Family and Education
b. c. 1647, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Sir Thomas Gower, 2nd Bt., of Stittenham, Yorks. educ. Pocklington g.s. 1656, aged 9. m. c.1669, Lady Jane Granville (d. 27 Feb. 1696), da. of John, 1st Earl of Bath, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. cos. Francis Leveson (formerly Fowler) in Staffs. and Salop estate 1668, nephew as 4th Bt. 8 Oct. 1689.Staffs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxiii), 109; Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xxv. 62; HMC 5th Rep. 196; Hist. Pirehill (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. n.s. xii), 79.
Offices Held
J.p. Yorks (N. Riding) 1669 – 81, Staffs. and Salop 1678 – 81, ?1689 – d.; commr. for assessment, N. Riding and Salop 1673 – 80, Staffs. 1677 – 80, 1689, Salop 1689 – 90, (N. Riding) 1690, recusants, Yorks. 1675; dep. lt. Staffs. 1677 – 80, 1689 – d.; steward, manor of Newcastle 1678–84.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Trentham, Staffs.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
LEVESON GOWER, William (c.1647-91)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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