George Granville Leveson- Gower, first duke of Sutherland

(1758-1833)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of, 1758-1833 NRA: Gower George Granville Leveson- (1758-1833) 1st Duke of Sutherland DNB: Gower, George Granville Leveson-, first duke of Sutherland (1758-1833), landowner LBT ID: DuSuthe1 VIAF ID: 30412195 LOC ID: n86104936	B/BAP: 1758-01-09 DIED: 1833-07-19
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The son of the first marquess of Stafford (d. 1803); he was one of the wealthiest men in Britain with an annual income of £200,000; his program for Scottish clearances and resettlement was widely unpopular. He was created duke in 1833.