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Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville

(1773-1846), Diplomat

Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 4 portraits
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, was widely considered one of the most handsome men of his time. He is best remembered for the fifteen-year affair he had with Henrietta Frances (Harriet) Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough. Their relationship produced two children and lasted until he married Lady Bessborough's niece Lady Henrietta Elizabeth Cavendish. Leveson-Gower entered Parliament as an MP in 1799, but his career was predominately in diplomacy. He served as Ambassador to The Hague in 1823-4 and, with two short breaks, as Ambassador to Paris from 1824 until 1841.

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Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, by John Samuel Agar, published by  T. Cadell & W. Davies, after  John Wright, after  Thomas Phillips - NPG D40873

Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville

by John Samuel Agar, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after John Wright, after Thomas Phillips
stipple engraving, published 17 May 1813
NPG D40873

Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, by John Samuel Agar, published by  T. Cadell & W. Davies, after  John Wright, after  Thomas Phillips - NPG D15275

Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville

by John Samuel Agar, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after John Wright, after Thomas Phillips
stipple engraving, published 17 May 1813
NPG D15275

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