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Peerage of Great Britain
The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800...
and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
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First Creation
The first creation came in the Peerage of Great BritainPeerage of Great Britain
The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800...
in 1715 when Grace Carteret, Lady Carteret, was made Countess Granville and Viscountess Carteret. She was the daughter of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath PC was an English royalist statesman, whose highest position was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland....
, and the widow of George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret
George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret
George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret was son of Sir Philip Carteret and the grandson of George Carteret. He married Lady Grace Granville , and by her was the father of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville...
. The Carteret family descended from the celebrated royalist statesman George Carteret
George Carteret
Vice Admiral Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet , son of Elias de Carteret, was a royalist statesman in Jersey and England, who served in the Clarendon Ministry as Treasurer of the Navy...
, who had been created a Baronet, of Melesches, Jersey, in 1645. It was later intended that he should be elevated to the peerage but he died before the title could be granted. As his eldest son, Philip
Philip Carteret
Philip Carteret, Seigneur of Trinity was a British naval officer and explorer who participated in two of the Royal Navy's circumnavigation expeditions in 1764-66 and 1766-69.-Biography:...
, predeceased him, the peerage was eventually bestowed on his namesake grandson, George
George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret
George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret was son of Sir Philip Carteret and the grandson of George Carteret. He married Lady Grace Granville , and by her was the father of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville...
, who was made Baron Carteret, of Hawnes in the County of Bedford, with remainder to his brothers.
Lord Carteret and Lady Granville were both succeeded by their son, the second Earl. He was a prominent statesman, mainly known under the title Lord Carteret. The titles became extinct in 1776 on the death of his son, the third Earl, without heirs. The Carteret estates were passed on to the late Earl's first cousin the Hon. Henry Frederick Thynne, second son of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth
Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth
Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth was an English peer, descended from the first Sir John Thynne of Longleat House.Thomas Thynne was born posthumously on 21 May 1710, the son of another Thomas Thynne and his wife Lady Mary Villiers....
, and his wife Lady Louisa Carteret, daughter of the second Earl Granville. He assumed the surname of Carteret and was created Baron Carteret
Baron Carteret
Baron Carteret is a title that has been created twice in British history, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first creation came into the Peerage of England in 1681 when the fourteen-year-old Sir George Carteret, 2nd Baronet, was made Baron Carteret, of...
in 1784.
Second Creation
The second creation came in the Peerage of the United KingdomPeerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
in 1833 when the noted diplomat Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Viscount Granville
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville GCB PC , known as Lord Granville Leveson-Gower from 1786 to 1814 and as the Viscount Granville from 1814 to 1833, was a British Whig statesman and diplomat....
, was made Earl Granville and Baron Leveson, of Stone Park in the County of Stafford. He had already been created Viscount Granville, of Stone Park in the County of Stafford, in 1815. Leveson-Gower was the son of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford PC , known as Viscount Trentham from 1746 to 1754 and as The Earl Gower from 1754 to 1786, was a British politician.-Background:...
, by his third wife Susanna, the younger half-brother of George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, and the uncle of Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere KG, PC , known as Lord Francis Leveson-Gower until 1833, was a British politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts...
. He was also a great-great-nephew of the aforementioned Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville. Hence, the 1833 creation of the earldom of Granville was a revival of the title created in 1715.
Lord Granville was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He was a prominent Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician and served three times as Foreign Secretary. His son, the third Earl, was also a diplomat and notably served as Ambassador to Belgium from 1928 to 1933. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Earl. He was a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
and also served as Governor of Northern Ireland
Governor of Northern Ireland
The Governor of Northern Ireland was the principal officer and representative in Northern Ireland of the British monarch. The office was established on 9 December 1922 and abolished on 18 July 1973.-Overview:...
from 1945 to 1952. Lord Granville married Lady Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon
Rose Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville
Rose Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville, GCVO was the third daughter of 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne by his wife, Nina Cecilie Cavendish-Bentinck, and an elder sister of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.On 24 May 1916, Rose married Hon...
, second surviving daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, KG, KT, GCVO, TD, was a landowner and the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II....
, and elder sister of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, wife of King George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...
. the titles are held by his grandson, the sixth Earl, who succeeded his father in 1996. As a descendant of the first Marquess of Stafford he is also in distant remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles, titles held by his kinsman the Duke of Sutherland
Duke of Sutherland
Duke of Sutherland, derived from Sutherland in Scotland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom held by the head of the Leveson-Gower family. It was created by William IV in 1833 for George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford...
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The Hon. Frederick Leveson-Gower, younger son of the first Earl, was Member of Parliament for Derby, Stoke-upon-Trent and Bodmin. His son George Leveson-Gower
George Leveson-Gower
Sir George Granville Leveson-Gower KCB , was a British civil servant and Liberal politician. He held political office as Comptroller of the Household between 1892 and 1895 and later served as a Commissioner of Woods and Forests from 1908 to 1924...
was also a Member of Parliament.
The family surname of Leveson-Gower is pronounced "Looson-Gore".
Carteret Baronets, of Melesches (1645)
- Sir George Carteret, 1st BaronetGeorge CarteretVice Admiral Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet , son of Elias de Carteret, was a royalist statesman in Jersey and England, who served in the Clarendon Ministry as Treasurer of the Navy...
(c. 1610–1680)- Sir Philip Carteret (d. 1672)
- Sir George Carteret, 2nd BaronetGeorge Carteret, 1st Baron CarteretGeorge Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret was son of Sir Philip Carteret and the grandson of George Carteret. He married Lady Grace Granville , and by her was the father of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville...
(1669–1695) (created Baron Carteret in 1681)
Barons Carteret (1681)
- George Carteret, 1st Baron CarteretGeorge Carteret, 1st Baron CarteretGeorge Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret was son of Sir Philip Carteret and the grandson of George Carteret. He married Lady Grace Granville , and by her was the father of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville...
(1669–1695) - John Carteret, 2nd Baron CarteretJohn Carteret, 2nd Earl GranvilleJohn Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, 7th Seigneur of Sark, KG, PC , commonly known by his earlier title as Lord Carteret, was a British statesman and Lord President of the Council from 1751 to 1763.-Family:...
(1690–1763) (succeeded as Earl Granville in 1744)
Earls Granville, First Creation (1715)
- Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville (1654–1744)
- John Carteret, 2nd Earl GranvilleJohn Carteret, 2nd Earl GranvilleJohn Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, 7th Seigneur of Sark, KG, PC , commonly known by his earlier title as Lord Carteret, was a British statesman and Lord President of the Council from 1751 to 1763.-Family:...
(1690–1763) - Robert Carteret, 3rd Earl Granville (1721–1776)
Earls Granville, Second Creation (1833)
- Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl GranvilleGranville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl GranvilleGranville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville GCB PC , known as Lord Granville Leveson-Gower from 1786 to 1814 and as the Viscount Granville from 1814 to 1833, was a British Whig statesman and diplomat....
(1773–1846) - Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl GranvilleGranville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl GranvilleGranville George Leveson Gower, 2nd Earl Granville KG, PC FRS , styled Lord Leveson until 1846, was a British Liberal statesman...
(1815–1891) - Granville George Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl GranvilleGranville Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl GranvilleGranville George Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl Granville GCMG GCVO PC was a British diplomat.The eldest son of the 2nd Earl Granville, Leveson-Gower was educated at Eton and joined the diplomatic service in 1893 as an attaché to Berlin...
(1872–1939) - William Spencer Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl GranvilleWilliam Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl GranvilleVice Admiral William Spencer Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl Granville KG, GCVO, CB, DSO , styled The Honourable William Leveson-Gower until 1939, was a British naval commander and governor.-Background:...
(1880–1953) - Granville James Leveson-Gower, 5th Earl Granville (1918–1996)
- (Granville George) Fergus Leveson-Gower, 6th Earl Granville (b. 1959)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
is the present holder's son, Granville George James Leveson-Gower, Lord Leveson (b. 1999)
Lord Leveson's heir presumptive
Heir Presumptive
An heir presumptive or heiress presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir or heiress apparent or of a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question...
is his uncle, the Hon. Niall James Leveson-Gower (b. 1963)
See also
- Earl of Bath (1661 creation)Earl of BathEarl of Bath was a title that was created five times in British history, three times in the Peerage of England, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once Peerage of the United Kingdom...
- Baron CarteretBaron CarteretBaron Carteret is a title that has been created twice in British history, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first creation came into the Peerage of England in 1681 when the fourteen-year-old Sir George Carteret, 2nd Baronet, was made Baron Carteret, of...
- Duke of SutherlandDuke of SutherlandDuke of Sutherland, derived from Sutherland in Scotland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom held by the head of the Leveson-Gower family. It was created by William IV in 1833 for George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford...
- Countess of Sutherland
- Earl of EllesmereEarl of EllesmereEarl of Ellesmere, of Ellesmere in the County of Shropshire , is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1846 for the Conservative politician Lord Francis Egerton. He was granted the courtesy title of Viscount Brackley, of Brackley in the County of Northampton, at the same...
- Earl of CromartieEarl of CromartieEarl of Cromartie is a title that has been created twice, both times for members of the Mackenzie family. This branch of the family descends from Sir Roderick Mackenzie, whose elder brother Kenneth Mackenzie was created Lord Mackenzie of Kintail in 1609 and was the father of Colin Mackenzie, 1st...