Difference between revisions of "John Leveson-Gower 1675-1709"
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*Wisker, Richard. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/16545 "Gower, John Leveson-, first Baron Gower (1675–1709), politician."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | *Wisker, Richard. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/16545 "Gower, John Leveson-, first Baron Gower (1675–1709), politician."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | ||
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John LEVESON-GOWER, 1st Baron Gower 1675-1709
Biographical Note
Born at Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, the eldest son of Sir William Leveson-Gower, fourth baronet (c.1647-1691). MP for Newcastle under Lyme 1692; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1702. Created Baron Gower of Stittenham in 1703.
Characteristic Markings
Leveson-Gower used engraved armorial bookplates (Franks 12390/*119/*137); the extent and disposition of his library are not known.
Sources
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.
- Wisker, Richard. "Gower, John Leveson-, first Baron Gower (1675–1709), politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.