daughter of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire and Lady Georgiana Spencer. The Earl and Countess Granville threw events that were often the toast of Parisian society while he was a British diplomat.

Lord Granville, prior to marrying Lady Harriet Cavendish, was the lover of Lady Harriet's maternal aunt, Henrietta-Frances Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, nee Lady Henrietta-Frances Spencer, with whom he fathered two illegitimate children: Harriette Stewart and George Stewart.

He was created Viscount Granville in 1815 and Earl Granville in 1833.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Sir John Borlase Warren	British Ambassador to Russia 1804–1805	Succeeded by The Lord Cathcart
Preceded by Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale	British Ambassador to Russia 1807–1812	Succeeded by The Viscount Cathcart (created Earl Cathcart in 1814)
Preceded by Sir Charles Stuart	British Ambassador to France 1824–1828	Succeeded by The Lord Stuart de Rothesay
Preceded by The Lord Stuart de Rothesay	British Ambassador to France 1830–1835	Succeeded by The Lord Cowley
Preceded by The Lord Cowley	British Ambassador to France 1835–1841	Succeeded by The Lord Cowley
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Thomas Gilbert Thomas Anson	Member of Parliament for Lichfield Thomas Anson (1789-1806) 1795-1799	Succeeded by Sir John Wrottesley Thomas Anson
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl Gower Sir Edward Littleton	Member of Parliament for Staffordshire with Sir Edward Littleton (1784-1812) Edward John Littleton (1812-1832) 1799-1815	Succeeded by Earl Gower Edward John Littleton
Political offices
Preceded by Sir James Murray-Pulteney	Secretary at War 1809	Succeeded by The Viscount Palmerston
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New Creation	Earl Granville 1833–1846	Succeeded by Granville Leveson-Gower
	Viscount Granville 1815–1846