Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
(1815-1891), Politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and leader of the Liberal party; ex-officio Trustee of the National Portrait GalleryEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 52 portraits
Leveson-Gower entered Parliament as a Whig MP in 1837. He transferred to the House of Lords on his father's death in 1846, where his first speech was in favour of the repeal of the Corn Laws. He entered the cabinet, as Paymaster-General, in 1851 and his main work during this period was to assist Prince Albert in the organisation of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Granville's name is mainly associated with his two tenures as Foreign Secretary (1870-4 and 1880-5).
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1873
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Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1873
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published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
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by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen cabinet card, 1876
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by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1880
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Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1882
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Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, July 1882
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Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by York & Son, after Elliott & Fry
glass lantern slide, 1890s (July 1882)
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Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, late 1880s
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Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, late 1880s
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Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, late 1880s
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Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, (1852)
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Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, (1852)
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Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by William Walker, after (Wilhelm Augustus) Rudolf Lehmann
mezzotint, 1853
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Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by William Walker, after (Wilhelm Augustus) Rudolf Lehmann
mezzotint, 1853
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'The New Ministry - the Cabinet', January 1853
by Frederick James Smyth, published by Illustrated London News
wood engraving, published 8 January 1853
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Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville ('Statesmen, No. 6'
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 13 March 1869
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Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville ('The Political Four-in-hand')
published by Frederick Arnold, after Unknown artist
lithograph, published in the Hornet 6 September 1871
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Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by George B. Black, after London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
lithograph, 1875 (1873)
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Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by Joseph Brown, published by Edward S. Palmer
stipple engraving, published 5 April 1875
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Related People
- Georgiana Dorothy (née Cavendish), Countess of Carlisle (aunt)
- William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (grandfather)
- Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire (grandmother)
- William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (uncle)
- Castalia Rosalind (née Campbell), Countess of Granville (wife)
- Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville (father)
- Henrietta Elizabeth ('Harriet') Leveson-Gower (née Cavendish), Countess Granville (mother)
- Hon. (Edward) Frederick Leveson-Gower (brother)
- Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford (grandfather)
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