Vice-Admiral William Spencer LEVESON-GOWER, 4th Earl Granville

1880 - 1953  (72 years)

• Name	William Spencer LEVESON-GOWER  [1]
  Prefix	Vice-Admiral
  Suffix	4th Earl Granville
  Birth	11 Jul 1880  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Joined	1894  [2]
  	joined the Royal Navy
  Promoted	1900  [2]
  	Sub Lieutenant
  Promoted	26 Jun 1902  [2]
  	Lieutenant
  Promoted	1913  [2]
  	Commander
  Milit-Serv	Between 1914 and 1919  [2]
  	First World War
  Awarded	1919  [2]
  	the Distinguished Service Order
  Appoint	1924  [2]
  	Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, aide-de-camp to King George VI
  Made	1930  [2]
  	Companion of the Bath
  Appoint	1931  [2]
  	Commander-in-Chief, coast of Scotland
  Retired	1935  [2]
  Appoint	1937	of the Isle of Man   [2]
  	Lieutenant Governor
  Style	Bef 1939  [2]
  	The Honourable William Leveson-Gower
  Create	Nov 1939  [2]
  	the War Consultative Committee to act as a 'war cabinet' during World War II
  Appoint	1945  [2]
  	a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)
  Appoint	1945  [2]
  	Governor of Northern Ireland
  Made	1952  [2]
  	Knight Companion of the Garter
  Occupation	a British naval commander and governor  [2]
  Death	25 Jun 1953  [2]
  Person ID	I119287	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Granville LEVESON-GOWER, 2nd Earl Granville,   b. 11 May 1815, London, England d. 31 Mar 1891, London, England (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Castila Rosalind CAMPBELL   d. 1938
  Marriage	26 Sep 1865  [2, 3]
  Family ID	F37875	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Rose Constance BOWES-LYON,   b. 6 May 1890   d. 17 Nov 1967 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1916  [1, 2]
  	They had two children
  Children	1. Lady Mary Cecelia LEVESON-GOWER,   b. 12 Dec 1917   d. 13 Feb 2014 (Age 96 years)   2. Granville James LEVESON-GOWER, 5th Earl Granville,   b. 6 Dec 1918   d. 31 Oct 1996 (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F37879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S19533] Wikipedia - Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville. [S19534] Wikipedia - William Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl Granville. [S19523] Wikipedia - Harriet Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville.