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 Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 July 1882
NPG D44074
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by Riddle & Couchman, after London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
chromolithograph, published 24 February 1883
NPG D34798
"The Cabinet Council, 1883" (Gladstone and 13 colleagues)
by Théobald Chartran ('T')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 27 November 1883
NPG D44149
"The Lobby of the House of Commons, 1886"
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 November 1886
NPG D44308
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by Joseph Brown, published by Edward S. Palmer, republished by H. Lascelles Green
stipple engraving, republished 5 May 1891 (published 5 April 1875)
NPG D34796
possibly Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
glass lantern slide, circa 1892-1895
NPG D41959
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by John Berryman
albumen cabinet card, 1870s-1900s
NPG x16813
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by Disdéri
albumen cabinet card, 1870s-1900s
NPG x16814
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by W. & D. Downey
photogravure
NPG Ax28123
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by Unknown photographer
albumen print
NPG Ax38654
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by Unknown photographer
albumen print
NPG x17388
by F. Goedecker, and James Jacques Joseph Tissot, and Carlo Pellegrini, and Adriano Cecioni, and Sir Leslie Ward, and Théobald Chartran ('T'), and Charles Auguste Loye ('M.D' or Montbard)
chromolithographs pasted onto wooden panel, assembled from prints published 1869-1884
NPG D39294
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)
Comments back to top
We are currently unable to accept new comments, but any past comments are available to read below.
If you need information from us, please use our Archive enquiry service . Please note that we cannot provide valuations. You can buy a print or greeting card of most illustrated portraits. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Prices start at around £6 for unframed prints, £16 for framed prints. If you wish to license an image, select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Use this image button, or contact our Rights and Images service. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled.