Constituency Dates
Truro 1796 – 1802
Family and Education
b. 25 June 1774, 1st s. of Hon. John Leveson Gower, and bro. of Edward Leveson Gower. educ. Harrow 1786-90. m. 27 Dec. 1796, Isabella Mary, da. of Philip Bowes Broke of Broke Hall, Suff., 2s. 3da. suc. fa. 1792.
Offices Held

Ensign, 1 Ft. 1791; lt. 19 Ft. 1792; capt. 9 Ft. 1793; lt.-col. 63 Ft. 1794, 2 Ft. Gds. 1797, 31 Ft. 1799, brevet col. and a.d.c. to the King 1800; col. 10 batt. reserve 1803; maj.-gen. 1805 (half-pay), lt.-gen. 1812.

Address
Main residence: Bill Hill, nr. Wokingham, Berks.
biography text

Leveson Gower, after seeing service in the West Indies 1793-6, was returned for Truro on the interest of his mother’s brother George, 3rd Viscount Falmouth. In his one Parliament he supported ministers when present;1C. Aspinall-Oglander, Admiral’s Widow, 153, 168, 181, 190. He served in Ireland 1798-9 and in Holland afterwards. He was ‘in town for Parliament’ in Jan. 1801. no speech by him is known. He subsequently concentrated on his profession and was second in command to Gen. Whitelock in the unsuccessful expedition to Buenos Aires in 1807.2Brougham mss, Brougham to Grey [Nov. 1807]; Add. 37887, f. 57. He died 14 Sept. 1816.

Author
R.G.T.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Notes
  • 1. C. Aspinall-Oglander, Admiral’s Widow, 153, 168, 181, 190. He served in Ireland 1798-9 and in Holland afterwards. He was ‘in town for Parliament’ in Jan. 1801.
  • 2. Brougham mss, Brougham to Grey [Nov. 1807]; Add. 37887, f. 57.