Editing Duke of Sutherland (section)

==Family history==
[[Sir Thomas Gower, 1st Baronet|Thomas Gower]] was created a [[baronet]], of Sittenham in the County of York, by [[James I of England]] in 1620. This title was in the [[Baronetage of England]]. His son [[Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Baronet|Thomas, the second Baronet]], married Frances, daughter of John Leveson. Their grandson [[Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet|William, the fourth Baronet]] (who succeeded his unmarried elder brother), assumed the additional surname of Leveson. William married Lady Jane (d. 1696), daughter of [[John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath]] and sister of Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville (see [[Earl Granville]]). Their son John, the fifth Baronet, was raised to the [[Peerage of England]] as '''Baron Gower''', of Sittenham in the County of York, in 1706. His son, the second Baron, served three times as [[Lord Privy Seal]]. In 1746 he was created '''Viscount Trentham''', of Trentham in the County of Stafford, and '''Earl Gower'''. Both titles are in the [[Peerage of Great Britain]]. His eldest surviving son from his first marriage, Granville, the second Earl, was also a prominent politician. In 1786 he was created '''Marquess of Stafford''' in the Peerage of Great Britain. Lord Stafford married secondly Lady Louisa Egerton, daughter of [[Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater]]. His son from his third marriage to Lady Susanna Stewart, Lord Granville Leveson-Gore, was created Earl Granville in 1833, a revival of the title created for his great-great-aunt in 1715.
Lord Stafford was succeeded by his eldest son from his second marriage, George. He married [[Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland|Elizabeth Sutherland, 19th Countess of Sutherland]].  In 1803 he succeeded to the vast estates of his maternal uncle [[Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater]].  In 1833 he was created '''Duke of Sutherland''' in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]] for his support for the [[Reform Act 1832]].