Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville

The Right Honourable Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, K.G., P.C.

• Born: 11 May 1815
• Died: 31 March 1891

Known as

• 1815-1815: Granville Leveson-Gower, Esq
• 1815-1833: The Hon. Granville Leveson-Gower
• 1833-1837: The Hon. Granville Leveson-Gower, commonly called Lord Leveson
• 1837-1840: The Hon. Granville Leveson-Gower, commonly called Lord Leveson, M.P.
• 1840-1841: The Hon. Granville Leveson-Gower, commonly called Lord Leveson
• 1841-1846: The Hon. Granville Leveson-Gower, commonly called Lord Leveson, M.P.
• 1846-1846: The Earl Granville
• 1846-1857: The Earl Granville, P.C.
• 1857-1891: The Earl Granville, K.G., P.C.

Education

• Eton College
• Christ Church, Oxford

Offices

• Master of the Buckhounds, 1846-1848
• Paymaster-General of the Forces, 1847-1851
• Vice President of the Board of Trade, 1848-1851
• Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1851-1852, 1870-1874, 1880-1885
• Lord President of the Council, 1852-1854, 1855-1858, 1859-1866
• Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1854-1855
• Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1868-1870, 1886

Honorary Offices

• Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1865-1891

Peerage Titles

• Earl Granville, Viscount Granville, and Baron Leveson, 1833

Chivalric Orders

• Knight of the Garter, 1857

Privy Council

• Privy Councillor, 1846

Parliamentary Seats

• Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1837-1840
• Member of Parliament for Lichfield, 1841-1846

Parliamentary Positions

• Leader of the House of Lords, 1855-1858, 1859-1865, 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886
• Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords, 1858-1859, 1866-1868, 1874-1880, 1885-1886, 1886-1891

Party Positions

• Joint Leader of the Liberal Party, 1858-1859, 1866-1868, 1875-1880

Preceded by: The Viscount Palmerston	Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1851–1852	Succeeded by: The Earl of Malmesbury
Preceded by: The Duke of Buckingham	Secretary of State for the Colonies 1868–1870	Succeeded by: The Earl of Kimberley
Preceded by: The Earl of Clarendon	Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1870–1874	Succeeded by: The Earl of Derby
Preceded by: The Marquess of Salisbury	Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1880–1885	Succeeded by: The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by: Frederick Stanley	Secretary of State for the Colonies 1886	Succeeded by: Edward Stanhope