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84 GRANVILLE. GRANVILLE AND GRANVILLE OF STONE PARK. Viscountcy. I. 1815. Earldom IV. 1833. 1. Lord Granville Levesox-Goweh, yst. s. of Granville (Lf.veson-Gower), lat Marquess ok Stafford, by his second wife, Susanna, da, of Alexander (Stewart), 6th Karl of Galloway [K.], whs b. 12 Oct. 1773, at Treutham, cu. Stafford ; mat. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 29 April 1789, being cr. D.C.L., 18 June 1799 ; M.P. for Lichfield, 1795-99, and for Staffordshire, 1799—1815; one of the Lords of the Treasury, 1800-01; P.C., 1804; Ambassador to St. Petersburg, 1S04-00, and again April to Nov. 1807 ; Sec. at War, July to Nov. 1809, was cr. 12 Aug. 1815, VISCOUNT GRANVILLE OK STONE PARK, co. Stafiord,(") Ambassador to the Hague, 1823 ; and to Paris, 1821-28, 1830-35, and 1835-41. G.C.B., 9 June 1S25. He was cr- 10 May 1833, BAKON LEVESON OF STONE, co. Stafford and EARL GRANV1LLE.(») He m. 24 Dec. 1S09, at Chiswiek, ( R ) The Grantee's great-great-grandmother, was Jane, da. of (whose issue became coheir to) John (Granville), Karl of Bath, As, however, he did not represent that lady, and appears to have inherited no property from her, and as the Earldom of Granville had been conferred on her sister (another such coheir), and inherited by ktr issue (now represented by the Marquess of Bath, and others), the choice of the title seems somewhat strange. The following tabular pedigree illustrates the descent of the peerage creations of the family of Granville. Sir Bevil Granville, of Stow, co. Cornwall, the famous Cavalier General ; slain 1043. T John Granville civ Earl of Bath, 1601; d. Aug. 1701. Bernard Granville <?.=f 1701, aged 70. George Granville cr. Baron DOWN, 1712,(2, s.p. 1735. Lans- Oth line. ?r issue ex. in male 1775. I Charles, 2d Earl ofBatd, d. Sep. 1701. J William Henry, 3d Earl of Bath, <(. unm. 1711, John Granville, cr. Baron Granville of Potheridge, 1702, d. s.p. 1707. Sir William=f Jane Leveson- GOWER, Bart., d. 1691. Cathe- d. 1690 rine hi. Craven George =pGnice, cr. Peyton. (Carteret) 1st Baron Carteret 0.1744. Countess Granville 1714, rf. 1744. John cr. Baron Gow8B=f= of Stittenham, 1703 ; d. 1709. John, 2d Baron,=| cr. Earl Gower, 1746, d. 1754. John (Carteret), Baron= Carteret, ami Earl Granville; d. 1763, aged 72 Granville, 2d Earl' Gower, cr. MAR- QUESS OFStaFFORD. 1786, d. 1803. Geo'i-ge Granville (Leveson- Gower), 2d Marquess of Stafford, cr. Duke of Sutherland, 1833. i Robert (Carteret), Earl Granville, &c, d. s.p. 1770, aged 54. r~ Thomas (Thynne) 2d Viscount Wey- mouth rf. 1751. =fLouisa Other m. 1 733, dangh< d. 1736. ters. Thomas (Thynne) 3d Vis- count Weymouth, cr. Mar- quess of Bath, 1789. =y= A Henry Frederick Thynne, cr. Baron Carteret, 1784, with a spec. rem. 7 1 Granville Leveson - Gower, cr. Viscount Granville, 1815,and Earl Granville, 1833. =f f