Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet (c. 1647 – 22 December 1691) was an

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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 ...

. Born William Gower, he was the second son of

Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Baronet (c. 1605–1672) was an English nobleman, politician, and knight. He was a member of the Leveson-Gower family. He twice served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire and supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War ...

and Frances, daughter and coheir of John Leveson. He added the surname Leveson to his own in 1668, when he inherited the Trentham and

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estates of his maternal great-uncle, Sir Richard Leveson. Leveson-Gower married Lady Jane Granville (the eldest daughter of the 1st Earl of Bath) and they had five children: *Katherine (1670–?), who married

Sir Edward Wyndham, 2nd Baronet Sir Edward Wyndham, 2nd Baronet (''c.'' 1667 – 29 June 1695), of Orchard Wyndham, Somerset, was three times member of parliament for Ilchester, Somerset, from 1685 to 1687, from 1689 to 1690, and from 1690 to 1695. He was the fourth and ...

, * John Leveson-Gower, later 1st Baron Gower (1675–1709). *

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(d. 1725), who married the 4th Earl of Clarendon). *Richard (died unmarried) *William (died unmarried),''Burke's Peerage'' (1939 edition), s.v. Sutherland, Duke of. Leveson-Gower inherited his childless nephew's baronetcy in 1689 and on his own death two years later, was succeeded by his eldest surviving son,

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. Two of Leveson-Gower's well-known direct modern-day descendants are broadcaster

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and comedian

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leveson-Gower, Sir William, 4th Baronet 1640s births 1691 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet English MPs 1661–1679 English MPs 1679 English MPs 1680–1681 English MPs 1681 English MPs 1689–1690 English MPs 1690–1695 Members of the Parliament of England for Newcastle-under-Lyme Year of birth uncertain