Frederick Leveson-Gower (Sutherland MP)
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Frederick Neville Sutherland Leveson-Gower (31 May 1874 – 9 April 1959) was a British
Liberal Unionist Party The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain, the party established a political ...
politician from the
Leveson-Gower family Leveson-Gower ( ), also Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, is the name of a historically prominent British noble family. Over time, several members of the Leveson-Gower family were made knights, baronets and peers. Hereditary titles held by the family incl ...
. Leveson-Gower was the son of Lord Albert Leveson-Gower, third son of
George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, KG (8 August 178627 February 1861), styled Viscount Trentham until 1803, Earl Gower between 1803 and 1833 and Marquess of Stafford in 1833, was a British peer and Whig politic ...
. His mother was Grace Emma Townshend Abdy, daughter of Sir Thomas Abdy, 1st Baronet. He entered Parliament for
Sutherland Sutherland () is a Counties of Scotland, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in the Scottish Highlands, Highlands of Scotland. The name dates from the Scandinavian Scotland, Viking era when t ...
in 1900, a seat he held until defeated by
Alpheus Morton Sir Alpheus Cleophas Morton (12 March 1840 – 26 April 1923) was a British architect and surveyor, and a Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. He was active in local government in London from the 1880s until his death, and sat in the H ...
in the Liberal landslide of 1906. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of
Sutherland Sutherland () is a Counties of Scotland, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in the Scottish Highlands, Highlands of Scotland. The name dates from the Scandinavian Scotland, Viking era when t ...
in 1905. Leveson-Gower married Blanche Lucie Gillard in 1916. He died in April 1959, aged 84.


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Duke of Sutherland Duke of Sutherland is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom which was created by William IV in 1833 for George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford. A series of marriages to heiresses by members of the Leveson-Gower family made ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leveson-Gower, Frederick Neville Sutherland 1874 births 1959 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Highland constituencies
Frederick Neville Sutherland Leveson-Gower Frederick Neville Sutherland Leveson-Gower (31 May 1874 – 9 April 1959) was a British Liberal Unionist Party politician from the Leveson-Gower family. Leveson-Gower was the son of Lord Albert Leveson-Gower, third son of George Sutherland-Leve ...
Liberal Unionist Party MPs for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1900–1906 Deputy lieutenants of Sutherland