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Frederick Neville Sutherland Leveson-Gower (31 May 1874 – 9 April 1959), was a British
Liberal Unionist Party The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain, the party established a political ...
politician from the
Leveson-Gower family Leveson-Gower ( ), also Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, is the name of a powerful British noble family. Over time, several members of the Leveson-Gower family were made knights, baronets and peers. Hereditary titles held by the family include the duked ...
. Leveson-Gower was the son of Lord Albert Leveson-Gower, third son of George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland. His mother was Grace Emma Townshend Abdy, daughter of Sir Thomas Abdy, 1st Baronet. He entered Parliament for
Sutherland Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...
in 1900, a seat he held until defeated by
Alpheus Morton Sir Alpheus Cleophas Morton (12 March 1840 – 26 April 1923) was a British architect and surveyor, and a Liberal Party politician. He was active in local government in London from the 1880s until his death, and sat in the House of Commons in t ...
in the Liberal landslide of 1906. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of
Sutherland Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...
in 1905. Leveson-Gower married Blanche Lucie Gillard in 1916. He died in April 1959, aged 84.


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Duke of Sutherland Duke of Sutherland is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom which was created by William IV in 1833 for George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford. A series of marriages to heiresses by members of the Leveson-Gower family made th ...
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Liberal Unionist Party The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain, the party established a political ...
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Alpheus Morton Sir Alpheus Cleophas Morton (12 March 1840 – 26 April 1923) was a British architect and surveyor, and a Liberal Party politician. He was active in local government in London from the 1880s until his death, and sat in the House of Commons in t ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leveson-Gower, Frederick Neville Sutherland 1874 births 1959 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Highland constituencies
Frederick Neville Sutherland Leveson-Gower Frederick Neville Sutherland Leveson-Gower (31 May 1874 – 9 April 1959), was a British Liberal Unionist Party politician from the Leveson-Gower family. Leveson-Gower was the son of Lord Albert Leveson-Gower, third son of George Sutherland-Lev ...
Liberal Unionist Party MPs for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1900–1906 Deputy Lieutenants of Sutherland