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).
by Sir John Gilbert
pencil, pen and ink and wash, 1855
NPG 1125
Engraving after 'The Coalition Ministry, 1854'
by William Walker, after Sir John Gilbert
engraving, 1857
NPG 1125a
by Lowes Cato Dickinson
oil on canvas, 1869-1874
NPG 5116
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by George Richmond
chalk, 1876
NPG 4900
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by Frederick Sargent
pencil, 1880s?
NPG 3809
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax16393
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax16395
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax17731
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax17860
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG x1554
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by Maull & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax39933
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by John & Charles Watkins, published by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax8541
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG x32953
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by John Watkins
albumen print, early 1860s
NPG Ax21861
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862-1866
NPG Ax16394
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862-1866
NPG x16812
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862-1866
NPG Ax10079
Houseparty group after the presentation of Edward VII's D.C.L.
by Hills & Saunders
albumen print, June 1863
NPG x4336
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by and published by William Walker
albumen print, published 1865
NPG Ax15859
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1873
NPG x24405
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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