page_title: Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: Coat of arms of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, KG, PC
context_page_description: Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, PC, known as Viscount Trentham from 1746 to 1754 and as The Earl Gower from 1754 to 1786, was a British politician from the Leveson-Gower family.
context_section_description: Stafford was a son of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower (1694–1754) and his wife Lady Evelyn Pierrepont. His maternal grandparents were Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull and his first wife Lady Mary Feilding. Mary was a daughter of William Feilding, 3rd Earl of Denbigh and his wife Mary King. His father was a prominent Tory politician who became the first major Tory to enter government since the succession of George I of Great Britain, joining the administration of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville in 1742. Gower was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford.
caption: Coat of arms of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, KG, PC
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